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Wired or wireless connection shouldn't make a difference to the types of files you can open / play. Was it VLC you used on your old PC? If you could play particular AVI files on the old PC you may be able to get them to work on the new one by downloading additional codecs, such as the K-Lite...

Got mine but was only available through the web https://gaming.amazon.com/home not the app, and only appeared mid morning. A few of the other games have appeared for me just now, so may be staggered or time-zone dependant...could be region-restricted as well though

Star Wars Jedi Knight 2, Star Wars Republic Commando and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy free on Prime Gaming now (only showing in the app for me, not on https://gaming.amazon.com/home ) and Mass Effect: Legendary Edition coming later I think. Good deals on a lot of TP-Link networking and smart home...

It's coming tomorrow I think, doesn't show for me either yet

Undervolting can make a difference (on the GPU particularly) and doesn't necessarily reduce performance. Running at 1080p rather than 1440p would reduce heat too, but you might not want to do that... but in GeForce Experience you can set Image Scaling so that your GPU renders at a lower...

Can you post the configuration link? The 5700G has integrated graphics, which you probably won't need if you're getting a separate GPU like the 3060, so may be better off with a 5600x or 5700x. A better cooler may be an idea - the 5600x runs quite cool (I think the 5700x does as well but not...

I think a 3060 would struggle to get the best out of an Optix G27CQ4 - for 1440p / high refresh I'd go 3060 Ti at a minimum and ideally a 3070 if possible

I'd think it's almost certainly not VAT exempt, especially if your employer has already provided you a laptop for the task and you'll be buying it yourself and gaming on it. https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/buying-other-equipment

Would recommend upping the PSU to an RMx, 750w (or 850w if the price is close). Possibly downgrade the motherboard a little (ASUS TUF maybe, either B550 plus or X570). Change the WiFi card to the Intel AX200 one (which is much better, and has bluetooth, for not much more money). Definitely...

What sort of monitor (resolution / refresh rate) will you be using with it? Is it mainly just vanilla Minecraft you'll be using it for, or Minecraft with RTX or shader mods etc? What budget do you have? The Intel CPU you've picked is 10th gen, so quite long in the tooth now 12th gen is out (and...

Might be worth putting in a smaller but faster M.2 drive for the OS and then a 2nd one for game storage. Well worth upping the PSU to 850w as doesn't cost much more and gives a bit more breathing room. I'm not up to speed around the cooling especially for the Intel CPUs so hopefully one of the...

SteveyG's recommended one is a faster one - the maximum read / write speeds are the numbers in the description, so up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W for the recommended one, so more than twice as fast as the 512GB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3000MB/sR, 1600MB/sW). You need a motherboard that...

What will you be using the PC for, and what sort of monitor will you be using with it (resolution / refresh rate)? In any case would highly recommend going for a better PSU, like the RMx range and 750w at a minimum.

That's a 4k monitor I think, and a 3060 GPU is more suited for 1080p gaming. But if you're playing older games and happy to run them (or render them) at 1080p it might be ok. If you're wanting 4k gaming it might be worth downgrading the CPU and upping the GPU a bit. Switching to the KF...

I would recommend going for a higher spec motherboard with that CPU (with PCIE4 support to make the most of fast NVMe drives -the ASUS Rog Strix X570 possibly) Would also suggest having a faster 1st M.2 drive for the OS, with the bigger one for game storage not needing to be quite as fast Would...