This prebuilt RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5600X PC is a bargain at £949

Anyone who's tried to build or even upgrade a PC on a budget recently knows that it's almost impossible right now. With new AMD and Nvidia graphics cards in short supply, even old and low-end GPUs are now selling for hundreds of quid over RRP, to say nothing of the price inflation affecting other parts like processors and power supplies. Prebuilt PCs are one of the few ways of actually getting a decent deal anymore, and that's exactly what we have for you today: a £949 desktop PC with a Ryzen 5600X processor and RTX 3060 graphics card.

The PC comes from the system builders at AWD-IT, and actually represents really good value given the state of the market. We tossed the non-GPU components into PCPartPicker - 240GB SSD, 16GB RAM, MSI B550 motherboard, white CM case, RGB fans and 550W CM power supply - and came up with a total of £636 if you were to buy the same components yourself.

That leaves £314 for the EVGA RTX 3060 XC graphics card, which is a terrific deal, given that RTX 3060 cards have been selling for upwards of £600... despite the fact that RTX 3060 cards were originally announced with a price of around £300 for an entry-level card. This particular EVGA model is hard to find online, but costs $400 in the US and €400 in the EU, exclusive of VAT, so roughly £314 is an absolute steal.

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