NVIDIA PC Gaming Revival Kit Detailed

[btarunr]

Used to game in the 2000s, through your college, and then "life happened"? Want to turn your 4-year old Dell into a gaming PC, but its 350W generic OEM power supply is holding you back? For these things and other, NVIDIA is selling a "PC Gaming Revival Kit," a package consisting of a graphics card, an SSD, a PSU, and a game, to help you bring PC gaming back into your lives. The kit includes hardware to turn just about any desktop with a SATA port and PCI-Express slot, into a 1080p gaming machine (provided it meets some basic requirements of the graphics card).

Available in the EU, priced at 399€, the kit includes an MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3GT OC graphics card, a factory-overclocked GTX 1060 3GB card with a dual-fan cooling solution; a Corsair Force LE 240GB solid-state drive, a Corsair CX450M partially modular 450W power supply, an NVIDIA GeForce t-shirt, and a copy of "Gears of War 4." Bought separately, the graphics card goes for 229€, and PSU for 51€, the SSD for 77€, and the game for 45€, total: 402€, so it's not that big a value, but could point a lot of people in the right direction. It could also make for a decent X'mas gift.



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[qubit]

Looks like the lazy man's graphics upgrade, or intended for those who aren't confident of choosing their own components. I'd always choose them individually, of course.

 

[alucasa]

It does indeed make a nice X mas present as the article says though. Basically, it's an all-in-one solution.

A common issue with this sort of product is warranty. Since it has more than one components, it could be a headache when one of it goes bad.

 

[Steevo]

Nah brah. Nah.

 

[natr0n]

Nice package.

 

[TheGuruStud]

Stupid. Make up stuff and hope people buy it. Solid plan without a real product.

 

[cdawall]

Stupid. Make up stuff and hope people buy it. Solid plan without a real product.

It is a simple kit purchase for people who have no idea what they are doing. What sucks is all of the cases with proprietary PSU's

 

[natr0n]

It is a simple kit purchase for people who have no idea what they are doing. What sucks is all of the cases with proprietary PSU's

I was also thinking about possible proprietary psu issues as well. Nvidia might have to\should make a reference model lookup\compatibility website or something.

 

[ShurikN]

Someone already did the math. You're basically paying 30 bucks for a t-shirt.

 

[Frick]

I was also thinking about possible proprietary psu issues as well. Nvidia might have to\should make a reference model lookup\compatibility website or something.

Huge amount of work. It's not as big an big issue it was some years ago.

Looking forward to seeing the people with C2D towers buying these.

 

[Xzibit]

Someone already did the math. You're basically paying 30 bucks for a t-shirt.

Must be Founder Edition T-Shirt. They should at least throw in one of the many leather jackets JHH wears.

Don't know if that's the final product but the box art shows FE art, just a logo implies MSI. Kid opens up his present and then goes, "Where is the FE card?" Installs it and says, "Hey were is the other 3GBs".

 

[john_]

so it's not that big a value, but could point a lot of people in the right direction. It could also make for a decent X'mas gift.

You mean it will point a lot of people in the WRONG direction and that at 400 euros there are plenty of better gifts to buy and give.

 

[jesdals]

Well have to admit - would never buy a Nvidia kit - but 450W PSU - my last PSU below 500W would be back in the slot 1 area - perhaps a Pentium 3 build.

If they make a VEGA kit with a nice Samsung 1TB 960 EVO and a tripple X T-Shirt then I might be ready for a red team package - wonder what kind of PSU it would take...

 

[PLAfiller]

Their marketing department is working hard. That's why I like NVidia, it seems to me they just try new stuff here and there. or at least is visible to the public.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

This not a bad idea but I think the consumer would be better off just by buying an used 980ti and a new PSU and SSD, but the price for this package is not bad in my opinion.

 

[Folterknecht]

3GB card

 

[hojnikb]

Well have to admit - would never buy a Nvidia kit - but 450W PSU - my last PSU below 500W would be back in the slot 1 area - perhaps a Pentium 3 build.

If they make a VEGA kit with a nice Samsung 1TB 960 EVO and a tripple X T-Shirt then I might be ready for a red team package - wonder what kind of PSU it would take...

450W is plenty for any single gpu out there. You must be thinking of "500W" psus, where actualy usable power was more like 200W.

 

[bug]

Mwahahahaha, this must be one of the worst deals I've ever seen.
SSD, video card, PSU, ok, those can keep an aging computer on life support for a while. But GoW4 requires Win10 which in turn requires a fairly recent CPU and will not run that well on old systems.

 

[hojnikb]

Mwahahahaha, this must be one of the worst deals I've ever seen.
SSD, video card, PSU, ok, those can keep an aging computer on life support for a while. But GoW4 requires Win10 which in turn requires a fairly recent CPU and will not run that well on old systems.

Win10 runs just fine even on a 10 year old core2duo

 

[kmetek]

game is 25-30€ max everywhere

 

[PinkMachine]

I doubt there are people who go for this kit only because 'they do not know what they are doing', 'are too lazy to figure out the parts themselves' or 'want to upgrade X-years gaming rig'.

If they are not into PC building they would have probably gone for pre-build PCs that can be found in their local computer stores. No wonder the games do not work as promised if they listen to the owner 'Jeff' who says 3GB GPU handles all titles from this year at stable 60 FPS ^.^.

 

[rtwjunkie]

If they are not into PC building they would have probably gone for pre-build PCs that can be found in their local computer stores. No wonder the games do not work as promised if they listen to the owner 'Jeff' who says 3GB GPU handles all titles from this year at stable 60 FPS

I'm not saying this is a great deal, but there are a TON of people there who bought a pre-built computer, and later decide they want to play a PC game and can't.

The prospect of what do they need is very daunting, and will gladly pay for an option such as this. For them, trying to pick what parts is scary. These people exist in far greater numbers than we enthusiasts, or even those with a little knowledge and are comfortable researching the parts themselves.

 

[Dimi]

3GB memory video card for 1080p gaming is fine. Its not "future proof" but what video card is? In 2 years time a similar priced video card will have twice the power. Not everyone feels the need to play everything on ultra settings. For someone with a shitty graphics card who plays everything on low, upgrading to this to play most titles on high/very high will be a HUGE visual improvement and smoothness.

 

[EarthDog]

Someone already did the math. You're basically paying 30 bucks for a t-shirt.

Lol, don't forget about the knowedge, albeit basic, that went into getting the package together.

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

3GB memory video card for 1080p gaming is fine. Its not "future proof" but what video card is? In 2 years time a similar priced video card will have twice the power. Not everyone feels the need to play everything on ultra settings. For someone with a shitty graphics card who plays everything on low, upgrading to this to play most titles on high/very high will be a HUGE visual improvement and smoothness.

There is a difference between "not wasting money on future proofing" and "buying something not powerful enough"

Considering that the 6GB 1060 would easily get a year of extra useful life over the 3GB model, considering that 3GB is already not always enough, the 6GB would be cheaper over it's useful life then a 3GB one.

If you are going to spend hundreds of dollars, might as well buy something that is going to last. Paying 25% more for a part that will get 2-3 years of useful life vs 1 year of useful life is a no brainer.