Latest-gen PC gaming for £1,199. Any PC gamer contemplating putting together a new build in 2021 is likely to run into the issue on ongoing stock shortages. I've spent the morning browsing popular retailers in search of an RTX 30 Series graphics card, and despite having launched almost 10 months ago, cards based on the Ampere architecture remain extremely hard to come by. Unless you're willing to pay over the odds on eBay, that is.

An unfortunate conundrum for those wanting to upgrade, but there is another route as the buying power of system integrators is such that pre-built PCs with current components tend to be a mite easier to locate. Latest-gen laptops are in decent supply, and though desktop base units aren't quite as readily available, the UK's biggest SIs are undoubtedly going to be nearer the front of the queue when new GPUs roll off the production line.