Recent content by Allan O'D

Hello all, I am starting to slowly upgrade my PC Specialist rig which has faithfully served me well for 4.5 years without issue.. Currently, my GPU is still performing well enough although time waits for no man or rig and I do think it's one of the most important issues to address, the problem...

Good evening gents, Just thought I'd update on the situation, I ran tests above successfully and so phoned PCS Saturday afternoon to Try and move the issue forward. The friendly chap on the phone directed me and downloaded the latest gpu driver and cleanly installed it, ensuring no previous...

Good evening learned forum advisors, Unfortunately my new system has started to shut to BIOS with the power surge detected from faulty power supply I've tested disabling the anti surge protection from BIOS but that hasn't worked. The power supply is a corsair 650 and provides plenty of power...

Good evening all, Considering my options on screens and if I should go dual 23'' or 1x 23'' and 1x27'' I am on the verge of buying a Korean screen which are very cheap and represent high res gaming, but does anyone have any experience with one and can they share their findings before I take...

Hello Learned Pc Specialist Forum dwellers, I have just ordered the following spec after some careful consideration and would like some backup or re-assurance that I have got it fairly right. Basically it will be for playing games with some other minor software usage. I consider the 770 to be...

Good afternoon all I’m attempting to put together the best system I can for sub £1000.00, as funds are being split between a holiday and a new computer for me  It’s time I started thinking about moving from a 3 year old Gaming Laptop (bought from PC Specialist and was superb) which is still...

Good afternoon Forum users and potential PC Specialist customers, I thought it pertinent to highlight the excellent customer service recently received from Jack and the RMA team. This is a brief outline due to the fact the team handled the problem very quickly and without fuss, and whilst many...

Hey folks, I've just unwrapped my brand new Vortex II plugged it in, watched the system starting up but the screen looks like it's not getting any power. It's completely dark. I might be missing something really simple, but can anyone please advise? A bit of an anti climax. Al

I have finally decided on the new laptop spec.. ---*Note reposted this under the correct forum* - Doh! Chassis & Display Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2670QM (2.20GHz) 6MB Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG...

I have finally decided on the new laptop spec.. Chassis & Display Vortex II: 17.3" Glossy Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2670QM (2.20GHz) 6MB Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x 4GB) Graphics Card 2.0GB...