HP.com has
HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop on sale for
$639.99 when you follow the deal instructions below.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
mrphi76 for finding this deal.
Note: Estimated shipping date will be shown in cart.
Deal Instructions:
- Go to HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop
- Click Customize & Buy
- Under Graphics card, select the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6 dedicated) +$90
- Click Add to Cart
- Price in cart will be $639.99 + Free Shipping
Specs:
- AMD Ryzen 3 5300G 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
- 8GB DDR4-3200 Memory (2x4GB)
- 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB GDDR6 Graphics
- Windows 11 Home
- HP Wired Keyboard + Wired Optical Mouse
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A 6700K sells for at least $100-150... and that is just the CPU by itself with no cooler or anything. For used RAM and PSU, I'd say $50 each. Used small SSD, only $25 b/c really this is only for Windows OS/boot drive and you'll need to buy another SSD to actually install games. Cooler I consider a freebie on a completed system. Who knows when the AIO may fail. Air tower coolers are more reliable long-term IME (I have one over 10 years old still running with the original fan).
I know a lot of other replies here say that the total value should be $500 but that is too low unless they are all finding used 1080s for cheaper than what I'm seeing. I'd say a 1080 by itself in working condition is worth $400-500.
Personally ... I'd estimate the total value at $750 if you assume the 1080 is worth $500. Or $650 if you assume the 1080 is $400.
BUT - That assumes you are okay with buying an older PC. That RAM is almost 2 generations old at this point and the CPU is pretty long in the tooth. Over time, you'll be spending more money on electricity due to the inefficiency of the CPU not to mention you'll probably peg the CPU easily depending on what you are doing.
If it were me personally... I'd rather buy a used 1080 for a full $500 and buy a brand new CPU and do a fresh build. Or for that matter, just swallow $800 and get a 3060Ti from a scalper if $500 for a 1080 is your reference point. The 3060Ti is noticeably more powerful than a 1080, can do Ray Tracing, and also far more energy efficient as well. With an AMD CPU, you can run a 3060 Ti on a 500W PSU no problem. I'm running dual GPUs on a 600W PSU this very moment and I've never even pulled 500W from the wall even during a stress test.
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I would say 'yes' if you can go get it now and the price is reasonable. The 1080 is still a great card and outperforms the 1660 super. BUT - I will caution that I have 2 separate 1080 cards and both are starting to show signs of memory degradation. Essentially, they no longer work at peak overclocks and even require slight underclocking to keep them from crashing my gaming system. Fairly heavy usage cards overall though, so that is likely why they are degrading, but its interesting that I am only running into this issue on the 1080.
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I think it's due to the fact that it's "custom" built. If it does not give you any options to customize and is a true pre-built, then it probably charges once shipped.
I think it's due to the fact that it's "custom" built. If it does not give you any options to customize and is a true pre-built, then it probably charges once shipped.
They might have some requirement to inform you after 60 days that your order is (still) not shipping, and give you the option to cancel. But there's not VISA/MC requirement to only charge when they ship. How else would you ever buy something that's custom made after you place your order?
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17-6700K processor, overclockable (stable 4.4ghz)
- 1080 GPU: (STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING),
- MSI Z170A GAMING M5 LGA 1151 Intel Z170
- 16GB, G.SKILL TridentZ Series, overclockable
- NZXT Kraken liquid AIO cooler (CPU) - Seasonic 850w fully modular power supply (80+gold)
- 250GB Solid State Drive: Samsung EVO
All insights are much appreciated, haven't bought a pc for about a decade.
A 6700K sells for at least $100-150... and that is just the CPU by itself with no cooler or anything. For used RAM and PSU, I'd say $50 each. Used small SSD, only $25 b/c really this is only for Windows OS/boot drive and you'll need to buy another SSD to actually install games. Cooler I consider a freebie on a completed system. Who knows when the AIO may fail. Air tower coolers are more reliable long-term IME (I have one over 10 years old still running with the original fan).
I know a lot of other replies here say that the total value should be $500 but that is too low unless they are all finding used 1080s for cheaper than what I'm seeing. I'd say a 1080 by itself in working condition is worth $400-500.
Personally ... I'd estimate the total value at $750 if you assume the 1080 is worth $500. Or $650 if you assume the 1080 is $400.
BUT - That assumes you are okay with buying an older PC. That RAM is almost 2 generations old at this point and the CPU is pretty long in the tooth. Over time, you'll be spending more money on electricity due to the inefficiency of the CPU not to mention you'll probably peg the CPU easily depending on what you are doing.
If it were me personally... I'd rather buy a used 1080 for a full $500 and buy a brand new CPU and do a fresh build. Or for that matter, just swallow $800 and get a 3060Ti from a scalper if $500 for a 1080 is your reference point. The 3060Ti is noticeably more powerful than a 1080, can do Ray Tracing, and also far more energy efficient as well. With an AMD CPU, you can run a 3060 Ti on a 500W PSU no problem. I'm running dual GPUs on a 600W PSU this very moment and I've never even pulled 500W from the wall even during a stress test.
If you put in anything that intends to use XMP it's going to run at the motherboard default of 2133. So you could get RAM with fast timings, but the frequency is capped AND you have to look at the timings to see what you'll actually get. Ryzen Master can be used to mess with the "speed," but it's not a great way to do it.
I landed on these. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C4VH...ct_de
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