Xbox Bargain Alerts (Games/Hardware/Accessories) MOD Note post #1

maximoose · 09-01-2018 1:57pm

amadablam wrote: »

cheers for that, hadnt realised.

Just going to a UK account.

Anyone tried CirclePay? Saw someone mention it here a few weeks ago.

On Revolut tap payments, then "To bank Account" and you can send sterling and get the best rate. Should be same day if it's a UK bank account.

amadablam · 09-01-2018 2:05pm

cheers lads, all sorted. thanks for the help

Gizmo55 · 09-01-2018 2:41pm

Has anyone played Prey? It’s only €15 in Argos.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6992600/Trail/searchtext%3EPREY.htm

sniper_samurai · 09-01-2018 2:44pm

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Has anyone played Prey? It’s only €15 in Argos.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6992600/Trail/searchtext%3EPREY.htm

Yup, fantastic game. Closest thing I've played to System Shock since the original Deus Ex.

09-01-2018 2:48pm

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Has anyone played Prey? It’s only €15 in Argos.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6992600/Trail/searchtext%3EPREY.htm

Yoink!

mcgovern · 10-01-2018 10:17am

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Yoink!

Playing it at the moment, I never played System Shock but I would have described it as Bioshock in Space, which I think is pretty much the same thing

I'm playing on hard, and the enemies take quite a bit to put down.

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 10-01-2018 11:05am

Has anybody seen any decent deals on external hard drives?

ThisRegard · 10-01-2018 11:40am

BDJW wrote: »

Has anybody seen any decent deals on external hard drives?

I've been watching out myself in bricks and mortar stores and nothing is jumping out. Argos and Currys seems to increase their prices simultaneously and a 2TB is hovering aroud the €90-100 mark.

Otherwise Amazon have this, https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-Elements-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B06W55K9N6 for £67.97.

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 10-01-2018 3:19pm

ThisRegard wrote: »

I've been watching out myself in bricks and mortar stores and nothing is jumping out. Argos and Currys seems to increase their prices simultaneously and a 2TB is hovering aroud the €90-100 mark.

Otherwise Amazon have this, https://www.amazon.co.uk/WD-Elements-Portable-External-Drive/dp/B06W55K9N6 for £67.97.

Thanks, that seems like an alright deal. I think 1TB would be enough for me though. I'm not in a rush for one, so will keep an eye out

marcbrophy · 10-01-2018 3:32pm

BDJW wrote: »

Thanks, that seems like an alright deal. I think 1TB would be enough for me though. I'm not in a rush for one, so will keep an eye out

I find Argos usually has the best prices, but the least stock

The one below is €54.99 for 1TB

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5999154.htm

TerrorFirmer · 10-01-2018 4:01pm

Gizmo55 wrote: »

Has anyone played Prey? It’s only €15 in Argos.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6992600/Trail/searchtext%3EPREY.htm

I was really hoping it'd get a bump for the X!

CatInABox · 10-01-2018 5:01pm

BDJW wrote: »

Thanks, that seems like an alright deal. I think 1TB would be enough for me though. I'm not in a rush for one, so will keep an eye out

Honestly, the price difference between 1TB and 2TB isn't too much, and you'll regret going for a 1TB soon enough.

WarpAsylum · 10-01-2018 10:14pm

CatInABox wrote:

Honestly, the price difference between 1TB and 2TB isn't too much, and you'll regret going for a 1TB soon enough.

Yep!
I kinda regret going for a 2TB and not a 4TB

CatInABox · 10-01-2018 10:37pm

WarpAsylum wrote: »

Yep!
I kinda regret going for a 2TB and not a 4TB

I so regretted going for a 2TB drive that I convinced my wife that we should give the hard drive away as an emergency present and buy a new 4TB drive.

She's endlessly amused at my gaming/tech habits.

erkifino · 10-01-2018 11:12pm

Have a 4TB external, 30% full and I'm thinking maybe I should get another one...

marcbrophy · 10-01-2018 11:43pm

On my 4tb, I have 300gb free!
Time for another for these damn 4k assets

£95 for this bad boy

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-External-PlayStation/dp/B017KE8OG0?pd_rd_wg=LaELS&pd_rd_r=09498d35-8a17-4dca-9bd8-246251b929c4&pd_rd_w=8qvrL&ref_=pd_gw_simh&pf_rd_r=MC26VAB05NJKEGYPDZR9&pf_rd_p=18dedb86-eb6c-572b-b13e-18cb6bfc1b7e

Hococop · 11-01-2018 12:47am

I've a 2tb one and it's a struggle, I would recommend people to buy a 4tb

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 11-01-2018 12:16pm

I have my 500GB One S since Christmas 2016, in that time I’ve only had to delete two games due to lack of storage. I don’t play the Xbox a huge amount, so definitely no need for a 4TB hard drive! I may reconsider getting a 2TB instead of a 1TB drive, but I think it might still be overkill for me!

honda boi · 11-01-2018 12:56pm

BDJW wrote: »

I have my 500GB One S since Christmas 2016, in that time I’ve only had to delete two games due to lack of storage. I don’t play the Xbox a huge amount, so definitely no need for a 4TB hard drive! I may reconsider getting a 2TB instead of a 1TB drive, but I think it might still be overkill for me!

Better to be looking at free memory then looking for it !

WarpAsylum · 12-01-2018 1:12am

Don't know if was mentioned already, but I just got PUBG on cdkeys for 19.99 with a free code for Assassin's Creed Unity

WarpAsylum · 12-01-2018 1:12am

Don't know if was mentioned already, but I just got PUBG on cdkeys for 19.99 with a free code for Assassin's Creed Unity

deadanonymau5 · 12-01-2018 8:51am

WarpAsylum wrote: »

Don't know if was mentioned already, but I just got PUBG on cdkeys for 19.99 with a free code for Assassin's Creed Unity

Yeah, some fella just posted it before you!

WarpAsylum · 12-01-2018 8:55am

deadanonymau5 wrote:

Yeah, some fella just posted it before you!

Ha ha ha very good!

I'll have to leave that there now...

pmce4 · 12-01-2018 12:41pm

BDJW wrote: »

I have my 500GB One S since Christmas 2016, in that time I’ve only had to delete two games due to lack of storage. I don’t play the Xbox a huge amount, so definitely no need for a 4TB hard drive! I may reconsider getting a 2TB instead of a 1TB drive, but I think it might still be overkill for me!

Be sure to do a bit of digging around reviews to assess the differences in read and write speeds of these drives. I picked up this http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5808812/Trail/searchtext%3E2TB.htm

And it has an older gen model in argos as well for the same price but the new drive has much faster read/write speeds.
Also don't fall for the XBOX themed drives as these are not optimised for the XBOX.

beauf · 12-01-2018 1:02pm

I got a Toshiba 2TB one last year (not for the xbox) and its very slow to wake up and stutters playing media back. Speeds are ok otherwise. I assume its power management and/or caching.

But I've never been able to find out why, I don't know how to avoid in when I buy another drive.

ThisRegard · 12-01-2018 1:35pm

Problem is trying to find those write speeds, or even differences between similar devices.

I guess this is the older model to the one pmce4 picked up,
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5988990/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%2C+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7C50000560%7CLaptop+and+PC+accessories%7C50000562/c_3/4%7Ccat_50000562%7CHard+drives%7C50000586.htm

Even on the Seagate site itself I haven't found the transfer rate.

dor83 · 12-01-2018 3:28pm

Tesco direct have the one x with Shadow of war, COD:WWII, AC Origins and Overwatch GOTY for £449. You can just add them all separately and it'll take the discount off, not a bad deal imo.

amadablam · 12-01-2018 4:01pm

Xbox One X + Overwatch GOTY, Shadow of War, COD WW2 and Assassins Creed Origins for £449 from Tesco Direct UK and use Parcel Motel or Something

Seems like a fantastic deal when its €504 delivered and you can get €115 in CEX for the games or sell on Adverts.

Probably the best deal currently.

Ordered it this morning.

*Edit: hadnt seen the above post.

amadablam · 12-01-2018 9:34pm

amadablam wrote: »

Xbox One X + Overwatch GOTY, Shadow of War, COD WW2 and Assassins Creed Origins for £449 from Tesco Direct UK and use Parcel Motel or Something

Seems like a fantastic deal when its €504 delivered and you can get €115 in CEX for the games or sell on Adverts.

Probably the best deal currently.

Ordered it this morning.

*Edit: hadnt seen the above post.

Don't often quote my own post but for anyone thinking of ordering this, mine is shipping already.

Used an Irish credit card and parcel forwarding service.

Absolutely no hassle at all with payment

Delighted and I'll be dropping the games to cex as soon as they arrive as I have them already.

dor83 · 12-01-2018 10:17pm

amadablam wrote: »

Don't often quote my own post but for anyone thinking of ordering this, mine is shipping already.

Used an Irish credit card and parcel forwarding service.

Absolutely no hassle at all with payment

Delighted and I'll be dropping the games to cex as soon as they arrive as I have them already.

I ordered from them a few weeks ago and they shipped fairly fast but it took over a week to get here because they didn't put the parcel wizard customer number on the console so the games actually arrived before the console despite being shipped 2 days later.

I traded COD in yesterday, they offered €38 cash in CEX and gamestop offered €40 cash but I traded it in against South Park collectors edition and got a €7.51 gift card back too so not bad.

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