QOTW: What tech would you buy with £500 to spend?

[HEXUS]

Let's hear which gadgets you really lust after.

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[=assassin=]

If someone gave me £500, I'd probably get a 1070 and upgrade my RAM from 6GB to 16GB. I'd consider getting a fancy keyboard too.

[Kushan]

I have a suggestion I don't think many are going to think of on this site: Robot Vacuum.

I paid about £500 for one earlier this year and it's the best investment I've ever made. Floors have never looked so clean.

[Tunnah]

GTX 1060 & a new TV. I have dual 670s but only 2GB, they have the grunt but can't hold the water. My TV was a cheap one I picked up for £200 about 5 years ago, Celcus (yeah I've not heard of em either), everything is just so washed out and grey

Don't have a monitor because like a bellend I threw my gamepad down on the desk in anger, it bounced and cracked the screen, so my TV is my primary. I'll be honest, I much prefer it, don't think I'll ever go back to monitors

Oh and I'd sell my 670s and get an SSD that works! Ever since I bought it I've had random issues that I couldn't pin to it, nothing shown in scans or anything. Over the years it's gotten worse, it's got 60gb free but if I write to it the system locks up and BSODs. Absolute pain in the jacksy

[Smudger]

This isn't just restricted to computer bits, is it? I would probably go for a new set of speakers for the home a/v setup. Not sure if I'd go 2 x floor standers and 2 x bookshelf, or a full 5.1 set, or just blow the lot on a pair of floor standers...

[theleader]

A laptop!

[Tunnah]

This isn't just restricted to computer bits, is it? I would probably go for a new set of speakers for the home a/v setup. Not sure if I'd go 2 x floor standers and 2 x bookshelf, or a full 5.1 set, or just blow the lot on a pair of floor standers...

I highly recommend floor standing speakers. I have a pair of Wharfedale Zaldek S1000s and they're amazing. Games are just so much more immersive with proper speakers. The clarity is great.

And movies...forgeddaboudit! Supoib

[afiretruck]

I'd get a 40" 4k monitor. My graphics card won't be able to play most games at 4K60, but the monitor will provide plenty of space for coding and things!

[Output]

If I had to spend it or otherwise lose it, then the MixIt Mega Bundle on Scan's Today Only page looks like it would be just right at £496.86.

One Offer, One Great Saving!

• XFX Type 01 Chassis and P1-550S-XXB9 550W Captive PSU Bundle
• Intel Core i5 6600K, S 1151, Skylake, Quad Core, 3.5GHz, 3.9GHz Turbo, 6MB Cache, 1150MHz GPU, 35x Ratio, 91W, CPU, OEM
• Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, 4 Heat Pipes Direct Contact, 120mm Quiet Fan, for Intel/AMD
• Gigabyte GA-Z170-Gaming K3, Intel Z170, S 1151, DDR4, SATAe, M.2 (PCIe/SATA), 2-Way CrossFire, Killer LAN, USB3.1 A, ATX
• 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black, PC4-21300 (2666), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 16-18-18-35, XMP 2.0, 1.2V
• 256GB Intel 600p Series, M.2 (22x80) PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSD, 3D TLC NAND, Read 1570MB/s, Write 540MB/s, 71k/112k IOPS
• 8GB XFX Radeon RX 480 RS TRUE OC TRIPLE X EDITION, 14nm Polaris, PCIe 3.0, GDDR5, 1288MHz GPU, 2304 Streams, 3xDP/1xHDMI

[Jace007]

I would like to get the New Nintendo Mini NES with 30 games & additional controller pad = £57.99
A nice decent TV for £342.10 Samsung UE40K5500 40-Inch and a tablet for the little dude
Fire HD 6 Tablet £99.99 = £499.99 and have 1 penny left for his money box.

[vMax65]

40' 4K monitor to go with my upgraded 6700K / GTX 1070 system...Boy do I need one...

[sixgunbuddyguy]

New mobo/cpu/ram. It's a tough choice between that and an awesome gpu, but I want to downsize from my huge "mid" tower to itx, and the mobo is the only thing that actually requires a a new form factor.

[Myss_tree]

A Neff slide and hide electric oven.

[vMax65]

This one to be exact at £469.49 - Iiyama X4071UHSU-B1 40" 4K Monitor.. That would be perfect for my GTX 1070 + 6700k....With the £30 left over a Thermaltake 140mm RGB Riing 14 fan would be a great addition..

[Afrocomb]

Parrot Bebop drone with skycontroller and an appropriate android tablet.

[Nifl]

Wouldn't buy any tech. Nothing worth getting right now that I don't already have.