Half decent pre-built system for the money. Case isn't half bad either, considering most pre-built systems are terrible looking (in my opinion.)
The Vanquish Centurion Gaming PC is one of the latest Kaby lake based gaming rigs to come from PC Specialist, the UK's largest custom PC & Laptop manufacturer. It's packed full of the latest and greatest hardware so you can immerse yourself in your favourite games straight out of the box.
At the heart of the Vanquish Centurion Gaming PC is an Intel Core i5-7400 (3.00GHz) Quad Core Processor; Raise the bar on your PC experience with rich visuals plus an automatic burst of speed when you need it. Experience your movies, photos, and games smoothly and seamlessly with a built-in suite of visual enhancements which delivers amazing performance and stunning visuals.
Everyone deserves great gaming. That's why NVIDIA created the fast, powerful GeForce® GTX 1050Ti. Now, you can turn your PC into a true gaming rig, powered by NVIDIA Pascal™-the most advanced GPU architecture ever created. It's loaded with innovative NVIDIA Game Ready technologies that let every gamer experience the latest titles in their full glory.
PC Specialist have included a generous 8GB of DDR4 RAM, Blazing Wireless N connectivity alongside a large 1TB Hard Drive, but there is plenty of room to upgrade should you want to in the future - just give PC Specialist a call!
Whether you're into gaming, editing, watching movies or keeping up to date with your friends, the Vanquish Centurion Gaming PC is the perfect PC for you. All PC Specialist PCs are covered by their 3 Year Standard Warranty package and their award winning UK-based Customer Service Team.
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Years Labour)
Lifetime Tech Support by PC Specialist Ltd (Tel: 0333 011 7000)
All comments (35)
jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#1
Hmmm only 350w power supply? I get my computers off ebay. Got an old server for 150 with xeon 4 core i thread and stuck in an rx 470 (equivalent to 1060) for 300 quid (gpu now 100 pounds more due to miners)
Last time I looked 2nd hand i5 2400s were on ebay for less than 200? So 450 should get you a 1060 and a 2nd hand pc?
jimbo001 to jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#27
Lol no one would pay £100 more...
jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#2
I tell a lie 94 quid computers in leeds where I got mine from
Has win 7 licence. You download it onto usb stick. Install it. Then upgrade to 10 via accessibility. Could buy extra memory and graphics but base pc is 94 quid! Maybe should just post that as a deal!
fishmaster to jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#34
Accessibility is not required. All legit Win 7/8 COA will activate to 10 as normal even over a year after the cut off date. It seems Microsoft want everyone on Windows 10. All you need is a legit Win 7 or 8 COA and you're good.
jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#4
The one I posted might be a small form factor pc after googling. It looks bigger in photos. That would restrict you tomaybe a 1050 ti (do they come in small form factor? I got a 750ti small one)
Need to confirm if that ebay link can take full sized graphics cards or not
Ummmm I linked to a full tower i5 desktop that could get a more powerful graphics card than original post while saving 200 quid
charleaward81 to jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#9
James, go away and stop randomly commenting and posting links to Technology well past its sell by date. This tech is about as efficient as Theresa May.
You cant compare something brand new with something old because its cheaper.
But using your illogical way of thinking, I Guess we shouldn't of bought our nice new house because the really old rundown one other end of town was half the price
BeerGoggles to jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#16
Yea but you need to post a brand new computer cheaper than the one offered. You raise a fair point by showing you can buy second hand but everybody could find a second hand version of most electricals posted on here and claim the deal is a bad one.
rog
29 Aug 17#7
Sorry Op Cold It's Core I5 is old tech and should be half that price considering Core I9 is rolling out it's not even decent Video card or SDD which it should have as standard imo for that price Core I5 Should cost about £250 or less Core I7 Should be around £700 some places are still trying to sell core I7 machines with a 1050 Ti video card for over £1,000, which they justify as trying to make machines accessible for a cheaper price it's so they can max out their profit they can run up my ribs for tech packages at those outrageous prices it's an insult a multi billion £ a year company cant give its customers a good deal same with their deals a £1500 reduced to £1200 but needs a £300 video cards upgrade which in fact saves you nothing long term
it's worth holing out a little longer for a much better spec machine at a better price
Full speck break down rrp Intel® Core™ i5-7400 Processor
you always have to consider that say a £500 rig might need 200 or 300 worth of upgrades which would bring cost to £7/800 to bring to the standard you need
Just remember folks every time you pay "Full Vat" (Cost) for something your in turn setting that same inflated 100% profit ripped off price trend for everyone else to pay and keeping everyone's cost of living up including yourself :wink:
Oneday77 to rog
29 Aug 17#11
I like to surf the web and every now and again will edit my photographs. Are you saying if I buy this PC I will need to spend an extra £200-£300 to make it acceptable? Is 3.0GHz on the processor too slow? What would you recommend?
rog to Oneday77
29 Aug 17#13
I edit your photos? Go find some half price medication your paranoid delusional rambling thank god folk like you sit on the Pc all day and don't go out in the streets :smile:
Oneday77 to rog
29 Aug 17#15
Which multi are you? Did you forget which personality you wanted to be today? If anything needs done with medication I think you need to adjust your dosage, not sure if up or down would be appropriate.
rog to Oneday77
29 Aug 17#21
:poop: your slavering it go search for a deal on Tissues to wipe your mouth with sweetheart :heart_eyes:
charleaward81
29 Aug 17#10
James and Rog - you blubbering idiots should get married, seem perfect for one another
rog to charleaward81
29 Aug 17#12
the only idiot here is you thanks for showing everythone this defo another one to aviod :smile:
rog
29 Aug 17#14
those two are obviously from the same mother or father :grin:
Destard
29 Aug 17#17
This deal is fairly decent. On the other hand, the comments in this thread are embarrassing.
jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#18
My point is that I would never advise buying a new pc.
For 1080p ultra gaming you need a 1060 or rx 470 graphics card and an i5 2400 cpu will do you fine.
The machine posted only had a 1050 graphics card which would give an inferior gaming performance than the 2nd hand option and nearly twice the price.
Stealth_Fox to jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#19
Yes, it's much better to buy second hand tat off ebay :neutral_face:
This is a good price for what you get. You can customise the spec on the PC Specialist website. Personally I'd put in a 500W PSU incase I decided to upgrade the gfx card.
jameshothothot to Stealth_Fox
29 Aug 17#24
Why would refurbished computers that have been working in an office for some time and they have now upgraded be tat?
Destard to jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#20
What recourse do you have if the 2nd hand part fails or is not as described after the fact?
jameshothothot to Destard
29 Aug 17#22
If the seller is good then you are protected with ebay slash paypal. I bought a dell t7500 server from computersinleeds last year for 150 quid and added a new rx470 and can play everything at 1080p highest settings.
I watch a lot of budget build shows on youtube and they all recommend the same thing. I got the idea of a dell server from a reddit called how to build a gaming pc for 100 dollars.
There has been little progress in cpu for a long time. Passmark for the i5 2400 is around 6000 and was just over 7000 for the i5 7400.
The graphics card are what matters.
My dell t7500's xeon processor has a passmark of 5000 so less than the i5 2400 (it is a xeon e5620) but my gpu rx470 bottlenecks it i.e. my gpu runs 100pc but my cpu does not.
So I would look for a better balance between cpu and gpu.
The consensus on budget build youtubers is to buy a refurb old pc and upgrade the graphics card.
This is because a lot of companies upgrade their computers every 5 years or so and there has not been much improvement in cpu vs gpu.
SkyBlues1990 to jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#29
A I5 second gen would bottleneck the hell out of a 1060. Jesus Christ pass me the gun :dizzy_face: :dizzy_face:
jameshothothot to SkyBlues1990
29 Aug 17#30
Doubt it as my xeon has a lower passmark and is bottlenecked by my rx470. Not much difference in passmark for i5 2400 and i5 7400
jameshothothot to SkyBlues1990
29 Aug 17#31
cpu and gpu seem to be running both close to 100% on this i5 2400 and 1060 playing GTA V at 1440p
tom's hardware says can be 10-15% difference in them. they are a good match for non-4k gaming
jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#23
Is an example video. A replacable 200 dollar gaming pc from ebay. The guy upgrades the psu. I was trying to find one that doesn't need the psu upgrading to make it simpler.
jameshothothot
29 Aug 17#25
And this is the original guide that inspired me to get an old server.
Note this one uses a more expensive MB. Has hard drive and SSD, You have to add on memory and PSU cost. £150? So £700 overall but the SSD would be worth it. You could easily select a gold rated 550w PSU around £60ish. I suspect for the build posted you are paying circa £90-100 for Windows 10. I recently updated my Windows 7 to Windows 10 for free. I had a legit version of Win 7 on CD. You would have to build the machine yourself too.
For a gaming PC a PSU at 350W seems very low. If you ever wanted to update the graphics you would need a new PSU.You can buy cases that have PSU already fitted.
That being said the i5 7400 should be fine for many years. It's an okay CPU.
Note Intel's next generation CPU are due out in 1-2 months or so. The market is heading to multi cores as main stream. 6-8 cores. The i3 chip here could be great on their 8th edition chips. New motherboard required?
For me I am done with buying ready made PC. I prefer custom built now. You get the parts you want and know you can update in the future.
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Opening post
The Vanquish Centurion Gaming PC is one of the latest Kaby lake based gaming rigs to come from PC Specialist, the UK's largest custom PC & Laptop manufacturer. It's packed full of the latest and greatest hardware so you can immerse yourself in your favourite games straight out of the box.
At the heart of the Vanquish Centurion Gaming PC is an Intel Core i5-7400 (3.00GHz) Quad Core Processor; Raise the bar on your PC experience with rich visuals plus an automatic burst of speed when you need it. Experience your movies, photos, and games smoothly and seamlessly with a built-in suite of visual enhancements which delivers amazing performance and stunning visuals.
Everyone deserves great gaming. That's why NVIDIA created the fast, powerful GeForce® GTX 1050Ti. Now, you can turn your PC into a true gaming rig, powered by NVIDIA Pascal™-the most advanced GPU architecture ever created. It's loaded with innovative NVIDIA Game Ready technologies that let every gamer experience the latest titles in their full glory.
PC Specialist have included a generous 8GB of DDR4 RAM, Blazing Wireless N connectivity alongside a large 1TB Hard Drive, but there is plenty of room to upgrade should you want to in the future - just give PC Specialist a call!
Whether you're into gaming, editing, watching movies or keeping up to date with your friends, the Vanquish Centurion Gaming PC is the perfect PC for you. All PC Specialist PCs are covered by their 3 Year Standard Warranty package and their award winning UK-based Customer Service Team.
Processor
- Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7400 (3.00GHz)
- 6MB Cache
- Intel H110 Chipset
Memory- 8GB DDR4 2133MHz
- Configuration 2 x 4GB
Hard Drive- 1TB (1,000GB) SATA III 6Gb/s 7200rpm
Optical Drive- Optical Drive Not Included
Software- Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Display- Monitor Not Included
Graphics- 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 Ti - DVI, HDMI, DP
Audio- On-Board 5.1 High Definition Audio
Input Devices- Keyboard and Mouse NOT included
Networking- WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
- LAN: 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
Power Supply- CORSAIR 350W VS SERIES™ VS-350 POWER SUPPLY
Dimensions- Width 180mm
- Depth 405mm
- Height 375mm
Interfaces- 3 x USB 3.0
- 3 x USB 2.0
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x DisplayPort
- 3 x Audio Jack
Expansion- Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot 1 x PCI
- 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
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Last time I looked 2nd hand i5 2400s were on ebay for less than 200? So 450 should get you a 1060 and a 2nd hand pc?
Look at this on eBay ebay.co.uk/itm…393
Need to confirm if that ebay link can take full sized graphics cards or not
Full tower 180
Clothes pegs, just £2.70!
Oh, are we not just posting random things?
You cant compare something brand new with something old because its cheaper.
But using your illogical way of thinking, I Guess we shouldn't of bought our nice new house because the really old rundown one other end of town was half the price
it's worth holing out a little longer for a much better spec machine at a better price
Full speck break down rrp Intel® Core™ i5-7400 Processor
ark.intel.com/pro…GHz
you always have to consider that say a £500 rig might need 200 or 300 worth of upgrades which would bring cost to £7/800 to bring to the standard you need
Just remember folks every time you pay "Full Vat" (Cost) for something your in turn setting that same inflated 100% profit ripped off price trend for everyone else to pay and keeping everyone's cost of living up including yourself :wink:
Are you saying if I buy this PC I will need to spend an extra £200-£300 to make it acceptable?
Is 3.0GHz on the processor too slow?
What would you recommend?
If anything needs done with medication I think you need to adjust your dosage, not sure if up or down would be appropriate.
On the other hand, the comments in this thread are embarrassing.
For 1080p ultra gaming you need a 1060 or rx 470 graphics card and an i5 2400 cpu will do you fine.
The machine posted only had a 1050 graphics card which would give an inferior gaming performance than the 2nd hand option and nearly twice the price.
This is a good price for what you get. You can customise the spec on the PC Specialist website. Personally I'd put in a 500W PSU incase I decided to upgrade the gfx card.
I watch a lot of budget build shows on youtube and they all recommend the same thing. I got the idea of a dell server from a reddit called how to build a gaming pc for 100 dollars.
There has been little progress in cpu for a long time. Passmark for the i5 2400 is around 6000 and was just over 7000 for the i5 7400.
The graphics card are what matters.
My dell t7500's xeon processor has a passmark of 5000 so less than the i5 2400 (it is a xeon e5620) but my gpu rx470 bottlenecks it i.e. my gpu runs 100pc but my cpu does not.
So I would look for a better balance between cpu and gpu.
The consensus on budget build youtubers is to buy a refurb old pc and upgrade the graphics card.
This is because a lot of companies upgrade their computers every 5 years or so and there has not been much improvement in cpu vs gpu.
cpu and gpu seem to be running both close to 100% on this
i5 2400 and 1060 playing GTA V at 1440p
tom's hardware says can be 10-15% difference in them. they are a good match for non-4k gaming
Is an example video. A replacable 200 dollar gaming pc from ebay. The guy upgrades the psu. I was trying to find one that doesn't need the psu upgrading to make it simpler.
How to build a 100 dollar gaming pc.
forums.redacted.tv/thr…14/
Personally, a PS4 pro is probably a better buy than this, even the standard one.
Assuming you don't need a PC...
uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/C…323
Note this one uses a more expensive MB. Has hard drive and SSD, You have to add on memory and PSU cost. £150?
So £700 overall but the SSD would be worth it. You could easily select a gold rated 550w PSU around £60ish. I suspect for the build posted you are paying circa £90-100 for Windows 10. I recently updated my Windows 7 to Windows 10 for free. I had a legit version of Win 7 on CD. You would have to build the machine yourself too.
For a gaming PC a PSU at 350W seems very low. If you ever wanted to update the graphics you would need a new PSU.You can buy cases that have PSU already fitted.
That being said the i5 7400 should be fine for many years. It's an okay CPU.
Note Intel's next generation CPU are due out in 1-2 months or so. The market is heading to multi cores as main stream. 6-8 cores. The i3 chip here could be great on their 8th edition chips. New motherboard required?
For me I am done with buying ready made PC. I prefer custom built now. You get the parts you want and know you can update in the future.