Hey all, first post but been looking for a gaming pc for some casual fun when the Mrs isn't around! Just saw this deal on Argos. Looks good spec for the price and what I'd use it for... Don't forget the £10 voucher over £100 others have posted.
Dedicated graphics. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti with 4GB memory.
Interfaces and connectivity:
6 x USB 2.0 ports. 1 HDMI port. Wireless/Wi-Fi enabled. Wired keyboard and mouse.
Operating system and software:
Microsoft Windows 10.
Latest comments (26)
fuzzle3
30 Aug 17#26
Showing as 849.99 for me?
sion22
24 Aug 17#11
I hate how they dont tell you which i5
pr3dicta5le to sion22
24 Aug 17#12
Probably i5-7400 going off the 3 GHz
djonesuk to sion22
28 Aug 17#23
It's an MSI Codex 3, which can be found here. Main limitation is the H110 chipset which means no overclocking, no NVMe, limited RAM upgrade options (only 2 DIMM slots) and just 4 USB 3.1 ports. The inclusion of a USB C port is nice though.
In other words, if you're buying this to use as is: fine. If you're buying this as a 'starter' system you later wish to upgrade maybe think twice.
therehman to djonesuk
29 Aug 17#25
for those who want decent gaming pc , it is very good, you can upgrade to 1070 later, not every one is interested in over clocking
therehman
29 Aug 17#24
people that's very decent deal, for those who are saying build yourself, show me that you can build with the case equally good with considerable difference in price. This is a very good deal and you can upgrade to 1070 later easily
The_Hoff
25 Aug 17#22
RE price versus DIY you also need to factor in the cost of a warrantied service. That's worth £50-£100 alone.
It's a decent solution for someone wanting off the shelf.
Bigfootpete
25 Aug 17#18
USB 2.0 ports? Future proof then, oh wait it's not even present proof...
Omar.Abdelnaeim to Bigfootpete
25 Aug 17#21
One look at the advert and you'll see that there is in fact loads of USB 3.0/3.1 ports, including a USB-C on top of the case! So not a bad rig at all and pretty future proof! :grin:
A decent 1050Ti looks to be about £140-150 on Amazon, whereas a decent 3GB 1060 appears to be about £180-200, so you're paying £230 more for £30-60 more hardware! :astonished:
With those kind of prices, you're definitely venturing into the territory of it being worth building it yourself; you'd save somewhere around £200.
rossysaurus
24 Aug 17#16
PCPartPicker comes back at £587.86 using the cheapest parts available but more realistically around £600-£650 once you've gotten a case you like and a better motherboard. I would say this is a decent deal for a pre built machine although I would still buy an SSD for it.
matt101101 to rossysaurus
25 Aug 17#17
Yeah, that seems about right.
I made a build using mostly the cheapest parts I could, but with an MSI motherboard and 1050Ti (as I assume MSI are using their own parts where they can) and the cheapest 80+ Bronze PSU, which happened to be a 400w XFX unit. It came to about £614 including an OS.
Honestly, at this end of the gaming PC market it's barely worth building your own PC purely from a price perspective. Having to buy a legit, ~£80-85 copy of Windows just kills all the savings you've made. The big OEMs are buying bulk licences direct from MS for way less than a consumer is ever going to be able to buy a single licence for, so they can make a profit and sell you a PC for largely the same cost you could have built it for.
As much as PC building can be fun, for the sake of ~£35 and for not having to deal with components from the cheaper end of the spectrum, I'd happily let MSI build my PC for me and have it delivered to my door, (mostly) ready to use.
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Opening post
CPU and Memory:
Intel Core i5 quad core.
Processor speed 3GHz.
8GB RAM.
Graphics:
Dedicated graphics.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti with 4GB memory.
Interfaces and connectivity:
6 x USB 2.0 ports.
1 HDMI port.
Wireless/Wi-Fi enabled.
Wired keyboard and mouse.
Operating system and software:
Microsoft Windows 10.
Latest comments (26)
In other words, if you're buying this to use as is: fine. If you're buying this as a 'starter' system you later wish to upgrade maybe think twice.
It's a decent solution for someone wanting off the shelf.
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A decent 1050Ti looks to be about £140-150 on Amazon, whereas a decent 3GB 1060 appears to be about £180-200, so you're paying £230 more for £30-60 more hardware! :astonished:
With those kind of prices, you're definitely venturing into the territory of it being worth building it yourself; you'd save somewhere around £200.
I made a build using mostly the cheapest parts I could, but with an MSI motherboard and 1050Ti (as I assume MSI are using their own parts where they can) and the cheapest 80+ Bronze PSU, which happened to be a 400w XFX unit. It came to about £614 including an OS.
Honestly, at this end of the gaming PC market it's barely worth building your own PC purely from a price perspective. Having to buy a legit, ~£80-85 copy of Windows just kills all the savings you've made. The big OEMs are buying bulk licences direct from MS for way less than a consumer is ever going to be able to buy a single licence for, so they can make a profit and sell you a PC for largely the same cost you could have built it for.
As much as PC building can be fun, for the sake of ~£35 and for not having to deal with components from the cheaper end of the spectrum, I'd happily let MSI build my PC for me and have it delivered to my door, (mostly) ready to use.
Link to build: uk.pcpartpicker.com/lis…HHN
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