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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Please comment on my chosen spec.

    Both will be 2x sticks. Mine 32 or 64 hers min. Keyboard? Thanks for taking the time to reply.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Please comment on my chosen spec.

    I would agree that going for all now without later upgrade and buying a set from PCS is the best solution. I did not realise that the Octane has 4 slots for the RAM, so might fill all at first buy. I want a laptop for myself and one for the wife. Had at first thought of a lower spec for her...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Please comment on my chosen spec.

    Thanks for the advice on the i9 9900k. I've been retired for 16 years, but in my early years for memory sticks, two of the same size was a cheaper option than one double the size. Guess that's now the other way round! Up-grading was then just add one stick rather than replace two. I chose...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Please comment on my chosen spec.

    I thought that I should provide an example of my intensive processing. I have a large collection of digital maps. Many are produced by merging a number of small maps into one very large map, as large as 3.5GB in a single file. Consider a chess board of 8 x 8 maps, but unlike the chess board...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Please comment on my chosen spec.

    Good. That's what I was expecting. OK. I use both depending on what I am doing. On existing laptop <Fn> + <F3> is a fast switch. Having 3840x2160 on both will mean a single rectangle on doing a screen grab, rather than two different size joined rectangles, I now use. I would only need...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Please comment on my chosen spec.

    Greetings All, I am wanting to buy two laptops, for my wife and I. We do NOT want to use them for games, but as high-spec workstations. Digital mapping is probably the most intense use of a separate graphics card. A fast re-draw as the map changes is required. We will also be doing editing...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Passwords.

    Many thanks for a swift reply. Now I need to know how to discover the password or set a new one on the main sight. Will keep trying.... Alan.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Passwords.

    I am logged in, as I can type this on the Forum. I wanted to post my new build spec, but clicking on the link in e-mail received as a result of saving the spec, wont let me in as password is wrong! I requested a new password and continued to login, but again wrong password. I also used a PCS...
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