Our Overall Score:
8.5/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Desktop PCs category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £899
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Pc Specialist or alternative products in the Desktop PCs category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC
Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC scores 8.5/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Desktop PCs. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Desktop PCs, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Desktop PCs? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC scores 8.7/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Desktop PCs category was £5999.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £279.00 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Desktop PCs category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Desktop PCs category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Desktop PCs category. This was £1202.06 from the 136 products we found in that category. So Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC actually comes in below average at £899.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £5999.00 and the least expensive, which was £279.00. In total we found that of the 136, 66 were more expensive and 60 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC.
Prices of products from Pc Specialist
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Pc Specialist. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Pc Specialist, which was £1281.58 of the 40 products we found. So Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Pc Specialist was £400.00 with the most expensive coming in at £3999.00.
Prices of products from Pc Specialist and in the Desktop PCs category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Pc Specialist that sit specifically within the Desktop PCs category.
For this we found that the average price was £1469.83, making Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC at £899 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £3999.00 with the lowest priced item being £599.00. In total there were 18 items that were more expensive and 3 that was less expensive.
Reviews of Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC
Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC scores 8.3/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC is.
Overall score
Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC scores 8.5/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Pc Specialist so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: Tornado R5 AMD Ryzen 5 GTX 1660 Gaming PC
- Brand: Pc Specialist
- Model Number: R5
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600 ProcessorRAM: 8 GB / Storage: 1 TB HDD & 120 GB SSDGraphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB189 FPS when playing Fortnite at 1080p
- EAN: 5055893631966
- Description: Powerful processingGame until your heart’s content with the PC Specialist Tornado R5 Gaming PC. Featuring an AMD Ryzen 5 processor, you’ll be able to run any program you want without the worry of lag. The multi-threaded processing technology lets you multi-task between gaming, photo editing, and more so you never have to miss out a thing.See every detailTake your gaming up a notch and see those crucial details that’ll help you clinch the win. With a NVIDIA GTX 1660 graphics card, you’re able to discover new games and relive old favourites in Quad HD. And you won’t sacrifice smooth frame rates when you’re ramping up the settings, either.Designed for eSportsFor those who like to play games such as League of Legends, the Call of Duty series or even Overwatch. The PC Specialist Tornado R5 is capable of handling intense and long eSports battles, so you can prepare for the big leagues or simply compete against your friends online.LED lightingStand out from the rest with LED lighting built in. And because the R5 has a transparent side, you can show off your components to all your tech-loving friends. A powerful computer always deserves an attractive case.Microsoft Office & internet securityIf you use Word or PowerPoint all the time at work or school, you’ll probably want it on your computer at home. Click on the Bundles tab above for a great deal on Microsoft Office. Want to protect yourself against viruses? We’ve got you covered with deals on internet security too.
- Product ID: 24420380897