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deletebeepbeepbeep
Nov 12, 2008

Bouchehog posted:

My brother is looking for a new machine now. I don't have time to mess around with the various discord groups (etc.) to get him a card but I have found a bundle with the following:

  • Intel Core i7-11700K 3.6GHz
  • Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
  • Asus ROG STRIX Z590-F GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1200 Motherboard
  • Corsair Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory
  • EVGA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING Video Card

It's not the system I would have built for him - the CPU isn't great and the RAM is only 3000Ghz but given the current market and the availability of this system I can't see anything fundamentally wrong with this. It's a bundle so it's all or nothing (which means building him a system without a GPU...)

Anyone care to weigh in?

Guess this is from Scan? The bundles seem pretty overpriced and they do prebuilds that cost the same.

It's not available now but I saw this one was ready to buy now earlier on today with delivery tomorrow, so it might be worth keeping an eye out on it.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/3xs-gamer-icue-rtx-intel-core-i5-11600k-16gb-ddr4-8gb-nvidia-rtx-3070-1tb-m2-ssd-win-10

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deletebeepbeepbeep
Nov 12, 2008
In the UK at least it seems like video cards are a thing you can buy online from a normal retailer again, they are all 30-50% above RRP but before now I haven't seen a card in stock for months.

deletebeepbeepbeep
Nov 12, 2008
In the UK at least it looks like 3070 and the 3070ti are now being sold for the same inflated price or with a circa £50 price difference. Is there any reason to avoid the ti other than it being a poor value proposition at both cards normal RRP?

deletebeepbeepbeep
Nov 12, 2008
In the UK.

Will be used for gaming, hobbyist photo editing (adobe suite), light office work.

Is this a sensible build for the 1440p monitor?

MSI MAG B760 TOMAHAWK WIFI £199.99
MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 VENTUS £589.98
750W CORSAIR RMx PSU £127.59
2TB WD Black SN770 M.2 £87.98
DeepCool AK620 Cooler £59.99
Fractal Design Torrent Compact £124.99
27" Gigabyte M27Q V2 Monitor, £279.98
Intel Core i5 13600KF £279.98
32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 Vengeance Black £109.99

Total: £1,850

deletebeepbeepbeep
Nov 12, 2008
Anyone know if the artic freezer 34 duo ships with the right fittings for a socket 1700 chip, or will I need to buy separately?

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