Recent content by TechNoodles

Thank you for all the info, really really helpful. So I set the CPU/cores to 12/24, as you suggested, and re-ran Time Spy and got a much more indicative result of 17,078. (See here) Primary use is not gaming so I don't mind going in to msconfig if I am going to do any hard core gaming session...

Thanks for the reply. My build spec is below, and yes, it wasn't spec'd as a pure gaming PC. It's going to be for virtualised environments and 3d modelling / rendering, but still a bit surprised to see the 3d test result be - as far as I can tell - about half of what others are getting? The...

I took delivery of my new PC this last week and of course I wanted to benchmark it and I was a little(!) surprised to see I was getting a score in Time Spy of 10 257. This seems pretty low to me, am I right in thinking I should be getting significantly more than this given the spec of my PC...

Email today; "Your order is now being assembled by one of our expert builders." I'm really looking forward to taking delivery of this one. I think it will easily last me 6+ years, just like my last PCSpecialist PC.

There's some useful information here; https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/amd-vs-intel.72675/ TLDR; AMD's generally the better option. I've personally been using Intel CPUs since the Pentium 4 but with AMD's performance I've made the switch with my latest order. Check the link...

I've actually just gone and checked the measurements of the case and it's smaller than my current system which has a Corsai 780T case so I'm happy to leave it at that. It'll be in the same location and that Qi charger will actually come in handy. The other cases you mentioned weren't available...

Hey, thanks for the awesome feedback and yes, you're right, they're 870 Evos, not 970. (I've also got another M.2 nVME 970 Pro I can plug in to the new build as well.) I have already dropped the external sound card - there've been a few changes to the build since I spec'd it - so think that's a...

So my build has been in pre-production for 21 days and has had a few tweeks since I initially submitted. The build is reasonably high end but my last PC from PCSpecialist lasted me six years so I consider it a good investment. I chose a Threadripper as I felt it would be a good CPU choice from...