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Virco C407a Gaming PC with RTX3070 $2539 + Shipping @ Virco Computer
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AssociatedPvirco on 25/10/2020 - 11:38 virco.com.au (963 clicks)
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Morning OZBargainer,

It's another week, hope everybody is satisfied with our last system deal. Throughout this week, we are busy building all of your builds. We are happy to announce that we have now completed building all the orders, and ready for the next batch. Tracking and invoice would all be sent out today, please keep that in your safe, we need that for the warranty purpose.

We proudly announce that we have received some NVidia RTX 3070, so we can offer the below deal. According to pcmag.com (https://au.pcmag.com/graphics-cards/69069/nvidias-rtx-3070-s…), RTX3070 is about 8% faster than the 2080 Ti. While 2080Ti is currently selling for around $1600 ~ $2000, RRP for RTX3070 is somewhere around $999. That’s no doubt a better value card for a mid budget gaming PC.

For any PC or components purchased from Virco, we provide a one year RTB (Return to Base) warranty. We are located at Capitol Square, Shop T15, 730-742 George Street, Sydney.

Full spec of this week’s deal as follows:
* CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8 Core Socket AM4 3.6GHz CPU Processor
* CPU COOLING: Wraith Prism Cooler (Optional for Liquid Cool)
* MAINBOARD: MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI AM4 ATX Motherboard
* MEMORY: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR4 3600MHz Memory
* STORAGE: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB NVMe 1.3 M.2 (2280) 3-Bit V-NAND SSD
* GRAPHIC CARD: GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 SG 1-Click OC 8GB Video Card
* INTERNET CONNECTION: Intergrated Wi-Fi 6 AX200 & Bluetooth v5.0
* PSU: Corsair RM850 850W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Power Supply
* CASE: NZXT H510 Tempered Glass Mid-Tower ATX Case - Matte White

We have two more deals lists on our website. (3500x & 2060Super for $1260), and (3700x & 5700xt for $1868) for those looking for cheaper options.

We are constantly improving our website, terms and condition and warranty detail should be up very shortly. There will be way more products on the website as well. Please let us know anything that needs to improve as you guys always do. Thank you for the support.

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  • ozvictor on 25/10/2020 - 11:41
    +9

    At this price should include 3080

    • Torch000 on 25/10/2020 - 11:42
      -7

      Definitely. This isn't a deal, and its also using a last gen CPU.

      • Letrico on 25/10/2020 - 12:09
        +23

        Can't be last gen when new gen is not even out ;)

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 11:48
      +5

      We did some good homework with the parts we using for 3000 series graphic. We use decent mainboard and 3600Mhz RAM. We recon since end user about to spend $2k, might as well let the user have better part than cheaper options.

      • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 11:50

        if you throw in a Noctua or an AIO CPU cooler, I'll consider it a good deal

        • dealhunter52 on 25/10/2020 - 12:06

          Wraith Prism is a very capable CPU cooler for 3700x imo. Although, about $100 off would definitely make it a sweeter deal.

          • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 12:12
            -1

            @dealhunter52: it's just that you're building in a H510 Black and white, it just wouldn't look good. You need like a chromax black Noctua or an AIO to look right

            I find build with wraith prism looks really odd

    • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 11:49

      this is pretty much current market price for 10th gen i7 and 2080ti so not bad terrible, but it's a Galax card so yeah I would personally buy a used 2080ti Strix system for the same price

    • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2020 - 11:50

      Tot up the value of each component, add a small amount for postage and build time and you'll find the isn't enough left for an upgrade to 3080 in this build. I just did a rough estimate and I put it around $2300 before build.

      This would actually be an insanely good gaming machine imo. I have a 3080 high end build myself but I think this would be a great machine itself.

    • dealhunter52 on 25/10/2020 - 11:52
      +9

      PCPartPicker Part List

      Type Item Price
      CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $509.00 @ PC Byte
      Motherboard MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard $359.00 @ Mwave Australia
      Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $136.80 @ Device Deal
      Storage Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $132.00 @ Newegg Australia
      Video Card GALAX GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB SG (1-Click OC) Video Card $999.00
      Case NZXT H510 ATX Mid Tower Case $113.30 @ Newegg Australia
      Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $198.00 @ Device Deal
      Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
      Total $2447.10
      Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-10-25 11:52 AEDT+1100
      • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2020 - 11:55
        +1

        Yeah you can usually add a few discounts on parts here and there but yeah, it's a great deal imo.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2020 - 12:12
          +10

          How is it a great deal? It's $100 cheaper to build yourself using their components, and then the components selection is pretty bad. You can save another $100 by going with the B550 tomahawk which is just as good as the X570. The

          The 3700x ATM is way overpriced because stock is low ahead of the Zen 3 launch I guess. A good price for the 3700 is like $450, and the 5600X should be faster in games and similar elsewhere for about $450 too.

          The SSD is overpriced, with a 970 Evo plus you're paying a big Samsung tax, save another $50 buying something more reasonable, or buy a bigger drive for a similar price.

          The RAM you're paying extra to have RGB, whatever, probably not the worst thing about this is build, it's better use of money than other parts where you're paying a premium

          The power supply is also overbuilt, a good 750W gold saves you another $60

          Overall if you built it yourself you'd probably be able to get something similar but with Zen 3 for $2100 vs paying $2500 for this. That's assuming you're paying $999 for a 3070 which is basically scalper prices btw

          • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 12:19

            @[Deactivated]: I doubt the PSU is over the top:

            3700x can probably pulls 120W OC
            3070 350W
            other things like RGB, fans, pumps, 180W

            That's 650W in total, so doesn't hurt to have 850W

            and if you were to upgrade to higher tdp components such as 5950x, 3080 FTW3 Ultra, there's still good head room

            • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2020 - 14:42

              @ln28909: That's honestly ridiciulous. You're never going to use 120W even on an overclocked 3700X, and definitely not while the rest of the system is in use. A 3080 + 10900k while gaming uses about 350W for the entire system. If you're running power viruses on the CPU and GPU at the same time maybe you'd hit 450W.

              I'd also lol at having 180W RGB that's freaking hilarious. Imaging your RGB drawing so much power it's actually enough to heat your case up lol

              In all seriousness a custom loop probably takes about 20W, You'd have to cooling system that'll take 100W lol.

              A rgb strip takes about 1-2W per foot, case fans also 1-2W. You'd need about 50 case fans, 30 feet of RGB, and a couple custom loops and maybe you'd hit 180W.

              A good power supply doesn't need much headroom. If you're buying a shit one yes.

              • Mister Popo on 25/10/2020 - 15:32
                +2

                @[Deactivated]: Apparently the 3080 power draw spikes when it boost clocks, which has tripped some 600W PSUs, so I'd probably recommend 700-750 to be safe. That said, 600W is probably enough running a low TDP processor like a 3700x

              • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2020 - 15:36
                +3

                @[Deactivated]: I'm running a 3700x/3080 and my system draws around 530w. I'm using a gigabyte gaming OC (370w) but EVGA FTW3 Ultra can draw up to 450w using the latest bios update. That's the GPU alone. Having 850w for this build is plenty yes, there's nothing wrong with that though. Better a higher capacity PSU than lower.

          • going nowhere on 25/10/2020 - 12:24

            @[Deactivated]: B550 Tomahawk doesn't come with built-in wifi tho? The X570 Tomahawk can be had for $300 so it costs pretty much the same if you get a B550 + Wifi 6 card.

          • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2020 - 12:41
            +5

            @[Deactivated]: 550 boards are not as good as 570. There's a compromise there that might not affect everyone but for some the extra lanes are needed.
            Some people aren't confident enough to build their own PC, it's easy but mistakes can happen and you blow a component that costs you. If everyone built their own PC then their wouldn't be a market.
            That Samsung NVME is one of the top performing on the market, it's very close to gen 4 speeds.
            There's nothing wrong with using high end parts, it may not be what you can or would buy but you get what you pay for.

      • PlagueistheCheap on 25/10/2020 - 11:59
        +3

        PC partpicker isnt always a good guide. Just for example the x570 tomahawk is $339 at shopping express and has been for months. Currently it's on promotion for another 10 % off making it $305. 3700x is also $489.
        Im sure if we went through the list it would come out alot cheaper.

        This isnt a deal.

      • ozvictor on 25/10/2020 - 12:02

        The 3070 founder edition only $809, dunno why even a galax low end 3070 card would cost $999. should be around 850-900

        • dealhunter52 on 25/10/2020 - 12:14
          +1

          Yes, in a perfect world, where you would actually find stock at launch. I'm not that optimistic of seeing 3070 at RRP after 3080 gaffe.

        • going nowhere on 25/10/2020 - 12:15
          +1

          Good luck finding a newly released 3070 for rrp. The listed price includes guaranteed stock, build fee with parts and labor warranty and people tend to forget that.

          • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 13:13
            +1

            @going nowhere: Thank you for the comment, very apprecitate of that. We have stock on hand ready for the build, few order coming in already. Thank you for the support.

            • going nowhere on 25/10/2020 - 16:27
              +1

              @virco: Not at all as I m just stating the truth. What normal consumers dont know is that for retailers to purchase 1 x 3080/ 3090 they also need to purchase 9 - 10 units of low end cards like 1660. So unless the supplier can get rid of all the old stock it's almost impossible to get any new gen cards for RRP.

              • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 16:34
                +1

                @going nowhere: very true. That's why I am wondering how some online seller can sell so many pre order 3080 system. What if promised graphic card not deliver? what would happen then? As retailer, we are very close with ASUS GPU Product manager, he told us that the 3080/3090 would only stablelize at Feb 2021. We are waiting and see all those pre order 3080 / 3090 got refunded.

    • ColdFusion on 25/10/2020 - 12:08
      +1

      This isn't a bad deal if you want a 3070 and a pc with decent quality parts. The CPU is not last-gen it is soon to be replaced by 5th gen Ryzen but that does not reduce the performance it already has. Why does everyone think that as soon as something new comes out that nothing with the older parts is worth buying? If you think that you will only ever be disappointed with what you have. Yes, 5th gen looks like a good price to performance but it's not here today and this deal is.

  • Seph on 25/10/2020 - 11:42

    You got 3070 stock? Didn’t know they were released

    • ozvictor on 25/10/2020 - 11:42

      I heard many suppliers have already received them, just can’t sell them until 29th October

      • Seph on 25/10/2020 - 11:52

        That makes sense. Cheers

  • kh00 on 25/10/2020 - 11:48

    You're previous deal of the 3600 was much better than the current 3500x deal, for $1260

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 11:53
      -1

      We believe new system should come with new CPU, while AMD 3500x just release not long ago, it gives new system a better look

  • nagel on 25/10/2020 - 11:54

    By selling before release are you not breaching your NDA with Nvidia?

    • [Deactivated] on 25/10/2020 - 11:56

      I guess if it doesn't get invoiced until Thursday they'll be ok

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 12:01

      We never received any noticefication from our supplier saying that we are not allow to sell. Maybe Galax is different? On the other hand, computer market has been play by NVidia so badly, we should all ask for price protection from NVidia for the 2000 series of graphic card.

  • badonde on 25/10/2020 - 12:01

    999 3070? Don't fink so

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 12:03
      -3

      Why people paid above $1500 for 2080 Ti?

    • ColdFusion on 25/10/2020 - 12:12

      Okay so what's the price you can get it for?

    • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 12:14

      2080 ti are all bidding above $1000 on eBay, wouldn't be smart for retailers to sell below $1000 with such huge demand

      • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 12:18

        Lucky we didn't stock any 2080 Ti before, otherwise we will be lossing so much $$ considering you said we should all sell below $1k.

        • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 12:20

          nah I mean, that 3070 shouldn't be below $1000 if 2080 Ti used is more than $1000.

          Though if given the choice, between 3070 and 2080 Ti new at the same price, I would 100% go 2080 Ti

          • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 12:24
            +1

            @ln28909: very agree with you on the price point of 3070 shouldn't be below $1k. Not sure what is the strategic NVidia is playing here. Anyway, price already set, damage has been done, now we see if end-user buying or chucking.

            • badonde on 25/10/2020 - 12:36
              +1

              @virco: So by this logic when Intel releases a new Gen i5 that matches last Gen i7, they should increase the price to match the last Gen i7?

              It's just not how things work.

              If you want to charge 999 for a 3070, due to low availability forecast, that's fine and your right.

              But don't try to pretend that this is the rrp, as a system builder you know very well it isn't.

              • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 13:26

                @badonde: Umm 2080 Ti RRP was like 2k, now it's 1k

                So it's the reverse, the old gen i7 price drops to match the new gen i5

                • badonde on 25/10/2020 - 16:33

                  @ln28909: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/09/nvidia-rtx-3090-3080-3070-…

                  I don't think we're going to understand each other on this, but regardless main objection is the fabrication that RTX 3070 is a 999AUD RRP.

                  Just not good to post that by OP as it is untrue.

                  • Letrico on 25/10/2020 - 17:44

                    @badonde: RRP for the FE and RRP for AIB is completely different. From the 3080 launch that FE have $1139 RRP ends up with AIB from price between $1139 and $1799 of which only 1 retailer sells it at $1139 while others sell the same card at $1379.

                    Around $999 RRP for AIB card is definitely not a fabrication as Galax 3080 sells for $1299 RRP in Australia and Galax 3070 will most likely sit in between $900-$999.

  • PowerPC on 25/10/2020 - 12:05

    Hi Vicro, I sent you a message. Not sure if you have seen it, if not please get a look and get in touch with me if you're interested.

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 12:14

      received with thanks

  • Ebaygiftcards on 25/10/2020 - 12:18
    -2

    Luke at Techfast, you’re turn!

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 12:20
      +1

      I notice there are some Techfast fan here, got so many people compare the deal with Techfast here, interesting….

      • Ebaygiftcards on 25/10/2020 - 12:22

        Techfast have been providing excellent deals on Ozbargain for a while now, especially systems with 3080s many weeks ago.

        Admittedly your 2070 deal last week was really good and disappointed I had missed out, but unfortunately not so excited about this deal. Already saw it on your website yesterday. Could’ve done a bit better with price.

        • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 12:26

          did they actually have lots of stock with 3080? for any retailer, we can only get one unit of 3080 if we purchase 10 mainboard or 10 GPU from supplier.
          That's mean, if they have 10 units of 3080, they are stock with 100 units of junk. I will be worry about their future stability of the business and cash flow.

          • Ebaygiftcards on 25/10/2020 - 12:27

            @virco: Read the comments page of their deal. And ETAs for the cards. The customers that ordered a month ago have received their machines, later orders are still waiting obviously. There’s more 3080s coming in late October and sometime November.

        • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 12:27
          +2

          Except for 3080, good price Techfast deal = terrible parts that would have such high probability to break after 1 year

          • Ebaygiftcards on 25/10/2020 - 12:28

            @ln28909: Like which parts? And which brands would you consider as bad?

            • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 12:29
              +1

              @Ebaygiftcards: Allied PSU and Biostar Motherboard

              A bad PSU could cause so much problem to your system, and if it dies out of warranty replacing the PSU is sometimes the hardest part in a build anyway

              And what even is Biostar motherboard

              • Ebaygiftcards on 25/10/2020 - 12:32
                +1

                @ln28909: I can’t comment about their previous deals, but the 3080 builds have the Gigabyte B550 Gaming X motherboards and Gigabyte P750GM(gigabyte.com) 750W 80 Plus Gold fully modular power supply

                • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 12:34

                  @Ebaygiftcards: Like I said beside the 3080 deals, they should give the marketing department a raise tbh, build a really good 3080 system at a good price during the shortage to win over consumers, so that people would talk about Techfast alot for prebuilt.

                  And then, they can continue to sell sub-optimal systems later on

                  • Ebaygiftcards on 25/10/2020 - 12:39

                    @ln28909: I can’t comment on their marketing teams strategy or motivations, and what quality machines they will sell in the future. But you have to admit they did a great job with being able to secure that many 3080s and still include pretty decent branded components. It’s not no brand or terrible components as you have suggested.

                    Having said that, I’m glad Virco has joined Ozbargain, hopefully more competitive prices are offered by them (and other computer shops) down the track.

          • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 12:33
            +1

            @ln28909: We believe a good machine should be using compatible parts, not just about how cheap that is.

            • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 12:37

              @virco: yeah I would say I'm an enthusiast in PC building, so not only you need good parts, but also good aesthetics, 25% of my build's budget goes into make my pc looks good.

              So yeah buy good parts at the cheapest possible price, but not buy cheap quality parts

      • randomusername2017 on 25/10/2020 - 12:26
        +2

        Techfast fan

        aka as touts, stooges, simps.. but not customers.

  • jenkemjunkie on 25/10/2020 - 13:15
    +2

    I don’t understand why everyone thinks Galax make shit GPUs. They’ve been making quality GPUs for decades. Used to be called Galaxy until they renamed.

    I ran a mining farm/machine learning node for 3 years with 64 x 1080ti’s…All Galax…I did not have an issue with any of them. I stuck with the brand because they hashed well and were reliable even with aggressive memory overclocking.

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 13:17
      +1

      agree. We have been selling Galax graphic card for quite some time now. Believe or not, they have less problem than ASUS or Gigabyte.

    • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 13:29
      -7

      I don't like Galax cause they're always the cheapest, probably nothing wrong with the quality, kinda like fashion, I don't buy clothes from Target or Kmart

      • Creepy Woody on 25/10/2020 - 15:21
        +2

        You don't buy things because they are the cheapest? Then what are you doing here…

        • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 15:36
          -3

          I buy high quality product at its cheapest price but I never buy the cheapest product for anything

          so I would buy a Strix when it's cheap, I will never buy a Galax

          • Creepy Woody on 26/10/2020 - 12:41

            @ln28909: You do realise some cheaper products can be the same if not better than more expensive products right?
            Galax is fine, had a 2080, was fine, you are ostentatious.

    • qvntmflx on 25/10/2020 - 13:34
      +4

      I assume labour and RTB Warranty doesn't cost anything, right?

      • ColdFusion on 25/10/2020 - 13:39
        +1

        Nah who even actually uses warranty (outsider doesn't need it)

      • Outsider on 25/10/2020 - 14:04
        -6

        Mate, Shopping Express has warranty too. What made you think otherwise?
        I never said I don't need warranty. Please don't lie.

        So you are saying we should consider labour when posting bargains here? How much is a bargain then? How many hours do you allow them? How much is too much for labour? Is there a guide for this? As I was completely unaware. My bad if I was wrong with anything to do with labour pricing.

        My point still stands. Not the cheapest available. This is OzBargain. Not OzRRP.

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 13:40
      +1

      Not sure how much Shopping Express charge for assembling, and for some reason Shopping Express is not selling RTX3070. Maybe need to purchase the GPU from other retailer.

      We have RTX3070 in stock, price including assmebling, testing, labour and warranty. You may like to come to the shop for inspect the system and the build. We do pretty good cable management as well.

      The AMD System Shopping Express offer is $2099, must be very good value. (https://www.shoppingexpress.com.au/buy/Gaming-Express-AMD-Ry…)

      • Outsider on 25/10/2020 - 14:11
        +2

        You are taking criticism from me because you posted on a bargain website. That system "The AMD System Shopping Express offer is $2099" is not on this site.

        If this was some RRP website that showcases some products with RRP pricing I wouldn't be saying anything.

        • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 14:33

          Thank you for the comment. We always try our best to lower our prices. We believe the deal we offer in this post is pretty good deal. Our team work very hard to come out with the special. Please understand its not only pricing for individual components, but also competibility for each components which able to works with each other, to let the system work at it highest performance.

          The pricing include the assembling, testing, warranty, stock on hand, and labour, but thank you for the criticism, we appreciate on any comments to make us better.

      • HaveANiceDay on 25/10/2020 - 14:33

        Most stores aren't selling the 3070 fyi due to it being released on the 29th

  • apu on 25/10/2020 - 13:41

    Hi Op

    Can you please offer a similar deal to the popular one of last week. Perhaps you can source some different brands of discontinued cards

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 14:10

      We did offer 3500x & 2060 super for $1260. Some people like it with new CPU and all but of coz some people don't. Deal is on our website.

      • HaveANiceDay on 25/10/2020 - 14:31

        The other deal was better though, due to the better CPU

      • daffyd on 25/10/2020 - 15:25

        Any improved power supply options available on the 3500x/2060? 450w bronze substantially limits any ability to upgrade the graphics card in the future

        • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 15:41
          +1

          done that. improve to 600W 80+ Gold, to the total price of $1296. Hopefully this helps a bit. Thank you for the feedback.

  • 9674784 on 25/10/2020 - 13:43

    What's your ABN?

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 13:45
      +3

      Virco Pty Ltd 91 621 630 171
      Shop T15, Capitol Square, Level 1. 730-742 George Street, Sydney
      02 9212 3419
      www.virco.com.au

    • jenkemjunkie on 25/10/2020 - 13:59

      You don’t know how to do a simple ABN search yourself?

      ABN: 91 621 630 171
      ABR record here

      • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 14:19
        +6

        I am sure @Phreakuency like to get the confirmation from our end. Make sure we are who we are.

  • daffyd on 25/10/2020 - 14:35
    +4

    I guess if someone wanted a pre-built gaming PC with strong components right now this is ok value, better value than pre-built from pccg, scorptec, etc.

    But this is ozBargain, not ozOkValue. We're looking for a great deal. Others have pointed out small component compromises that wouldn't make a difference to most people but will save money. In a few days I bet Techfast has a decent sub-$2000 3070 build, and for those willing to wait a little longer there are potential price falls/upgrades at similar prices as new AMD CPUs and GPUs become available.

    • Associatedvirco @ Virco on 25/10/2020 - 14:47
      +1

      Thank you for the comment. We are waiting for Techfast deal as well. For our team, we don't like to use lower model components, but if someone start it, we are happy to beat it.

      We are guessing probably the build would be something like 3600/b450/16g/500w?

      • ln28909 on 25/10/2020 - 16:05

        I'm fairly sure you're gonna lose this bet, Techfast has a different strategy when it comes to the 3000s series

      • HaveANiceDay on 25/10/2020 - 16:21

        Highly doubt that regarding the PSU, everything else has a good possiblity

    • Hardly Normal on 25/10/2020 - 19:30

      The bargain gatekeeper…

      If it is lower than the going rate at the time then it is more than worthy of an OzB post. Getting any 3000 series card quickly isn't easy.

      E.g. NVIDIA Shields were above RRP for ages and deals were only just getting them down to it.

  • Queue2Queue on 25/10/2020 - 14:39

    Seems like a quality build, but probably would get this if it was a 10th gen Intel chip

  • Homr on 25/10/2020 - 14:53

    I'm shattered that I missed out on the 2070 deal but this deal is probably too much for me

    Can anyone provide feedback on the 3500x and 2060 deal?
    3500x & 2060Super for $1260

    It's the same price as the 2070 deal but with weaker CPU and GPU

    • daffyd on 25/10/2020 - 15:09
      +1

      Power supply on the 3500x/2060 also looks a bit anaemic. 450w bronze gives no room for future GPU upgrades.

      You can spend much less for a solid 1080p gaming machine and a 2060 isn't enough for higher resolutions on fancy modern games. Not comfortable building your own?

      • Homr on 25/10/2020 - 15:12
        +1

        No not comfortable building my own, I would rather pay an extra $50-$70 to have someone assemble for it properly.

        I'm after a 1440p machine that will be capable of running cyberpunk 2077

        Budget is around $1000 - $1300

        • daffyd on 25/10/2020 - 15:54

          I think with the upgraded power supply (see comment below) this is a well-balanced machine and as good as is available right now for a pre-built at this price point.

          1440p seems a bit of a stretch, although cyberpunk 2077 does apparently support DLSS 2.0 so it may be ok with a little tweaking of graphics settings. We won't really know until people try it though.

          So while it may not be quite the bargain available last week it seems decent for a pre-built machine. Until/unless someone does a special with a 2070/5700XT at clearance pricing after AMD releases their new cards (I have no inside information, just speculation on what could have prices take another leg down) I'm not sure what could better around this budget. I guess it depends whether you want something now (delivered prior to CP2077 release in particular) or can wait.

          • Homr on 25/10/2020 - 15:55

            @daffyd: Yeh I don't need a pc now, so I can wait a bit.

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