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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Cant Upgrade to Windows 11 - TPM issue

    Thanks checked that and can see lots of help and info guides. Still not decided whether to upgrade yet or not and as you mention above usually a clean install is better for these things.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Cant Upgrade to Windows 11 - TPM issue

    My understanding is you need to update something in your bios? Is there different steps required depending on which motherboard you have? Mine is also a Ryzen 5
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Cant Upgrade to Windows 11 - TPM issue

    I dont suppose you have a guide to updating TPM 2.0 you could share?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Pc Specialist Currys Vortex ST-S

    Hey, Nursemouse recommended this spec to me. Yes its about £300 more expensive than the currys version but for somoen like me who likes to upgrade and modify for several years its far better. THe ryzen 5 and better mother board will save me cash in long run. only thing i tweaked was inrease...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Pc Specialist Currys Vortex ST-S

    FYI - what i went for in the end. The 1st one nurse posted but upped to a 1TB ssd Case FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window) Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4) Motherboard ASUS® TUF X570-PLUS GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Pc Specialist Currys Vortex ST-S

    Is that pretty much the exact spec nursemorph posted
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Pc Specialist Currys Vortex ST-S

    Looks good, will add it to my list of options. Shopping around, also looking at box and dell. I really like pc specialist site though. Love the config options. Ironically only discovered the brand via Currys
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Pc Specialist Currys Vortex ST-S

    I had been working to a budget of £1500. The reason the Currys one jumped out was it would leave me enough to buy a 4k monitor. I think based on the above a better option would be a system with a Ryzen 5600x instead of the Intel i7. I would like to drop the gfx below the rtx 3070. I think I...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Pc Specialist Currys Vortex ST-S

    I actually contacted currys to ask what the motherboard was as it wasn't detailed in the specs. They said they couldn't tell me as its determined by PC specialist which i thought was weird.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Pc Specialist Currys Vortex ST-S

    Hi, I am sure you have probably had similar questions before but i have seen this on Curry's https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/gaming/pc-gaming/gaming-pcs/pc-specialist-vortex-st-s-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-rtx-3070-2-tb-hdd-512-gb-ssd-10215405-pdt.html I thought it looked a bit too good to be...
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