In the market for a new system and this seems to be a very good price for 3.5GHz dual-core, 8GB RAM and a Strix GTX1050TI. Should be saving at least £50 over buying the components individually, and saves me breaking the CPU if I tried building myself!
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PSMako
31 Aug 17#1
In the market for a new system and this seems to be a very good price for 3.5GHz dual-core, 8GB RAM and a Strix GTX1050TI. Should be saving at least £50 over buying the components individually, and saves me breaking the CPU if I tried building myself!
xingxingww
31 Aug 17#2
Nice price i would buy it
Fo3
31 Aug 17#3
You could buy these components for about £320 on Ebay, for those on a budget, it makes more sense to build it yourself. If you're not a budget, why are you buying a budget PC?
1gratefulgraham to Fo3
31 Aug 17#9
Link these components brand new (years warranty) for about £320, bet you cant!
tek-monkey to Fo3
31 Aug 17#15
Just had a quick look, can't see anything that comes in that cheap?
djonesuk to Fo3
31 Aug 17#22
Really? I don't see how.
Processor is around £70, Kaby Lake Capable Motherboard £55+, RAM £60, HDD £35ish, Cheapo PSU £45.
The BitFenix Nova with plexiglass is £30ish.
The Asus 1050Ti STRIX is £175.
I don't see any way to make that add up to £320. It seems like a good deal for a PC with those components, ready built with warranty. And whilst the processor won't set any new records, its very capable for 1080p gaming with Ultra, or perhaps slightly lowered, settings.
coventgamer to djonesuk
31 Aug 17#23
I built a i5 6500 build with a gtx 970 for 200 quid. Got the 970 for 40 quid
djonesuk to coventgamer
31 Aug 17#24
Funny how I don't see any of those items in your posting history. Guess you chose to keep those deals to yourself.
ma6378 to Fo3
1 Sep 17#41
I take your point onboard but you haven't thought about:
Maybe you don't know how Maybe you prefer all in one warranty and repair Maybe you haven't got the time £320 does that include original windows OS
I can build a PC in an hour and a half, then there's testing, if temps are high more fans or water cooling is needed prices then rocket. This build should sort all that if its not upto scratch then return, easy if its your own build you would have to start fault checking and that takes time.
I have built PCs for over 15 years but in all honesty unless I want something special or unique sometimes to save £80 if that and a lot of hassle its easier to buy something like this. Ask yourself what you use it for if this is what you need I. E kids having a few goes of Minecraft etc or a video editing, Photoshop, gaming power house etc.
LeftResponse to ma6378
1 Sep 17#44
People arn't open-minded enough to think this way, just because they're a techie then everybody must be. Either that, or they like the feeling of tech-superiority and need to occasionally rub peoples noses in it?
This would be infinitely useful for a family of non-techies on a budget. I would kindly recommend whoever considers this to take the upgrade to the i5, it would be a big step up for the extra money. The GPU can be easily replaced at a later date if needed. Heat added.
GlesgaNed
31 Aug 17#4
Only a dual core in a gaming pc, good luck running any modern games on this thing.
ababalola to GlesgaNed
31 Aug 17#7
The G4560 is actually a very competent CPU for the price when it comes to gaming. It has hyperthreading and gives i3s a run for their money, just take a look at benchmarks and you'll find it's pretty capable.
emodan to GlesgaNed
31 Aug 17#8
Has hyper threading so outperforms some previous gen i3's and i5's so isn't too bad for budget gaming
1gratefulgraham to emodan
31 Aug 17#11
agreed uk.pcpartpicker.com/gui…ild plus watch You tube benchmarks, this is a good entry level buy and will play most if not all titles. Great buy in my opinion for no hassle gaming, would like to see people criticizing link a better buy than this for the price.
korny2 to GlesgaNed
31 Aug 17#12
look on YouTube same set up seems to run destiny 2 beta well.
1gratefulgraham to korny2
31 Aug 17#13
The Intel G4560 is one of the first Pentium processors to feature Hyper-threading. This means that although the G4560 only has two physical processing cores, it is able to process four threads in parallel by sharing resources between the physical cores. This typically results in a 50% performance improvement over two physical cores alone. Comparing performance between the lowest spec Kaby Lake i3 7100 and the Pentium G4560 shows that in terms of both performance and specs, very little separates them (even virtualization technology VT-d is present on the Pentium).
QuickProfits to 1gratefulgraham
31 Aug 17#20
Intel have been using Hype Threading for around 17 years though.
QuickProfits
31 Aug 17#5
- Case: Bitfenix Nova Tempered Glass Window - Power Supply: EVGA Bronze rated 450W 450BV PSU - CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 Dual Core 3.5Ghz - Motherboard: Asus B250M-K Motherboard - Cooler: Standard Intel Cooler (Upgrade Available) - RAM: DDR4 Dual Channel Kit - Options Available to Upgrade - Hard Drive: Your Choice of Primary and Solid State Drive - DVDRW: Not Included - Sound: 5.1 HD Audio - Network: Gigabit Lan - No WiFi - No Love - Eminem (Explicit Version) ft. Lil Wayne - No operating System
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Processor is around £70, Kaby Lake Capable Motherboard £55+, RAM £60, HDD £35ish, Cheapo PSU £45.
The BitFenix Nova with plexiglass is £30ish.
The Asus 1050Ti STRIX is £175.
I don't see any way to make that add up to £320. It seems like a good deal for a PC with those components, ready built with warranty. And whilst the processor won't set any new records, its very capable for 1080p gaming with Ultra, or perhaps slightly lowered, settings.
Maybe you don't know how
Maybe you prefer all in one warranty and repair
Maybe you haven't got the time
£320 does that include original windows OS
I can build a PC in an hour and a half, then there's testing, if temps are high more fans or water cooling is needed prices then rocket. This build should sort all that if its not upto scratch then return, easy if its your own build you would have to start fault checking and that takes time.
I have built PCs for over 15 years but in all honesty unless I want something special or unique sometimes to save £80 if that and a lot of hassle its easier to buy something like this. Ask yourself what you use it for if this is what you need I. E kids having a few goes of Minecraft etc or a video editing, Photoshop, gaming power house etc.
This would be infinitely useful for a family of non-techies on a budget. I would kindly recommend whoever considers this to take the upgrade to the i5, it would be a big step up for the extra money. The GPU can be easily replaced at a later date if needed. Heat added.
plus watch You tube benchmarks, this is a good entry level buy and will play most if not all titles. Great buy in my opinion for no hassle gaming, would like to see people criticizing link a better buy than this for the price.
- Case: Bitfenix Nova Tempered Glass Window
- Power Supply: EVGA Bronze rated 450W 450BV PSU
- CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 Dual Core 3.5Ghz
- Motherboard: Asus B250M-K Motherboard
- Cooler: Standard Intel Cooler (Upgrade Available)
- RAM: DDR4 Dual Channel Kit - Options Available to Upgrade
- Hard Drive: Your Choice of Primary and Solid State Drive
- DVDRW: Not Included
- Sound: 5.1 HD Audio
- Network: Gigabit Lan
- No WiFi
- No Love - Eminem (Explicit Version) ft. Lil Wayne
- No operating System