Recent content by TheKeenestQuinoa

Update for anyone still waiting - I made to building/testing on day 22 so it looks like it's still a 21-24 day pre-production window.

Ah, I knew I'd missed a few things. Ignore everything between Windows 10 and the silver warranty - my actual order has no anti-virus trials and Chrome. Thanks for the rest of the advice too (y)

Sorry to resurrect this, but after a (upward!) budget revision and a birthday in which my wonderful wife decided to buy my monitor for me (ASUS ROG Strix XG27WQ 165hz), I've been repeatedly messing with the amend button on my order to upgrade a few things. I figure I'm reaching a point with the...

I'm likely looking at a 60hz/4k monitor for the moment; I'm more of a "stare at the pretty colours" gamer than one who worries too much about how quickly I see them (also 60hz monitors are seemingly a lot easier to find in stock right now). Sounds like I'm dropping to a 3070 then. Is there much...

Ok, that makes sense, thanks.

Thanks for the recommendation! Out of curiosity, why do you recommend those 3 separate SSDs? I'm seeing inconsistent advices on M.2 vs SATA drives when I've been researching - how much would it hurt to take the second 1TB drive away and increase the size of the SATA drive (which would bring the...

I haven't picked a monitor yet - I'm currently looking at 4k options. The config is here: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/WP7P66zdRB/.

This is my initial attempt at putting together a new desktop PC. I've got a budget of around £2,000-2,200 (although if there's good reason to spend more I can) and this build comes out at £2,062 inc. VAT. I'm particularly lost on the case choice, but one requirement I've got is a optical disk...