u/BoxOwn8745

Hi guys,

I'm looking to replace a laptop that's died and have a budget of around £1500 (new 5070 or used 5070ti/4080 territory).

I'm between getting a new laptop or a desktop (I could get a used 3080/5070) and a used handheld. The desktop would stay in an office and I'd like to use the handheld on the go and also to stream games from the desktop to the TV.

Do any of you use handhelds to stream more demanding games from your desktop and if so how is the experience? Would you keep that setup over having a laptop?

Both of these are used, which one of these 2 sets of components would you go for? The first one performs better of course but just wondering if you think it's worth the extra £200

Hi all, I'm looking for a pc that will be capable of running games at 1440 or 1080p and will be good for a few years.

I play strategy games and also single player RPG types such as elden ring, cyberpunk, expedition 33 etc. I don't mind lower FPS or dropping settings to medium as long as they're smoothly playable. I'm coming from an RTX 2070 laptop that's just died.

I've seen this listed used for £1000, is that fair, do you see any issues with it and if so what would you suggest?

💻 Specs:

• GPU: AORUS Extreme RTX 3080 (high-end model)

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (12 cores / 24 threads - 64MB of L3 cache)

• RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Kingston Fury 3200MHz

• Storage:

• 1TB WD Black SN770 NVMe (fast)

• 500GB NVMe SSD

• PSU: Corsair 850W Gold Rated (reliable, upgraded)

• Cooler: CoolerMaster ML240L RGB liquid cooler

• Case: CoolerMaster TD500 (good airflow + RGB)

• WiFi + Bluetooth included

Edit: I can stretch to the £1500 mark if you think it would be worth it/the pc would last much longer.