Seems some recent offers have popped up on Amazon and Costco,so probably a good point to make another thread,before they all go and prices go up again
Upgrade Classifications
The best value systems are bolded.
Critical: Required
Important: Will noticeably improve performance
Useful: Will improve performance but to a lesser degree
Graphics Card Tiers
Classification based on a mix of rasterised and raytracing titles with a mix of native rendering and upscaling. For pathtracing and 4K raytracing,an RTX4090/RTX5090 is suggested with a Ryzen 7 7800X3D or similar Intel CPU.
4K high/Pathtracing – RTX4090/RTX5090
1440P high/4K medium – RTX5070TI/RTX5080/RX9700XT/RTX4070TI Super/RTX4080 Super/RX7900XTX
1440P medium to high/4K low to medium – RTX5070/RX9070/RTX4070 Super/RTX4070/RX7800XT/RX7900GRE/RX9070GRE
1080P high/1440P medium – RTX5060TI 16GB/RX9060XT 16GB/RX7700XT/RTX4060TI 16GB
1080P or E-Sports – RTX5060TI 8GB/RTX5060/RTX5050RTX4060/RTX5050/RX9060XT 8GB/RX9060 8GB/RX7600 8GB/RX7600XT 16GB
CPU Tiers
Over 120HZ – Ryzen 7 7800X3D / Ryzen 7 9800X3D / Ryzen 7 9850X3D Ryzen 9 9950X3D2/Core Ultra 7 270K Plus/Core i9 14900K/Core i9 13900K
120HZ – Ryzen 5 7600/Ryzen 7 7700X/Ryzen 5 9600X/Ryzen 7 9700X/Ryzen 7 5800X3D/Ryzen 5 5500X3D/Core i5 14600K/Core i5 14700K/Core Ultra 5 245K/Core Ultra 5 250K Plus/Core Ultra 7 265K/Core i9 12900K/Core i7 12700K/
60HZ to 120HZ – Ryzen 5 5600/5600/5500F,Ryzen 5 5700X and Core i5 12400F
60HZ – Ryzen 5 4500,Ryzen 5 5500
Entry/Mainstream Level Gaming Desktop(Upto £1100)
Graphics card Performance: RX9060XT > RTX5060 8GB/RX9060 > B580 12GB > RX7600XT > RTX4060 8GB > B570 10GB > RX7600 > RTX3050
It seems CyberPowerPC has displaced the traditional value champs of Palicomp,Gotraka and AWD-IT with some great value clearance systems
E-sports
Best Value Systems
1.)CyberPowerPC Wyvern Gaming PC(8400F/RTX5050/16GB DDR5/500GB) – £699.99
2.)CyberPowerPC Wyvern Gaming PC(7500F/RTX5050/16GB DDR5/500GB) – £719.99
3.)CyberPowerPC Wyvern Gaming PC(8700F/RTX5050/16GB DDR5/500GB) – £749.99
Black and white cases available.
4.)CyberPowerPC Wyvern Gaming PC(Core Ultra 5 225F/RTX5050/16GB DDR5/500GB) – £749.99
Windows installed.
These are more basic systems with either an A620M or H810M motherboard,with an Inwin 650W PSU. Comes with a 2 year parts warranty and 5 year support warranty
5.)GTR Gaming Infinity Gaming PC Bundle with 120HZ 24 Monitor keyboard & mouse – £798.07
Windows installed. A good all in one bundle if you dont want to source the peripherals
General purpose 1080p/1440p gaming
Best Value Systems
6.)CyberPowerPC Wyvern Gaming PC ( Ryzen 7 8700F / 16GB DDR5 / 1TB / 650W ) RTX5060 – £889 / RTX5060TI 8GB – £979 CyberPowerPCUK/FBA
7.)CyberPowerPC x MSI PBM Gaming PC ( AMD Ryzen 5 7500F / Nvidia RTX5060 / 16GB DDR5 / 1TB / 850W / Windows 11 )CyberPowerPCUK/FBA
Windows installed.These two systems are hard to beat for the price in the current market.
8.)AWD-IT Pure Black Gaming PC ( Ryzen 5 8400F / RTX5060 / B650 / 16GB DDR5 / Coolermaster Hyper 212 / Upgrades inside ) – £949
Windows not installed. Unlike the CyberPowerPC this can be pre-configured.
9.)AWD-IT G370A Mesh Gaming PC ( B580 12GB / Intel Core i5 14400F / Phanteks Eclipse G370A / 16GB / 512GB ) – £849.99
Windows not installed. Probably the cheapest system I can find with a graphics card with more than 8GB VRAM
Best Value system with 16GB card.
10.)AWD-IT M100R RGB Gaming PC(Ryzen 5 5500/RX9060XT 16GB/16GB/512GB) – £949.99
No Windows installed. One of the cheapest 16GB graphics card systems left on the market now.
Suggested Upgrades:
1.)Ryzen 7 5700X – £59.99(Important)
2.)Asus B550M-K – £19.99(Important)
Gives you PCI-e 4.0 for the graphics card and NVMe slot.
3.)Asus B550M-A II WiFi II – £39.99(Important)
4.)Kingston NV3 500GB – £24.99(Critical)
5.)MSI MAG AA13 Air cooler – £19.99(Important)
11.)GTR Gaming Blackout Gaming PC(12400F/RX9060XT 16GB/16GB/1TB) – £1046.28
Use Gotraka10 at Checkout to get the price. Upgrades required(included in price):
1.)RX9060XT 16GB – £84
2.)Coolermaster MWE Bronze 650W – £33
No windows included and the cheapest system I found with a 16GB graphics card.
Best value system with upgrades for RX9070GRE/RX9070
12.)Palicomp AMD Fusion FAC13(9600X/RTX5060TI 8GB/16GB 6000MHZ DDR5/1TB) – £1100
Windows included and a cheaper way to get an RX9070GRE/RX9070. To keep the cost down just add the 850W PSU and one of the graphics cards. I found the 9600X doesnt draw too much power.
Suggested upgrades:
1.)850W PSU – COOLERMASTER MWE V3 Gold – ATX3.1/PCI-E5.1 (High Gaming) : £34.99(Critical)
2.)PROMO M2 – 1TB GEN4 to 2TB GEN4 : £90.00(Useful)
3.)AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D – 4.2/5.0Ghz Turbo – 8 Core – 16 Threads : £128.00(Useful)
4.)AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D – 4.7/5.2Ghz Turbo – 8 Core – 16 Threads : £208.00(Useful)
5.)DEEPCOOL AG300 – (AIR) : £35.00(Critical for X3D)
6.)ASUS PRIME B850M-K : £56.00(Useful for PCI-e 5.0 and better VRMs)
7.)AMD RX 9070 GRE 12GB – HDMI-DP : £130.00
8.)AMD RX 9070 16GB – HDMI-DP : £180.00
9.)AMD RX 9070 XT 16GB – HDMI-DP : £280.00
Midrange Gaming Systems(£1100 to £2000)
Graphics card performance:RTX5070TI > RX9070XT > RX9070 > RTX5070 > RX9070GRE
Best Value RX9070GRE System
12.)AWD-IT Astraeus(8400F/RX9070GRE/16GB/1TB) – £1299.99
Windows included. Seems OK out of the box.
Best Value RTX5070 System
13.)Palicomp Best Buy FAC6(Ryzen 5 9600X/RTX5070/16GB/1TB) – £1350
No windows included.Doesnt need many upgrades:
1.)DEEPCOOL AG300 – (AIR) : £35.00(Useful)
2.)ASUS PRIME B850M-K : £56.00(Useful for PCI-e 5.0 and better VRMs)
3.)AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D – 4.2/5.0Ghz Turbo – 8 Core – 16 Threads : £128.00(Useful)
Best Value RX9070/RX9070XT systems
Another bunch of CyberPowerPC systems.
14.)CyberPowerPC Luxe Gaming PC ( AMD Radeon RX9070XT / Intel Core i9 12900KF / 32GB DDR5 / 1TB / Liquid Cooling ) – £1449
15.)CyberPowerPC Luxe Gaming PC ( AMD RX9070XT / Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF / 32GB / 1TB / Z890 / Liquid Cooling ) – £1539
16.)CyberPower, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processor, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT, Gaming Desktop PC – £1599.99 Spotted by NitPolice
All of these include Windows and probably are the best value mainstream systems on the market now.
Cheapest RX9070XT system with 32GB/2TB
17.)AMD Crossfire FAC7(9600X/RX9070XT/32GB/2TB) – £1600
No Windows included and does not need many upgrades as it has a solid parts selection. Suggested upgrades:
1.)AMD RYZEN 7 7800X3D – 4.2/5.0Ghz Turbo – 8 Core – 16 Threads : £128.00(Useful)
2.)AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D – 4.7/5.2Ghz Turbo – 8 Core – 16 Threads : £208.00(Useful)
3.)DEEPCOOL AG400 aRGB – (AIR) : £33.20(Critical for X3D)
4.)ASUS PRIME B850M-K : £20.00(Useful)
5.)ASUS PRIME X870-P WIFI : £90.00(Useful)
Cheapest RTX5070TI System
18.)CyberPowerPC Luxe Gaming PC – Liquid Cooling, Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti, 1TB NVMe SSD, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X – £1479 Spotted by SN46
Best Value DDR5 RTX5070TI System
19.)CyberPowerPC Luxe Gaming PC ( Nvidia RTX5070TI 16GB / Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF / 32GB / 1TB / Z890 / Liquid Cooling ) – £1879
Best Value Compact RTX5070TI System
20.)AWD-IT CH260(9600X/RTX5070TI/16GB/1TB) – £1899.99
Windows included and seems solid for the price. Upgrades I would add:
1.)Ryzen 7 7800X3D – £99.99
2.)Dual channel DDR5 – £24.99(Critical)
3.)Dual channel 6000MHZ 32GB DDR5 – £199.99(Important)
4.)Kingston NV3 500GB(Critical) – £24.99
5.)WD Green SN3000 2TB(Useful) – £169.99
High-end Systems
RTX5090 > RTX5080 > RTX4080 Super > RTX4080 > RTX5070TI
Best Value pre-configured RTX5080 systems
21.)CyberPowerPC Luxe Nvidia RTX5080 Gaming PC ( 32GB/ 1TB ) 9700X £2009 / 265KF £2169 / 9800X3D £2339 / MSI Edition £2419
Best Value configurable RTX5080 systems
AWD-IT 3500X RGB Gaming PC(9600X/RTX5080/16GB/1TB) – £2149.99
Windows not included.Upgrades I would add:
1.)Ryzen 7 7800X3D – £99.99
2.)Dual channel DDR5 – £24.99(Critical)
3.)Dual channel 6000MHZ 32GB DDR5 – £199.99(Important)
4.)Kingston NV3 500GB(Critical) – £24.99
5.)WD Green SN3000 2TB(Useful) – £169.99
22.)Palicomp AMD ALT-F4 Gaming Systems(RTX5080/7800X3D/32GB 6400MHZ/1TB) – £2500
A solid system overall with Windows included.The only upgrade I suggest making:
1.)2TB ADATA Legend 860 M.2 NVMe – 6000MB/s(R)-5000MB/s(W) – GEN4 : £100.00
23.)CyberPower, AMD Ryzen 7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, Gaming Desktop PC- £2599.99
Windows included.
