Recent content by Diem

See, I knew I shouldn't try to go it alone 🤣 Thanks for the feedback, will open it up and check the connections as suggested. I just put it down to age, it just started beeping during POST.

The graphics card was upgraded since, it's now a GTX 1050 Ti

Yes, it's a PCS machine. Case COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Core™ i5-3570k Quad Core (3.40GHz @ max 4.40GHz) Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX Memory (RAM) 8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)...

Hi, Alerted by some beeping on set-up and an error message, my CPU cooler fan appears to have died (technical diagnosis - it's not spinning round any more :p) Since my system is eleven years old I know this is actually the sign to buy a new one, but since I'll spend ages agonising over the new...

This was invaluable to me, your efforts are much appreciated

If it's not listed or generally means it's not accepted. They charge a much higher processing fee so loads of places don't take it (as I'm sure OP is aware, like me, since it often gets rejected)

Thanks for the advice!

Hi, I placed my order at the weekend and am currently in 'Processing' stage. I note that the B550 is now out of stock for new orders, so wondered what the recommended alternatives were. To be clear, I've not had any communication from PCS that it's not available for my order, I'm just thinking...

Awesome, thank you!

Thanks (again). So if I'm getting a 1080 card (e.g. GTX 1650) then there's little point in getting a 1440p capable monitor, and instead I should consider that part of the upgrade price of a new GPU, when I come to move to something better (which will likely be measured in years, not months)...

Can you elaborate a little on what you mean by 'looking grim'? I'm looking at monitors myself so just trying to get to grips with them all...

Looks very close to what I just ordered: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/new-budget-system-sub-%C2%A31-000.75074/#post-533578. I would have gone for the 1650 Super as well, but it's out of stock. I did bump up to the 512Gb SSD though.

I generally wouldn't go in for RGB fans and the like but have to say that the O11 does look good, and is also distinct from the range currently offered in that is has a clear front.

Hahaha. Will do. The current one is taking an hour to boot up (hence the replacement) so I'm not sure if she's planning to. When I asked what applications I needed to download and install I was met with "applications?". Seems its used for email and web browsing. Took a punt that Acrobat Reader...

Haha. It's a new PC with a new license, so hopefully it will be OK. Flowers on standby though.