Need a quick sense-check on a new pre-built gaming/creativity desktop that seems really good value

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EDIT - It was a bad idea and I will just be patient and buld something myself soon when B550 mobos are released... sorry please ignore! :o

Hi guys. My laptop has died before the AMD 4000 and Nvidia 3x00 series has been released. Disaster and a huge inconvenience for me.

I was planning on building a fancy new system based around a B550 and 3700x and then just buying a cheap GPU to last me until Q4. However, I have just seen what looks like a very good deal on some pre-built desktop PC's which I think would be the ideal stop-gap solution for my gaming and photo editing needs.

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CAPTIVA R51-369
  • Case: Aerocool Cylon RGB
  • PSU: Thermaltake 500W
  • CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X
  • Cooler: Xilence A250
  • GPU: Palit RTX2070 SUPER 8GB (clearly preferable to a 2060 Super)
  • RAM: Crucial, Kingston 16GB DDR4 (can easily pop in another stick)
  • MOBO: MSI B450M PRO-M2
  • SSD: Crucial, Kingston 240GB )will swap out immediately for my 1TB)
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Price: £1100 (non-EU store that only ships locally where I live, so please don't ask).

EDIT - I also found one with the same spec and price from another brand I've never heard of, except with a 2070 Super which has a 1 month delivery lead time...

Now, I can neither spec any custom bild myself or find any other pre-built PC's as a reference that come close to a 3700x and 2070 Super for this money and I am thinking it represents an unusually good bargain that may in fact see me well into next year gaming at 1440p while giving me minimum downtime and plenty of power for my editing.

Thoughts as a quick and dirty solution to last me into 2021? :)
 
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The second one looks like a good price for a pre-built, but I'd be afraid you'd end wishing you had upgraded everything, e.g. the motherboard, the memory (32GB), the CPU (3900X or 3900XT), the PSU, the case, just to squeeze in the 2070 Super.
 
Tetras said:
The second one looks like a good price for a pre-built, but I'd be afraid you'd end wishing you had upgraded everything, e.g. the motherboard, the memory (32GB), the CPU (3900X or 3900XT), the PSU, the case, just to squeeze in the 2070 Super.
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Thanks for the reply, much appreciated! I don't need anything above a 3700x so the CPU is no problem, it's plenty powerful for heavy gaming and creativity. As for the RAM I can pop in another stick if I need to.

But yeah... it's a pre-bilt so I will have to take all its flaws... the case looks pretty **** and has no USB-C. Clearly I won't wanting to be upgrading it later.

I guess it's a question of how desperate I am... maybe it's just better to wait and build my own rig using components I can easily upgrade later. It's just that getting a decent GPU would be a money sink at the moment... but I guess a 1660 Ti would also suffice.
 
I'd rather build a better base system myself, even if it means jamming in a cheap GPU from the MM to tide you over.
 
Tetras said:
I'd rather build a better base system myself, even if it means jamming in a cheap GPU from the MM to tide you over.
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Yeah you are right, I think I would just have buyers remorse otherwise later down the line.

Thanks guys, I needed a more unbiased opinion than what was going throgh my head at the moment. :)
 
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