ASUS ROG -STRIX-RTX5070-O12G-GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB GDDR7

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For £784 ex-VAT, this feels like an “enthusiast tax” purchase rather than a value play. The ROG Strix line is usually about quieter cooling, solid build quality, and tighter tuning, so if you’re building a high-end PC that runs hot or loud (or you just hate fan noise), it can be worth paying for. In day-to-day business use—workstation graphics tasks, video, CAD with GPU acceleration—the real question is whether you’ll actually benefit from the extra headroom and stability you get from a well-cooled, higher-spec AIB card. If you’re routinely hammering the GPU for long renders or you’re deploying machines that need to be left under load, Strix cards tend to make those hours feel less stressful.

That said, if you’re buying this purely for “average” graphics workloads, gaming, or occasional acceleration, you might be better off spending less on a more standard model of the same class—because the performance difference you’ll see in typical workloads is rarely proportional to the price gap. Also worth flagging: at this price point, make sure you’re not accidentally overbuying for the software stack you’re using. I’d recommend this to teams building premium workstations, studios, or IT-managed environments where reliability under sustained load and lower noise matter—and I’d be cautious if this is for general-purpose desktops where cost control matters more than the last few percent or thermals.