We have a problem, I think!

Mech1

Hp Victus 15L has been ordered paid for and is due for delivery soon.

I can't seem to post a link to it but it's the first gaming desktop called Victus on the Currys pc world site €899.

My missus assumed that my 12 year old knew what he wanted so went ahead without me knowing.

Now big problem is that I have a 6800Xt here, as a upgrade to whatever pc he gets but I'm not sure it will fit or even if enough PSU is there in the Victus (no wattage in specs on website).

Now do I cause a major kerfuffle and get the order cancelled or returned or do I try to buy more bits in order to make it fit?

Many thanks.

Spear

This one I presume:

https://www.currys.ie/products/hp-victus-15l-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-5-gtx-1660-super-512-gb-ssd-10240279.html

8GB is minimal, 16GB would be strongly advised.

However, it's a 350W PSU is nowhere near sufficient.

Mech1

Many thanks, that's the one.

Spear

A 6800XT can pull 300W on its own, so the PSU is a show stopper. It's a proprietary HP size one, so a normal ATX won't do.

Mech1

What PSU do I buy?

It appears to have a oddball mb connection

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119925899#Comment_119925899

You need another HP one, they apparently do a 500W one for that model, but I've no idea where you'd find one.

Mech1

Will start looking, Thanks.

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119925945#Comment_119925945

There may be another issue with the card size.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG74KUj8p-s

According to that attempt to upgrade it, there's very little room for a GPU. It's looking doubtful a 6800XT will fit.

Headshot

It's looking like at this stage a different PC might be the way to go

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119926535#Comment_119926535

No, I don't see this ending well either.

Headshot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119926551#Comment_119926551

Maybe a second hand custom built PC is the way to go

Jon Doe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058273505/we-have-a-problem-i-think

I'd return the machine if I were you... Just make sure not to scratch anything: neither the machine nor the packaging...

https://www.eccireland.ie/online-shopping-how-to-cancel-and-return-an-order/

Pretty sure this is a EU rule concerning online shopping...

Flinty997

Just return the PC and start over.

Mech1

Returning the pc world pc, just bought a much more useful pc from Harvey Norman. Asus ROG Strix G15 Ryzen 5 | 16GB | 512GB

999 reduced from 1400 black Friday.

Looks like it will fit the graphics card I have 500w is a bit weak but it's standard atx so can swap it out if Ness and sell the bits I don't want.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119927281#Comment_119927281

yea I was gonna say that HP thing is a waste of money.

The ASUS PC will be much better (and non proprietary MB etc so much easier to upgrade in future).

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119927281#Comment_119927281

Got a link to it? But it sounds like a much more practical choice.

Mech1

https://www.harveynorman.ie/computing/desktop-computers/asus-rog-strix-g15-ryzen-5-16gb-512gb.html

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119927281#Comment_119927281

Interested to hear how you get on returning something to PC World?

Mech1

It hasn't been collected yet from pc world so I just gotta cancel online hopefully.

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119927339#Comment_119927339

You had me worried for you for a bit ;-)

Assume you haven't paid?

Mech1

Paid online by card, so can cancel.

Mech1

1660ti now on adverts @€180

Mech1

New pc working perfectly with my upgraded card, gonna be a happy son come Christmas Day!

Many thanks again to all that helped.

Mech1

I done a few 3dmark tests on the demo version of 3dmar

Night raid demo scores:

Original pc = 9599

New pc = 42696

New pc with new card = 54000

So big improvement!

Mech1

Turns out my new card was a 6700xt not a 6800xt, all these numbers are so similar that I got confused.

Jon Doe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119928435#Comment_119928435

Still, it should play most games just fine, if you don't take it beyond 1080/1440 resolution...

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119928392#Comment_119928392

That's a bit depressing to read. I ran Night Raid on my 3090 and only scored 46000 and change. My old CPU is holding it back more than I suspected. I had already planned to look at a replacement once the new Intel HEDT was revealed, but this underscores how much it's lagging behind.

Jon Doe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119929497#Comment_119929497

Never mind that synthetic benchmark nonsense... how well does it play the games you want to play?

Homelander

How well games run isn't always a great metric.

For example if I have a 144hz monitor with a Ryzen 2600 and 16GB of RAM, and then replace an older card with an RTX3080.

Will I get better framerates at higher graphical settings? Yes.

Will I see the full benefit of the RTX3080? No.

Hence in that case, it would have made far more sense to get say, a 3060Ti, as you may be only seeing 3060Ti levels of performance from the 3080 due to bottlenecking anyway.

This happens a lot and people don't realise. It is effectively wasting money unnecessarily.

Jon Doe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119947438#Comment_119947438

Not if you can't afford to upgrade the whole machine in one fell swoop... if you have to upgrade one component at the time, you have to put up with such problems every now and then.

Mech1

Ok update. Pc world refunded my card in full no problem.

Harveynorman pc was a big success on Christmas day.

Since then I have swapped out the power supply to a new Corsair Rm750x, installed a Kracken X63 cooler, ordered a be quiet 500fx case, bought but not installed yet a Msi x570s max wifi motherboard up graded ram to 32gb Corsair vengeance and added a internal USB hub.

Sorted!

Now what do I upgrade next?