NVIDIA PC Gaming Revival Kit Detailed

[cdawall]

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.

People are paying $400 to upgrade 4 year old dells. Not build a gaming rig. There are people happily playing games on the 660/670/7870 all of which have 2gb and less. This card is a lot better performing than those, uses less power and will last just fine. Remember people with 4 year old dells won't be playing games at ultra. They will click the auto setting button have it kick down to medium/high and smile.

 

[Dave65]

Another gimmick!

 

[peche]

nice nvidia kit that contains:
MSI video card,
Corsair crappy PSU...
Regular M$ game...
Nividia Tshirt.... wow ... 100% disappointing of a "Nvidia" kit that contains moar publicity and craps than nvidia itself products,

they should start thinking out their bundles again ...
Nvidia GeForce GTX 10"XX" Founders / Reference edition video card,
Branded Nvidia 450/500W 80 + Bronze PSU [Branded model from seasonic or a better manufacturer]
Nvidia SSD drive [again branded from well known manufacturer ]
Nvidia official Cap / Shirt
Steam $50 Gift Card

That will be better, i know that will requiere moar investment to achieve but will bring better consumer bundles and better company image, than selling a "happy box" full of low end craps at high price...

REgards,

 

[BiggieShady]

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

FTFY, for some reason they tend to think the average gamer is a kid

 

[Casecutter]

Wow I want to see the instructions that cover the menagerie of things that the "clueless" who would first buy this, then get to the first sticky-widget and have to figure out how to work around various problems.

Now if this had a CD that like automatically moved your Win7 install and other basic OS programs that might have merit, as most people can't transfer all their HHD over to 240Gb SSD. So if Nvidia had a program that had that happen for the uninitiated that might be great but still no Win10 so no Dx12 game play for those.

When you can just buy a HP Envy 750-411 Desktop Computer; Intel Core i5-6400 Processor 2.70GHz; AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB GDDR5 VR Ready; 8GB RAM; 1TB HDD for $660; throwing $400 for this is a sick joke!

And also that's a MSI Paper Tiger card, it's super low end with an aluminum extrusion and believe one heat pipe. That might be worth $160 if you're un-informed. The 3 parts would be hard to push the price above $275.

 

[Steevo]

If a person is competent enough to install the hardware in the kit, they are competent enough to look at hardware and make a better informed choice, also, how many people are going to buy this and the PSU won't fit, or their micro ATX case wont fit the card, or have any idea about the drive and cloning, so they will end up taking it to someone, who will charge as much as a new basic prebuilt by the time its all done, and it will only be mediocre fast comparatively.

 

[rtwjunkie]

If a person is competent enough to install the hardware in the kit, they are competent enough to look at hardware and make a better informed choice, also, how many people are going to buy this and the PSU won't fit, or their micro ATX case wont fit the card, or have any idea about the drive and cloning, so they will end up taking it to someone, who will charge as much as a new basic prebuilt by the time its all done, and it will only be mediocre fast comparatively.

And yet, you would be surprised. There are hordes of these people.

 

[kruk]

Win10 runs just fine even on a 10 year old core2duo

It might run, but what can you use it for? If you would run 10+ years old programs why wouldn't you use Win7 which will surely run better?

 

[EarthDog]

Surely???????

 

[Fx]

If my wife ever bought this as a gift for me, I would immediately return it for cash. Besides, anyone that would have to go through the trouble of installing this hardware themselves is going to be savvy enough to also pick out new hardware. Essentially, they would be getting a better fit with hardware and saving money for the performance boost that they are getting.

 

[ShurikN]

If my wife ever bought this as a gift for me, I would immediately return it for cash. Besides, anyone that would have to go through the trouble of installing this hardware themselves is going to be savvy enough to also pick out new hardware. Essentially, they would be getting a better fit with hardware and saving money for the performance boost that they are getting.

Couple of years ago, before we got married, gave my wife advice NEVER to buy me, as a surprise, anything PC hardware, game or tech related.

 

[Fx]

Couple of years ago, before we got married, gave my wife advice NEVER to buy me, as a surprise, anything PC hardware, game or tech related.

Smart. I can't remember if I told my wife that or if she quickly deduced that her money would be more wisely spent elsewhere.

I can't think of scenario where this kit is a good idea.

 

[kruk]

Surely???????

I don't know why this is so hard to believe, because It's always been like that. It doesn't need to be Windows fault. A driver might break, for example, or copy protection could behave differently, making the program unusable.

 

[bug]

Couple of years ago, before we got married, gave my wife advice NEVER to buy me, as a surprise, anything PC hardware, game or tech related.

And what did you have to return for cash? Nothing!

Joking aside, you're just showing off because once upon a time, you told the Mrs what to do. I saw right through that

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Should of added an AGP option imo. When i was in college AGP was all the rage

Or have a separate product called the Nvidia Nostalgia Kit

 

[R-T-B]

It might run, but what can you use it for? If you would run 10+ years old programs why wouldn't you use Win7 which will surely run better?

Web browsing. My dad does this every day.

The Windows 10 kernel actually runs very fast on a core 2 duo and I think it's faster than Windows 7.

 

[zimcomp]

i do understand why some people buy pre built pcs even when they know a fair bit about computers

but i am wondering who this kit is for


if you buy this kit

your going to open your pc and put in a power supply a graphics card and new ssd

then reinstall windows
and all the drivers

your going to need a fair amount of knowledge of the workings of the pc

and if you know this then why buy a kit

its not saving you any money
in fact its going to cost you at least 60 euros more than if you bought the parts

and if your not sure which parts to get you could ask on a few forums to get some advise

so im wondering who is this for

 

[Olle P]

In my mind this kit is an excellent idea poorly executed.
The price tag shouldn't be as bad as some of you think though. I assume that the customer also gets a good manual on how to install the stuff.

What I think about the kit:
Target performance: Hard to reach if the CPU (and available RAM) isn't up to specs, which it likely isn't for most users in the target group.
SSD: Shouldn't be there in the first place!
* 240GB is too little for use as a main disk.
* A ~100GB dedicated system disk is too complicated to install (given the target group).
* A 1TB main disk to replace the HDD is too expensive.
Graphics card: Suboptimal version.
* As been pointed out earlier in this thread the 3GB VRAM combined with the GTX 1060 GPU is a bad matching with poor longevity.
* Given the target group a 6GB GTX 1060 can be expected to mismatch a lesser CPU.
* I think a GTX 1050Ti would be optimal to provide good performance at a good price point combined with most CPUs. (Won't necessarily meet the target performance though.)
PSU: Just right!
* It fits the ATX size standard, 14cm deep.
* Plenty of Power! (120W GPU plus 150W other parts (mobo, CPU, RAM, HDD, fans, etc.) give you 180W (55%) surplus capacity!)
T-shirt and game: The shirt is good if there's a discount to the price tag for marketing Nvidia. The game doesn't appeal to all potential customers and therefore can't be said to add value.
Other stuff: As mentioned above there should be a good manual provided, adding value. An ESD protective wrist band should be nice as well. I can't say if any of this actually is enclosed though.

To make it a good kit:
* Remove the SSD.
* GTX 1050Ti instead of GTX 1060.
* Adjust the proclaimed performance target to reflect reality. (Useful framerates at 1080p with "medium" to "high" settings, depending on title and CPU/RAM.)
* Halve the kit price, to match those changes.

 

[Vayra86]

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".

If it's a founders edition T shirt at least it will be warm!!

 

[rtwjunkie]

If it's a founders edition T shirt at least it will be warm!!

 

[peche]

If it's a founders edition T shirt at least it will be warm!!

i will truly appreciate a syringe of arctic mx and also thermalpads to replace the shitty ones already installed

Regards,

 

[Vayra86]

i will truly appreciate a syringe of arctic mx and also thermalpads to replace the shitty ones already installed

Regards,

They put thermal shoulder pads in that T shirt too? Dayum I might just go and get me one

 

[peche]

They put thermal shoulder pads in that T shirt too? Dayum I might just go and get me one

use your logic before posting... its about a video card manufacturer... where you think they could use shitty paste and thermals?

Regards,

 

[Vayra86]

use your logic before posting... its about a video card manufacturer... where you think they could use shitty paste and thermals?

Regards,

You quoted me: "If it's a founders edition T shirt at least it will be warm!!"

Twas a joke

 

[Grings]

It is not a terrible kit, and will probably drop in price once it has been in stores for a while (like the graphics cards used for comparison already have)