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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Seagate stopping making vanilla 7200 2.5" HDDs

    http://www.anandtech.com/show/6810/seagate-to-discontinue-7200rpm-25-drives-later-this-year So they will be concentrating on the hybrid drives. That's their pitch to remain relevant. I guess we might see much bigger caches in the hybrids. They might be a really nice option for a laptop bought...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Yet another Inferno review

    Here is my take on my new PCS Inferno, aka Clevo W110ER. Spec Minus the obvious stuff, my spec is: i7 3632QM 8GB RAM 750GB WD Scorpio HDD GT-650M (standard) 11.6" 1366x768 matte screen (also standard). When I saved the quote about three weeks ago this came to £640 (without an OS). I think...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Calling all Inferno and Enigma IV owners!

    I'm looking at laptops at the moment and on my shortlist are the two PCS models with the GT-650M, the Inferno and Enigma. If you have one of these then I'd really appreciate it if you could share your views on the laptop. I'm particularly interested in: screen quality battery life (under...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Review of new i7 / Z77 system

    This is a first-day review of my new PC together with a few comments on the experience of buying it and the quality of PCS's service. I may add some further comments when I have used the machine for a few weeks. Ordering and Buying Firstly, I want to say that this has been an outstanding...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST SLI Pros and Cons

    Hi, I'd be grateful from advice on SLI from people who have used it in recent years. I'm ordering a system with one GTX-670 from PCS and as of now I'm specifying an SLI-ready motherboard and enough surplus PSU capacity to allow me to add a second card if and when I choose. I'm wondering...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Desktop gaming spec - comments welcome

    I'm new to posting here and would welcome comments on this spec (see below), which is for a PC mainly intended for gaming under Windows 7. Please feel free to comment on anything, but the particular points I'm most doubtful about are: Is the CPU cooler under/overspecified or in any way a sane...
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