Computer games.

[Tubey]

I've got an Atari game that I won in a competition. It was like a squash game with a little white blob that you knocked backwards and forwards. There was a 'bleep' every time you hit the blob, or the blob hit the sides of the court. If your opponent missed it, then you won the point. Haven't used it for years, I think it's in the cockloft.
Don't bother with computer games these days but get the impression that they have changed somewhat. lol

Pong?

 

[Tommy.]

I've got an Atari game that I won in a competition. It was like a squash game with a little white blob that you knocked backwards and forwards. There was a 'bleep' every time you hit the blob, or the blob hit the sides of the court. If your opponent missed it, then you won the point. Haven't used it for years, I think it's in the cockloft.
Don't bother with computer games these days but get the impression that they have changed somewhat. lol

Not that much...

 

[neil999]

I've got an Atari game that I won in a competition. It was like a squash game with a little white blob that you knocked backwards and forwards. There was a 'bleep' every time you hit the blob, or the blob hit the sides of the court. If your opponent missed it, then you won the point. Haven't used it for years, I think it's in the cockloft.
Don't bother with computer games these days but get the impression that they have changed somewhat. lol

Yes, the games aren't as creative as back then lol

 

[Oasis1878]

Has anybody tried the Resident Evil: Village demo yet?

Not sure my heart can take it so might have to live vicariously through some of you

There’s a demo?!!! I’ll definitely give that a go, love the RE series!

 

[Baines' left foot]

That's genuinely a good find! Better than the one I linked a few weeks back.
Stop fretting over that CPU mate, it's more than reasonable and easily overclockable probably up to 4.2 Ghz on all 6 cores. Unless you plan on streaming whilst browsing AND gaming with higher settings, that'll be fine.

The link ain't working for me right now but it's dual channel RAM presumably (more important than most realise), I'd be interested to know the speed. Also seems to have an NVME M.2 which you probably want to leave for the OS alone (overkill OS storage wise, doesn't really matter though) and have a seperate SSD for games storage.

Cheers mate. I’ve spent a few days deliberating, as I always do with a big purchase, and it seems to be the best value deal out there by a good £100-£200. Is a 550w power supply sufficient? I’d have thought Scan would know what they’re doing but I saw this on HotUKDeals and there’s a coupe of people questioning it.

Would the M.2 be alright with the OS and just a couple of games? I’m not planning on doing a huge amount on it any time soon. I’ll be stripping all the bloatware as soon as it’s working.

 

[Goat]

Cheers mate. I’ve spent a few days deliberating, as I always do with a big purchase, and it seems to be the best value deal out there by a good £100-£200. Is a 550w power supply sufficient? I’d have thought Scan would know what they’re doing but I saw this on HotUKDeals and there’s a coupe of people questioning it.

Would the M.2 be alright with the OS and just a couple of games? I’m not planning on doing a huge amount on it any time soon. I’ll be stripping all the bloatware as soon as it’s working.

The problem that I can see is that there is no ETA on that PC.

And from what I can see, if you really want a 30 series, you might have a very long wait.

Nvidia Says GPU Shortage May Last Until 2022

Nvidia says demand is still exceeding supply.

screenrant.com

Nvidia warns GPU shortage will likely continue "for much of this year"

Graphics cards and consoles have been hit hard by chip shortages

www.gamesradar.com

Nvidia Now Expects Graphics Card Shortages 'For Much of This Year' - IGN

Nvidia’s Chief Financial Officer has said that demand for RTX GPUs will continue to exceed supply “for much of this year.”

www.ign.com

I looked on quite a few sites and not a single 1 has a RTX 3070 for sale

Buy RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Gaming PC | i5 12400F 16GB DDR5 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD | | Ginger6 Computers

Hand-built RTX 5060 Ti 8GB gaming PC with i5 12400F 6 core CPU, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD. 1440p gaming. Stress-tested 24hrs. 3-year warranty, lifetime su

www.ginger6.com

There's this 1 that isn't as good and is dearer but looks like its ready to order, you could always send Scan or Ginger6 an email and ask them if they have any ready to go.

Or this.

Buy RX 9060 XT 8GB Gaming PC | i5 12400F 16GB DDR5 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD | | Ginger6 Computers

Hand-built RX 9060 XT 8GB gaming PC with i5 12400F 6 core CPU, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD. 1440p gaming. Stress-tested 24hrs. 3-year warranty, lifetime sup

www.ginger6.com

As I say, send them both an email, see if they have any available.

 

[Terrarian]

Cheers mate. I’ve spent a few days deliberating, as I always do with a big purchase, and it seems to be the best value deal out there by a good £100-£200. Is a 550w power supply sufficient? I’d have thought Scan would know what they’re doing but I saw this on HotUKDeals and there’s a coupe of people questioning it.

Would the M.2 be alright with the OS and just a couple of games? I’m not planning on doing a huge amount on it any time soon. I’ll be stripping all the bloatware as soon as it’s working.

I would get a 750 just to be on the safe side, hey can juice power like, my 750gold was the first part that died on mine.

 

[Baines' left foot]

The problem that I can see is that there is no ETA on that PC.

And from what I can see, if you really want a 30 series, you might have a very long wait.

Nvidia Says GPU Shortage May Last Until 2022

Nvidia says demand is still exceeding supply.

screenrant.com

Nvidia warns GPU shortage will likely continue "for much of this year"

Graphics cards and consoles have been hit hard by chip shortages

www.gamesradar.com

Nvidia Now Expects Graphics Card Shortages 'For Much of This Year' - IGN

Nvidia’s Chief Financial Officer has said that demand for RTX GPUs will continue to exceed supply “for much of this year.”

www.ign.com

I looked on quite a few sites and not a single 1 has a RTX 3070 for sale

Buy RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Gaming PC | i5 12400F 16GB DDR5 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD | | Ginger6 Computers

Hand-built RTX 5060 Ti 8GB gaming PC with i5 12400F 6 core CPU, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD. 1440p gaming. Stress-tested 24hrs. 3-year warranty, lifetime su

www.ginger6.com

There's this 1 that isn't as good and is dearer but looks like its ready to order, you could always send Scan or Ginger6 an email and ask them if they have any ready to go.

Or this.

Buy RX 9060 XT 8GB Gaming PC | i5 12400F 16GB DDR5 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD | | Ginger6 Computers

Hand-built RX 9060 XT 8GB gaming PC with i5 12400F 6 core CPU, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD. 1440p gaming. Stress-tested 24hrs. 3-year warranty, lifetime sup

www.ginger6.com

As I say, send them both an email, see if they have any available.

I don’t mind waiting a few weeks, but anything beyond say the end of next month would annoy me.

Those are good deals, but the 3070 has really caught me eye. But I really have picked the worse time ever to but a PC haven’t I?

Good news is at least my insurance claim for my MacBook has been accepted. That’s £1100 to put towards it.

 

[Baines' left foot]

I would get a 750 just to be on the safe side, hey can juice power like, my 750gold was the first part that died on mine.

Is a PSU easy to swap out in the future? It’s the only thing I don’t like about that machine I l linked. You can’t configure the parts though.

 

[Tommy.]

Is a PSU easy to swap out in the future? It’s the only thing I don’t like about that machine I l linked. You can’t configure the parts though.

It's a doddle mate, 4 fasteners and shoving some cables through holes in the case and plugging them in. Just make sure the fan is correctly orientated...
In response to your other question, 550W does strike me as being on the low side for a 3070 however it must be fine, a mate got a PC from SCAN and the build quality (cable management etc) was very good to be fair, they also stress tested the CPU for 24 hours and put some wallpapers etc on it, with that in mind it must be fine.

 

[Terrarian]

Is a PSU easy to swap out in the future? It’s the only thing I don’t like about that machine I l linked. You can’t configure the parts though.

Very easy to replace

 

[Baines' left foot]

It's a doddle mate, 4 fasteners and shoving some cables through holes in the case and plugging them in. Just make sure the fan is correctly orientated...
In response to your other question, 550W does strike me as being on the low side for a 3070 however it must be fine, a mate got a PC from SCAN and the build quality (cable management etc) was very good to be fair, they also stress tested the CPU for 24 hours and put some wallpapers etc on it, with that in mind it must be fine.

Very easy to replace

Thanks chaps. This PC searching isn’t half a mine field. I find one and think it may be the one, then I go to configure it and realise they haven’t even included Windows or WiFi lol

The joy quickly turns to pure disappointment.

 

[Zezti]

Thanks chaps. This PC searching isn’t half a mine field. I find one and think it may be the one, then I go to configure it and realise they haven’t even included Windows or WiFi lol

The joy quickly turns to pure disappointment.

If you're going to be using Wifi, really consider at some point getting something like this:
Amazon product ASIN B07T6H3JKV
Cheap wifi cards, or wifi integrated in the motherboard is not great. I got this card with an external antenna and its given me absolutely perfect connection, even better than a wired connection to my router.

 

[Goat]

Thanks chaps. This PC searching isn’t half a mine field. I find one and think it may be the one, then I go to configure it and realise they haven’t even included Windows or WiFi lol

The joy quickly turns to pure disappointment.

tssssssssssssssk

Real gamers don't use WIFI bruh, my PC is HARD WIRED!

But yeah, you have picked the worst possible time in history to buy a PC it seems!

 

[Nymzee]

Thanks chaps. This PC searching isn’t half a mine field. I find one and think it may be the one, then I go to configure it and realise they haven’t even included Windows or WiFi lol

The joy quickly turns to pure disappointment.

Hard-wire your Internet if you want decent speeds.