I would appreciate some help

[GaryM]

Case
FRACTAL DEFINE R5 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE
Overclocked CPU
Overclocked Intel® Core™i7-7700k Quad Core (4.20GHz @ up to 4.8GHz)
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z270E GAMING: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX PREDATOR DDR4 3200MHz X.M.P (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1070 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
1st Hard Disk
2TB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2800MB/R, 1600MB/W)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Noctua NH-U14S Ultra Quiet Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
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FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
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BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
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Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £1,728.00 including VAT and delivery.

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved...ed/Av0VuNpuvm/


I made this soec 2 weeks ago I just made the same spec to double check the price and it's coming at £1775 (I did it multiple times to make sure I wasn't making an error)that's a £47 increase which is pretty significant. Was just curious why this might be?

 

[keynes]

Prices change on a day to day basis, could be due to the change in the sterling value.

 

[Oussebon]

Prices have been going up steadily since last summer with the state of the £.

The Fractal R5 used to be ~£89, I think it went over £100 briefly, and now seems to be at £99 for example.

I've noticed that the PM961 512gb's price seems to have increased a bit more significantly than certain other components, however, however. It used to be about the same (only a few £ different) to the 850 Evo / HyperX Savage and a lot cheaper than the SM961.

Now it's only ~£30 cheaper than the SM961 (or it was before the 512gb SM961 disappeared from the configurator) and is about £40 more expensive than the 850 Evo.

The link to that spec doesn't work, so here's the spec with a working link:
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z270-overclocked/Av0VuNpuvm/
(Links get abbreviated on the forums so if you copy and paste from another post it will break the link)

 

[GaryM]

Thanks for the reply. Which is better the 512gb SM961 and PM961? I don't mind waiting for the SM961 to be restocked if it has a better performance.

 

[Oussebon]

The SM961 is better. However the PM961 is still very fast - faster than even very good sata III SSDs. So it arguably isn't worth the extra cost and/or wait for it to be restocked.

It would make no difference to FPS in games.