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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Build advice

    Hi. Any advice on this build would be greatly appreciated. It is for gaming and hobbiest development. Ideally should be able to play games like Elden Ring at 1080p / 60 fps / max settings. I want to have windows on one of the SSDs and Ubuntu on the other - I like the idea of keeping them...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Wifi connectivity issues

    Hi. I have a PC Specialist Desktop with an Intel AX200 wifi card. I haven't used my PC for a few months and coming back to it I am struggling to connect to wifi and when I do the speeds are absurdly slow (bbc home page takes minutes to load). Connecting an old wifi dongle I have solves the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST question about RMA and windows

    I'm about to send my machine back for RMA and I think there is a good chance the motherboard will need replaced. What will happen to my windows install in this situation? These days it seems it is based on a hardware key, which will presumably become invalid if the motherboard is replaced...
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    PCSPECIALIST Monitor with good colour/contrast/viewing angle?

    Can anyone recommend a monitor that produces a nice image in terms of colour and contrast? My current monitor (a Samsung) is either too dark or the colours are washed out, depending on settings. The other important thing is a relative insensitivity to viewing angle. With my current monitor a...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Several seconds delay after hitting power button

    I received a PC Specialist PC a couple of weeks ago. Everything seems fine, but I have noticed one strange thing. When pressing the power on button, nothing at all happens for a few seconds. After that the fans come on, I hear the usual beep and the PC boots up very quickly. It's hardly a...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Black screen first time running game

    So I just tried to run a game with my new machine and the screen went black (computer was still running, but had to reboot to recover display). Check the event log and saw an Event 14 nvlddmkm red level error. GPU drivers were slightly out of date (june 2020) so updating them now, but a bit...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Windows accessories not working

    Just received a new PC Specialist machine. Boots up fine, but none of the windows accessories (notepad, wordpad, paint. etc) work. Some just do nothing, some have an error message like - "unable to create new document". Even trying to run directly via the executable doesn't help. Any advice...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Very fast build and test time...

    My PC has apparently been built, configured and tested in less than 8 hours. Is that normal? The automated email I was originally sent indicated up to 24 hours just for the test, followed by up to 48 hours QA.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST PC Specialist build quality question

    I don't have a PC from PC specialist yet, but decided to take a quick look at the support forum out of curiosity. A bit concerned, to be honest, about seeing a lot of people having problems with things such as power packs blowing up. Of course, it's hard to judge what percentage of customers...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Entry level gaming PC spec

    Any advice on this spec would be greatly appreciated. I am looking to attain 1080p / 60 fps on games like Witcher 3 and Dishonored 2 without having to set the graphics options really low. Looking around £900-£1000 cost ideally. Already have a monitor. For some reason the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X was...
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