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Today’s big news fromthe other sideis that a tuned-upPS5 Prois on the way, and a base spec, Blu-ray-driveless model will set you back £700. Or $700, in Ameridollars.
An Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super
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Yes, we all miss when Nvidia’s XX70 graphics cards didn’t cost more than the rest of a PC build combined. But theRTX 4070 Superis still the best-value ‘run anything, at any resolution’ GPU of the current generation, writing the wrongs of the original (and underwhelming) RTX 4070 in the process. Yours for£570/$600.
One and a bit Steam Deck OLEDs
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A 4K gaming monitor (and a good one at that)
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A gaming laptop with the latest DLSS trickey
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Since our PlayStation-induced budget won’t stretch to an RTX 4060 lappy, how about thisRTX 4050-powered MSI Thin 15 fora single penny less? True to its name, it’s a relatively slim gaming machine, and its support forDLSS 3frame generation will help it bag a surprisingly high framerate haul. And just like the PS5 Pro, it has… um, vents? No disc drive?
Two 4TB NVMe SSDs, with change for a few extra 1TB ones
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The recent launch of the WD Blue SN5000SSDhas made it easier than ever to ram a PC full of high-capacity solid statehood. It’s one of precious few budget-minded drives with a 4TB option, enough to double the PS5 Pro’s capacity in a single stick, and with this costing£240/$300you could easily spring for another. And at least one 1TB model on the side. Too many, really.
11 of the PS5 Pro’s own controllers
One of those mad “gaming” routers that look like a deceased robot spider
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I mean,someonemust be paying£644for these things.
A decade-long RPS supporter subscription
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Eh,worth a shot.
