Wednesday, July 25th 2018
It's a Stock Clearance: NVIDIA Launches Graphics Card Bundle with Free Kingston SSD
NVIDIA, via its UK storefront, has launched new graphics card bundles - bundles that come with a free Kingston SSD. The offer doesn't stretch through the entirety of the lineup, and is restricted to the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and 1060 - likely the top volume offerings NVIDIA has right now. The offered SSDs are all part of Kingston's A400 value lineup, and the offered capacities range from 120 GB (in the majority of the models) through to 240 GB.
The small capacity SSDs being bundled with these mid range graphics cards also makes sense due to the market these are usually aimed at: casual, price/performance, budget customers, who may not have the funds to spare on an SSD upgrade. So while NVIDIA helps move some more graphics card units (maybe for an eventual, hypothetical, upcoming next-gen 1100 series release?), it only offers SSDs to the market that is more likely to require them for their systems.
Sources:
NVIDIA.co.uk, Scan.co.uk
The small capacity SSDs being bundled with these mid range graphics cards also makes sense due to the market these are usually aimed at: casual, price/performance, budget customers, who may not have the funds to spare on an SSD upgrade. So while NVIDIA helps move some more graphics card units (maybe for an eventual, hypothetical, upcoming next-gen 1100 series release?), it only offers SSDs to the market that is more likely to require them for their systems.
18 Comments on It's a Stock Clearance: NVIDIA Launches Graphics Card Bundle with Free Kingston SSD
1050Ti start at 170 Eur and kingston SSD 120GB costs a whooping 29 Eur.
Average Joe thinks: well i have spent so much (170) on a mid-range graphics card, i sure don't have money for low-end SSD now.
But, looking at these awesome deals this average Joe will certainly get tempted and will buy it, because it says you get free SSD. wow.
The promo 1050Ti now costs 183GBP, which is 205Eur.
Some miracle happened, the card that cost 170Eur suddenly costs 205Eur after adding in FREE SSD.
But seriously, NVIDIA should just make a permanent and significant price drop on all their 10xx series cards now instead of playing around with gimmicks.
www.scan.co.uk/products/6gb-msi-geforce-gtx-1060-6gt-ocv1-gpu-1544-1759mhz-core-boost-plus-240gb-kingston-a400-25-sata-ssd-5
Not a bad deal though it would be a lot more enticing if they gave folks the choice of an SSD or a game such as Rainbow SiX Seige
Off topic, but had to be said. :D
I just can't wrap my head around paying for any GPUs now whenever I recalled I paid only $299 CAD for my still rocking RX 480 at launch.
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