Recent content by JJ_Young

Hi I'm a bit confused with the new AMD CPU's, I normally always pick intel but I see a lot of people now going AMD, I know the CPU's are new but are they better performance? I want a gaming PC, I already have a Acer Predator XB271HUA 2560x1440. My budget is about £2000 but don't mind going...

Hi I have been using an old router as a network switch for the past few years and changing it over to a TP-Link TL-SG1005D and looking to upgrade my Ethernet cables. I currently have a round cat6 coming from my router downstairs to the switch in the hall upstairs (I've just pinned the wire...

Hi I currently use a PC Specialist PC that I got in 2010, I don't have the money to buy a new one just now and it still works ok on the games I play, I was thinking about adding another 2GB ram to it to see if it would be a bit better in some of the newish games but not sure if I can just add...

Hi I bought my LG w2753v from Pc Specialist 7 years ago, for the past few months the display was flickering off for a few seconds and then back on again for a few hours and it would go through this cycle over and over, the power light was still on and changing the display cables didnt do...

Hi My current monitor is an 27" LG W2753V 1080p which I got from PCSpecalist with my PC 7 years ago, its starting to go on the blink as it flickers and then goes black, turning it on and off sometimes helps or giving it a tap on the top might bring it back but its a pain. I will be buying...

I've tried all that and nothing, I removed the battery for 30 mins and put it back and after trying to turn it on and off a few more times with no luck just this clicking sound, on my last attempt the clicking stopped and I finally got this showing up - I clicked load optimal defaults and...

Hi Hope this makes sense! I was adding a SSD to a PC and when I switched it back on the SSD wasn't showing in windows Disk Management so I shut it down and checked if it was showing in the bios and it was so I exited that and when I started the PC up again it wouldn't load and went to a blue...

Hi I've had my Pc from PcSpecalist for almost 5 years now and every so often I format the drive and reinstall windows 7, I've never had an issue before and every thing works fine afterword's but now 99% of the time when the pc goes into sleep mode it wont restart, if I press a button on the...

Hi I've had my PC Specialist pc for 5 years, over the years I have added a new graphics card and few more hard drives, for the past couple of months I noticed the crackling/hissing sound from the CORSAIR 850W PSU (TX850) 80+ ULTRA QUIET PSU was getting worse, then last night when I turned it on...

Hi Not a major issue or anything just need some advice on setting up a headset, I am plugging it in to the ports at the front of the PC and for some reason I can talk through it fine but the people talking back and game sound/music or youtube videos is still coming through my speakers? I have...

Thanks, so I only have to have one of these case fan cables connected to the PSU and not both? i'll give it a try. Thanks

Hi I have these cables in the box that I can use to connect the male fan connector to the psu but I don't have any cables that would fit the female fan cable? will I need to buy a cable to attach to it? thanks

HI I received my PC today and the side case fan isn't connected which I expected, I had a search on the forum and seen a few posts but im still confused (doesn't take much), can you help me hook it up? the connectors on the fan are in this pic - do I just attach it to the power or do I...

Hi I bought my PC from pcspecialist almost 4 years ago and its been great but I haven't upgraded anything since I got it (except another SSD drive and bluray drive), games etc seem to run fine on medium settings but thought it might be time to give it a little upgrade so it can last another few...

Hi I had another look and configured these 2 specs, not sure which is best AMD or Intel for Minecraft/Tekkit, steam games, mmos and skyrim and future proof to handle future games, I dont want to go any more expensive than the ones below, was hoping only to spend £600 ish but there was no way...