My first deal so please be gentle. Thought this was pretty cheap, surely capable at 1080 and 1440p gaming. Reviews on website seem positive. Obviously building this yourself might be cheaper but for those who are not confident then this is better and comes with a 3 year warranty. That GTX 1070 is supposed to be equal to last years Titan X, a card which costs more than the price of this whole PC.
550w Corsair PSU inc.
Does not come with OS but you can either add that as an option (£75) or install yourself.
Top comments
ollie87 to ZainAkib
31 Dec 1611#17
Don't be daft, it really isn't.
Got any actual evidence to support your insane comment?
neiiilers
31 Dec 1610#11
Pity that new users here have to apologise when they put a deal. Says alot in regards to some users. Anyway, good deal OP.
ollie87
31 Dec 164#20
Decent enough deal. I'm REALLY not a fan of any prebuilt PC. I'm not upset about H110 either, it's FINE for what this rig is. Most people can't be arsed with overclocking properly.
I would always suggest you build your own for these reasons:
1) I will help you
2) You can customise it more to your liking
3) If one part fails you don't have to send the whole thing back
4) The warranty on individual parts is often 3 years, also you don't have to post the entire computer off at your own cost and worry about having is smashed up in the post.
5) It's very, very easy. If you can build IKEA furniture you can build a PC.
If you want to build your own for around this price I would recommend this:
CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£47.89 @ More Computers)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£39.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£25.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Video Card (£377.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.48 @ Aria PC)
Total: £760.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-31 18:47 GMT+0000
It'll cost you a little more but you'll get an SSD.
gowf
31 Dec 164#8
This is a decent price considering the components themselves probably cost that much.
A few things to note
1. Gigabyte motherboard is h110 basic model so no SLI.
2. It's a HDD, I would pay extra for an ssd,makes all the difference
3. Motherboard limited to 2133 drr 4 ram, although faster speeds doesn't make much difference unless in CPU bottlenecking programs
4. No OS but that's easily rectified for £15 on eBay
5. Warranty may be void if you add in extras and open the case
6, no wifi included, 550psu corsair but uncertain if 80+ rating.
All in all a very decent gaming PC which will last a few years.
All comments (46)
danielbentham
31 Dec 161#1
No windows installed so you need to factor the cost of that in, you can get it cheap yourself and install it but those people who can do that would probably also build it themselves. AWD from what ive read are a decent company but you need to add another £74.99 to include the windows operating system.
zoso1313 to danielbentham
31 Dec 16#31
well no you don't actually, you can get it dirt cheap elsewhere...and no, people won't necessarily build themselves, I used to, bit now don't have time or inclination.
zoso1313 to danielbentham
31 Dec 16#32
well no you don't actually, you can get it dirt cheap elsewhere...and no, people won't necessarily build themselves, I used to, bit now don't have time or inclination.
Themadcow
31 Dec 162#2
Um, you can get Windows a LOT cheaper than that from a 3rd party. £7-£20 most likely.
ffab101p12 to Themadcow
31 Dec 16#3
Yes but legitimate copy? kin don't really have a clean past.....
Dacra to Themadcow
31 Dec 16#5
Free if you buy a "legitimate" copy from ebay for about 10 quid, then complain it for some reason is an education version and not as advertised, and accept the offer to remove negative feedback for a refund..
r3dhotukdeals
31 Dec 161#4
Not a bad price considering it comes with a 1070 and is already built
manithind10
31 Dec 161#6
DDR5? You mean ddr 4?
gowf to manithind10
31 Dec 16#7
No ddr5 is the gpu
gowf
31 Dec 164#8
This is a decent price considering the components themselves probably cost that much.
A few things to note
1. Gigabyte motherboard is h110 basic model so no SLI.
2. It's a HDD, I would pay extra for an ssd,makes all the difference
3. Motherboard limited to 2133 drr 4 ram, although faster speeds doesn't make much difference unless in CPU bottlenecking programs
4. No OS but that's easily rectified for £15 on eBay
5. Warranty may be void if you add in extras and open the case
6, no wifi included, 550psu corsair but uncertain if 80+ rating.
All in all a very decent gaming PC which will last a few years.
djolltax to gowf
31 Dec 161#10
^^^ what he said :smiley:
I am looking for a new setup, may build it myself but if theres a good deal about then I would consider it. Definitely a decent price. on AWD's page the graphics card is about £370 alone, if it's their cheapest inno3D one.
For me, I'm after an H or Z170 board, so will be passing on this, but for a good priced system this was definitely worth a look :smiley:
Happy New Year
lugsy3
31 Dec 16#9
Very good deal , you can add customize it to your own spec and even with windows 10, still a great price.
neiiilers
31 Dec 1610#11
Pity that new users here have to apologise when they put a deal. Says alot in regards to some users. Anyway, good deal OP.
phang69
31 Dec 16#12
This looks a good deal to me, looking at pcpartpicker all the component prices seem to have gone up over the past few weeks so the oft used refrain on this site that's it's cheaper to build yourself isn't neccesarily true at the moment. Also the prices shown at pcpartpicker often seem to be out of date so that when you click through to the website in question they are actually higher.
Easy2BCheesy
31 Dec 16#13
I'd prefer the i5 6500 - a lot more speed for not a lot more money. The bargain basement i5 here is a bit of a weird match with a higher-end card like the GTX 1070.
rucer07
31 Dec 16#14
Good price for these specs, only downside is CPU. Even 6500 would be sweet
seancampbell to rucer07
31 Dec 162#18
There is an upgrade dropdown. The 6500 is +£24.99. They've got the 6600k for £59.95 extra which seems like a much more solid pairing with a 1070.
It's not massively upgrade-able (as gowf said, it's not Z170 [which is itself about to be outdated by the Z270 / Kaby Lake kit coming in Q1 2017]). The RAM is small sticks (2x4gb). The PSU isn't going to take much more demand either. Realistically this is for someone who wants something that works, that has a 3 year warranty, and isn't trying to stay on the bleeding edge. It's a great 1080p machine. Personally I'd upgrade the HD to a 525gb crucial SSD, and swap the CPU for the 6600k for a total of £873.88. Anything less is weirdly unbalanced. Anything more and the cost-value isn't as compelling.
Sidebar - if you've got a retail copy of windows you can download the ISO using MS' windows tool and transfer over that licence. Older 7/8 licences can still be upgraded for free if you're an Assistive Technologies user via https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade
Turret
31 Dec 16#15
lol. you're one of them...
ZainAkib
31 Dec 16#16
The i5-6400 is a dealbreaker, that is going to be a huge bottleneck with the 1070. Cold.
ollie87 to ZainAkib
31 Dec 1611#17
Don't be daft, it really isn't.
Got any actual evidence to support your insane comment?
Battenberg
31 Dec 163#19
That was really confusing for a moment there because you both have the same avatar; thought you were having some kind of breakdown.
ollie87
31 Dec 164#20
Decent enough deal. I'm REALLY not a fan of any prebuilt PC. I'm not upset about H110 either, it's FINE for what this rig is. Most people can't be arsed with overclocking properly.
I would always suggest you build your own for these reasons:
1) I will help you
2) You can customise it more to your liking
3) If one part fails you don't have to send the whole thing back
4) The warranty on individual parts is often 3 years, also you don't have to post the entire computer off at your own cost and worry about having is smashed up in the post.
5) It's very, very easy. If you can build IKEA furniture you can build a PC.
If you want to build your own for around this price I would recommend this:
5. Warranty may be void if you add in extras and open the case
I phoned before hand and they said that adding a ssd and extra hdd would
not void warranty
digbys
31 Dec 162#24
It's scroungers like you, that ruin ebay for the rest of us!
kevinc6784
31 Dec 16#25
So your one of them that likes to flog dodgy gear that is not as advertised and expect to get away with it! And you think he's ruining Ebay.
digbys
31 Dec 162#26
No actually, I sell Rolex and other high end watches, but scroungers, that use feedback, to blackmail sellers, in the hope of getting freebies are the scum of the earth!
digbys
31 Dec 16#27
No actually, I sell Rolex and other high end watches, but scroungers, that use feedback, to blackmail sellers, in the hope of getting freebies are the scum of the earth!
tom_gov
31 Dec 16#28
just download it of a torrent dont scam someone on ebay
stewstar73
31 Dec 16#29
This is my current PC
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
SSD
Corsair Hydro
New PC or upgrade
garybb to stewstar73
1 Jan 17#37
Dont be daft stick in a top gpu and you will be good to go.
theo00
31 Dec 16#30
ive downloaded a version of Windows 7 off torrents and for some reason, after a few weeks, on the right corner of the desktop came up this is not a legitimate copy of Windows. I'm after a "working" legitimate version of Windows 8....suggestions welcome
zoso1313
31 Dec 161#33
agreed!
demosn
1 Jan 17#34
Thank goodness for honest good people like you.
username1234
1 Jan 17#35
I can't wait for Intel CPUs to drop significantly in price because of AMD ryzen which should be released in next 2-3 months. :smile: I'll wait :sunglasses:
tom_gov
1 Jan 17#36
use the activator that came with it
Stethoscope
1 Jan 17#38
No need to buy the OS.
There are no restrictions for running an inactivated version of Win 10.
I've been running it for months on my custom built rig.
Do a quick Google search for what happens if you don't activate windows. All you get is a watermark saying windows isn't activated.
seancampbell
1 Jan 17#39
The i5 6400 has 2.7ghz clock speed. Presumably people buying this are aiming to play AAA games at high quality settings (else there's little point in the 1070). Many of the current gen AAA games heavily CPU bound (though not all). The 6400 is perfectly capable of playing these games, but for higher framerates / quality settings the 6600k is a big jump for £59.95 extra. The 6600k has a clock of 3.5 (vs 2.7) and turbos to 3.9 (vs 3.3). In CompuBench 1.5 that translates to a massive jump from 126fps to 303fps.
It's the difference between the 96th fastest processor about and the 12th (source: CPU boss).
On the other hand if you're *not* playing above 1080p/ 60fps, then the upgrade might not be worth (and nor might the 1070; for non-AAA the 1050 and 1060 are worth considering as is the AMD rx480). It comes down to which games (some are optimised better than others, some are threaded better than others; the single core speed does make a difference in some games), which screen you're on, and your tolerance for High vs Ultra settings in those games.
As far as the SSD goes, it won't make much difference in game, but it does make the system more user friendly as it'll boot quicker. At +£34.99 for a 250gb SSD AWD aren't overcharging for the upgrade. The CPU upgrade, at £59.99 to go from the 6400 to the 6600k, is also pretty much the difference in part cost.
Re "build your own" - it's worth remembering the time cost. Research, build time, problem fixes, doing your own support, etc isn't free. A 3 year whole system warranty is worth having. Trying to work out which part has stopped working can be difficult. Dealing with multiple retailers for parts can make that even harder. It's only easy if you know what you're doing, know you've got compatible parts, know which parts to pick, and have sufficient manual dexterity / small enough hands to actually plug in all the internal wiring. Building can be great; I built a rig last week. But it isn't for everyone. If you're after a prebuilt PC this is decent. The upgrades are worth considering.
ollie87
1 Jan 17#40
And there it it, all credibility lost.
A i5-6400 is more than enough for a gaming rig with a GTX 1070, we are aiming for value for money here.
Let's do some quick analysis of that shall we...
A i5-6400 and a basic motherboard is £201.89
A i5-6600k, a proper CPU cooler (especially since the 6600k doesn't even come with a stock cooler!) and a Z170 motherboard that will make use of the overclocking ability is £350.03
So that's a 73.38% increase of price for a 19.56% increase in performance. £148.14 taken away from the GTX 1070 price is £229.80. The best GPU you can get for that is either a GTX 1060 or a RX 480, both of which are smashed by the GTX 1070. And since this is a budget 1440p/4K/VR rig a GTX 1060 or RX 480 wouldn't cut it.
Spend the money where you need it, this is a gaming rig not a video editing rig. You need GPU power. Increasingly games don't make use of CPU power. Look at JERMgaming's PotatoMasher, it's a cheap rig using a overclocked i5 750 and it's still not hitting 100% usage in games nearly eight years after launch.
garybb
1 Jan 171#41
Well im running a i5 4460&16gb Ram with a GTX 1070 and it runs like a dream. Times have changed games are more GPU intensive than CPU.
Good price.
tek-monkey to garybb
2 Jan 17#42
Looking at a build for a mate and thinking more ram and an ssd are probably a better investment than a higher cpu. He only plays dota anyway!
colganraz
3 Jan 17#43
I agree mostly but I would have to say buying a decent motherboard is quite high on my list. But then again I don't know the spec on the motherboard you linked.
The mobo I have is an MSI gaming model and other than looking nice through my windowed case, it allows me to control fan speed through the bios based on the temperature of my computer. The board also has plenty of connections for fans and other connectivity.
The board also has good software for updates etc, really easy to use BIOS , some kind of sound enhancement and network enhancer
Apparently it's made from some good components which sound fancy and mean nothing to me also :P
I'm no expert on these things and maybe the motherboard you linked does all these things too, but my opinion is based on the comparison between my old cheap board and my newer MSI gaming board .
Totally agree on the CPU though, I'm still getting by with an AMD 6350 and to be honest, I am playing most games at 1440p and even some at 4K quite comfortably
AndyDufresne
3 Jan 17#44
What cooler would you suggest for this?
ollie87
3 Jan 17#45
The stock one that comes with it is more than adequate
Opening post
550w Corsair PSU inc.
Does not come with OS but you can either add that as an option (£75) or install yourself.
Top comments
Don't be daft, it really isn't.
Got any actual evidence to support your insane comment?
I would always suggest you build your own for these reasons:
1) I will help you
2) You can customise it more to your liking
3) If one part fails you don't have to send the whole thing back
4) The warranty on individual parts is often 3 years, also you don't have to post the entire computer off at your own cost and worry about having is smashed up in the post.
5) It's very, very easy. If you can build IKEA furniture you can build a PC.
If you want to build your own for around this price I would recommend this:
PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vHvCCy
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vHvCCy/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£47.89 @ More Computers)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£39.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£25.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Video Card (£377.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.48 @ Aria PC)
Total: £760.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-31 18:47 GMT+0000
It'll cost you a little more but you'll get an SSD.
A few things to note
1. Gigabyte motherboard is h110 basic model so no SLI.
2. It's a HDD, I would pay extra for an ssd,makes all the difference
3. Motherboard limited to 2133 drr 4 ram, although faster speeds doesn't make much difference unless in CPU bottlenecking programs
4. No OS but that's easily rectified for £15 on eBay
5. Warranty may be void if you add in extras and open the case
6, no wifi included, 550psu corsair but uncertain if 80+ rating.
All in all a very decent gaming PC which will last a few years.
All comments (46)
A few things to note
1. Gigabyte motherboard is h110 basic model so no SLI.
2. It's a HDD, I would pay extra for an ssd,makes all the difference
3. Motherboard limited to 2133 drr 4 ram, although faster speeds doesn't make much difference unless in CPU bottlenecking programs
4. No OS but that's easily rectified for £15 on eBay
5. Warranty may be void if you add in extras and open the case
6, no wifi included, 550psu corsair but uncertain if 80+ rating.
All in all a very decent gaming PC which will last a few years.
I am looking for a new setup, may build it myself but if theres a good deal about then I would consider it. Definitely a decent price. on AWD's page the graphics card is about £370 alone, if it's their cheapest inno3D one.
For me, I'm after an H or Z170 board, so will be passing on this, but for a good priced system this was definitely worth a look :smiley:
Happy New Year
It's not massively upgrade-able (as gowf said, it's not Z170 [which is itself about to be outdated by the Z270 / Kaby Lake kit coming in Q1 2017]). The RAM is small sticks (2x4gb). The PSU isn't going to take much more demand either. Realistically this is for someone who wants something that works, that has a 3 year warranty, and isn't trying to stay on the bleeding edge. It's a great 1080p machine. Personally I'd upgrade the HD to a 525gb crucial SSD, and swap the CPU for the 6600k for a total of £873.88. Anything less is weirdly unbalanced. Anything more and the cost-value isn't as compelling.
Sidebar - if you've got a retail copy of windows you can download the ISO using MS' windows tool and transfer over that licence. Older 7/8 licences can still be upgraded for free if you're an Assistive Technologies user via https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/accessibility/windows10upgrade
Don't be daft, it really isn't.
Got any actual evidence to support your insane comment?
I would always suggest you build your own for these reasons:
1) I will help you
2) You can customise it more to your liking
3) If one part fails you don't have to send the whole thing back
4) The warranty on individual parts is often 3 years, also you don't have to post the entire computer off at your own cost and worry about having is smashed up in the post.
5) It's very, very easy. If you can build IKEA furniture you can build a PC.
If you want to build your own for around this price I would recommend this:
PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vHvCCy
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vHvCCy/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor (£144.00 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£47.89 @ More Computers)
Memory: PNY Anarchy 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£39.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£56.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£25.00 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Dual Video Card (£377.94 @ Aria PC)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case (£26.48 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply (£42.48 @ Aria PC)
Total: £760.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-31 18:47 GMT+0000
It'll cost you a little more but you'll get an SSD.
This is a machine aimed at gaming and it shows, since the money has been spent where it counts, on the GPU.
and for the price it's excellent
I built my last 2 computers and I couldn't beat the price by much, but
this has a 3 year warranty.
the case is not the best and if you like LED blue lights its great(not)
I bought a http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/windows-10-pro-oem-global-key-12-38-now-even-cheaper-scdkey-2558926 @£12
also a 500gb ssd
I phoned before hand and they said that adding a ssd and extra hdd would
not void warranty
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-3570K (3.4GHz) 6MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, THERMAL ARMOR
Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1866MHz X.M.P(2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card
3GB AMD RADEON™ HD7970 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
SSD
Corsair Hydro
New PC or upgrade
There are no restrictions for running an inactivated version of Win 10.
I've been running it for months on my custom built rig.
Do a quick Google search for what happens if you don't activate windows. All you get is a watermark saying windows isn't activated.
It's the difference between the 96th fastest processor about and the 12th (source: CPU boss).
On the other hand if you're *not* playing above 1080p/ 60fps, then the upgrade might not be worth (and nor might the 1070; for non-AAA the 1050 and 1060 are worth considering as is the AMD rx480). It comes down to which games (some are optimised better than others, some are threaded better than others; the single core speed does make a difference in some games), which screen you're on, and your tolerance for High vs Ultra settings in those games.
As far as the SSD goes, it won't make much difference in game, but it does make the system more user friendly as it'll boot quicker. At +£34.99 for a 250gb SSD AWD aren't overcharging for the upgrade. The CPU upgrade, at £59.99 to go from the 6400 to the 6600k, is also pretty much the difference in part cost.
Re "build your own" - it's worth remembering the time cost. Research, build time, problem fixes, doing your own support, etc isn't free. A 3 year whole system warranty is worth having. Trying to work out which part has stopped working can be difficult. Dealing with multiple retailers for parts can make that even harder. It's only easy if you know what you're doing, know you've got compatible parts, know which parts to pick, and have sufficient manual dexterity / small enough hands to actually plug in all the internal wiring. Building can be great; I built a rig last week. But it isn't for everyone. If you're after a prebuilt PC this is decent. The upgrades are worth considering.
A i5-6400 is more than enough for a gaming rig with a GTX 1070, we are aiming for value for money here.
Let's do some quick analysis of that shall we...
A i5-6400 and a basic motherboard is £201.89
A i5-6600k, a proper CPU cooler (especially since the 6600k doesn't even come with a stock cooler!) and a Z170 motherboard that will make use of the overclocking ability is £350.03
So that's a 73.38% increase of price for a 19.56% increase in performance. £148.14 taken away from the GTX 1070 price is £229.80. The best GPU you can get for that is either a GTX 1060 or a RX 480, both of which are smashed by the GTX 1070. And since this is a budget 1440p/4K/VR rig a GTX 1060 or RX 480 wouldn't cut it.
Spend the money where you need it, this is a gaming rig not a video editing rig. You need GPU power. Increasingly games don't make use of CPU power. Look at JERMgaming's PotatoMasher, it's a cheap rig using a overclocked i5 750 and it's still not hitting 100% usage in games nearly eight years after launch.
Good price.
The mobo I have is an MSI gaming model and other than looking nice through my windowed case, it allows me to control fan speed through the bios based on the temperature of my computer. The board also has plenty of connections for fans and other connectivity.
The board also has good software for updates etc, really easy to use BIOS , some kind of sound enhancement and network enhancer
Apparently it's made from some good components which sound fancy and mean nothing to me also :P
I'm no expert on these things and maybe the motherboard you linked does all these things too, but my opinion is based on the comparison between my old cheap board and my newer MSI gaming board .
Totally agree on the CPU though, I'm still getting by with an AMD 6350 and to be honest, I am playing most games at 1440p and even some at 4K quite comfortably