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* Decentish gaming PCRJH
+* Re: Decentish gaming PCSteve Hough
|`* Re: Decentish gaming PCAndy Burns
| `- Re: Decentish gaming PCSteve Hough
+* Re: Decentish gaming PCRaj Kundra
|`* Re: Decentish gaming PCRJH
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| `- Re: Decentish gaming PCRaj Kundra
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From: patchmo...@gmx.com (RJH)
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Subject: Decentish gaming PC
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:56:20 -0000 (UTC)
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 by: RJH - Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:56 UTC

This does seem to be impossibly good value -

https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i5-gaming-pc/p/717343548544400
https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i7-gaming-pc/p/717347548535400

The RTX 3060 TI alone seems to be £650.

I'm certainly tempted by the cheaper i5 - might that be a false economy, and
the i7 is the better buy? I like messing about with the latest 3D games and
have been thinking about an Oculus Quest VR hook-up machine for a while

Also, is it possible to throttle these cards so they're (near) silent when not
in gaming mode?

--
Cheers, Rob

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Subject: Re: Decentish gaming PC
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 by: Steve Hough - Tue, 12 Oct 2021 09:42 UTC

RJH explained on 11/10/2021 :
> This does seem to be impossibly good value -
>
> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i5-gaming-pc/p/717343548544400
> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i7-gaming-pc/p/717347548535400
>

Personally I'd want to know a bit more about the
components, like what motherboard, what memory
etc. And I suspect the PSU in that case is cheap
and nasty, as thats where the compromises tend to
be made.

I think you'll find most modern video cards can
throttle themselves.

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From: raj...@kundracomputers.co.uk (Raj Kundra)
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 by: Raj Kundra - Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:51 UTC

On 11/10/2021 18:56, RJH wrote:
> This does seem to be impossibly good value -
>
> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i5-gaming-pc/p/717343548544400
> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i7-gaming-pc/p/717347548535400
>
> The RTX 3060 TI alone seems to be £650.
>
> I'm certainly tempted by the cheaper i5 - might that be a false economy, and
> the i7 is the better buy? I like messing about with the latest 3D games and
> have been thinking about an Oculus Quest VR hook-up machine for a while
>
> Also, is it possible to throttle these cards so they're (near) silent when not
> in gaming mode?
>
Buy a HP Z820 and add your own card.

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 by: RJH - Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:06 UTC

On 12 Oct 2021 at 13:51:50 BST, "Raj Kundra" <raj@kundracomputers.co.uk>
wrote:

> On 11/10/2021 18:56, RJH wrote:
>> This does seem to be impossibly good value -
>>
>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i5-gaming-pc/p/717343548544400
>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i7-gaming-pc/p/717347548535400
>>
>> The RTX 3060 TI alone seems to be £650.
>>
>> I'm certainly tempted by the cheaper i5 - might that be a false economy, and
>> the i7 is the better buy? I like messing about with the latest 3D games and
>> have been thinking about an Oculus Quest VR hook-up machine for a while
>>
>> Also, is it possible to throttle these cards so they're (near) silent when not
>> in gaming mode?
>>
> Buy a HP Z820 and add your own card.

They look to be pretty sturdy! But cards are just too pricey right now - the
Aldi deal looks to be approaching sane.

And as pointed out upthread, I wouldn't be sure what I'd be getting with the
Aldi machine - although my expereince of their stuff has been pretty good.

Overall I've gone off the idea and think I'll just get a mid-range card off
ebay for now so I can at least play the games I've got on the Windows PC.
Looking at 1060 or similar.
--
Cheers, Rob

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Subject: Re: Decentish gaming PC
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 by: Steve Hough - Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:41 UTC

RJH submitted this idea :
> On 12 Oct 2021 at 13:51:50 BST, "Raj Kundra"
> <raj@kundracomputers.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 11/10/2021 18:56, RJH wrote:
>>> This does seem to be impossibly good value -
>>>
>>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i5-gaming-pc/p/717343548544400
>>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i7-gaming-pc/p/717347548535400
>>>
>>> The RTX 3060 TI alone seems to be £650.
>>>
>>> I'm certainly tempted by the cheaper i5 -
>>> might that be a false economy, and the i7 is
>>> the better buy? I like messing about with the
>>> latest 3D games and have been thinking about
>>> an Oculus Quest VR hook-up machine for a
>>> while
>>>
>>> Also, is it possible to throttle these cards
>>> so they're (near) silent when not in gaming
>>> mode?
>>>
>> Buy a HP Z820 and add your own card.
>
> They look to be pretty sturdy! But cards are
> just too pricey right now - the Aldi deal looks
> to be approaching sane.
>
> And as pointed out upthread, I wouldn't be sure
> what I'd be getting with the Aldi machine -
> although my expereince of their stuff has been
> pretty good.
>
> Overall I've gone off the idea and think I'll
> just get a mid-range card off ebay for now so I
> can at least play the games I've got on the
> Windows PC. Looking at 1060 or similar.

Mines only an Intel 2600k, 1050ti video and 8 gig
ram (W7) and it still plays everything I want in
HD, pretty much maxed out.

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From: theom+n...@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Theo)
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 by: Theo - Tue, 12 Oct 2021 20:18 UTC

RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
> This does seem to be impossibly good value -
>
> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i5-gaming-pc/p/717343548544400
> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i7-gaming-pc/p/717347548535400
>
> The RTX 3060 TI alone seems to be £650.
>
> I'm certainly tempted by the cheaper i5 - might that be a false economy, and
> the i7 is the better buy? I like messing about with the latest 3D games and
> have been thinking about an Oculus Quest VR hook-up machine for a while

If you really want a 3060 Ti then it's a decent buy. The list price on
those is £350 but currently only available at £650. The rest of the bits
probably add up to the remaining £250. The i7 bumps up to Rocket Lake (11th
gen) which has a much better iGPU, not that you're going to be using that.

They don't give details, so I'd expect the parts without detailed specs to
be relatively basic. I would stick the spec into PCPartpicker, choosing the
cheapest options, and see how it prices them up from retailers. My guess is
it's a bit cheaper than buying the bits yourself, but not hugely so -
although you might be lucky with getting better than budget specs.

> Also, is it possible to throttle these cards so they're (near) silent when
> not in gaming mode?

I'm not sure about silent but the fans are generally running at low revs
until the GPU is under load. I have a 3060 (don't think it's a Ti) in a
desktop and it's only when working hard can I hear the GPU fan - although I
do have other machines running.

Theo

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 by: Raj Kundra - Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:00 UTC

On 12/10/2021 16:06, RJH wrote:
> On 12 Oct 2021 at 13:51:50 BST, "Raj Kundra" <raj@kundracomputers.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/10/2021 18:56, RJH wrote:
>>> This does seem to be impossibly good value -
>>>
>>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i5-gaming-pc/p/717343548544400
>>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i7-gaming-pc/p/717347548535400
>>>
>>> The RTX 3060 TI alone seems to be £650.
>>>
>>> I'm certainly tempted by the cheaper i5 - might that be a false economy, and
>>> the i7 is the better buy? I like messing about with the latest 3D games and
>>> have been thinking about an Oculus Quest VR hook-up machine for a while
>>>
>>> Also, is it possible to throttle these cards so they're (near) silent when not
>>> in gaming mode?
>>>
>> Buy a HP Z820 and add your own card.
> They look to be pretty sturdy! But cards are just too pricey right now - the
> Aldi deal looks to be approaching sane.
>
> And as pointed out upthread, I wouldn't be sure what I'd be getting with the
> Aldi machine - although my expereince of their stuff has been pretty good.
>
> Overall I've gone off the idea and think I'll just get a mid-range card off
> ebay for now so I can at least play the games I've got on the Windows PC.
> Looking at 1060 or similar.

I got 2 sitting here 😁

Z820 Workstation 2x Xeon E5-2650v2 2.60GHz 8cor 16GB 250GB
Z820 Workstation Xeon E5-2640 v2 2.00GHz 8GB 240GB

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 by: Andy Burns - Wed, 13 Oct 2021 18:24 UTC

Steve Hough wrote:

> RJH explained on 11/10/2021 :
>
>> This does seem to be impossibly good value -
>>
>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i5-gaming-pc/p/717343548544400
>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i7-gaming-pc/p/717347548535400
>
> Personally I'd want to know a bit more about the components

https://www.medion.com/gb/service/product-detail/10024316

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 by: Steve Hough - Thu, 14 Oct 2021 10:23 UTC

Andy Burns presented the following explanation :
> Steve Hough wrote:
>
>> RJH explained on 11/10/2021 :
>>
>>> This does seem to be impossibly good value -
>>>
>>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i5-gaming-pc/p/717343548544400
>>> https://www.aldi.co.uk/medion-core-i7-gaming-pc/p/717347548535400
>>
>> Personally I'd want to know a bit more about
>> the components
>
> https://www.medion.com/gb/service/product-detail/10024316

Not something I'd rush to buy..

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