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  1. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Holidays/new build

    Howdy all. Been away on holiday for a few weeks, attended a couple of weddings etc, but I'm back. Lucky you. Building a new pc this month, which I won't go into masses of detail about other than to show you a couple of components New case, love it. Ordered a windowed side panel and some red...
  2. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Post Your Oldies!

    This was my rig before pcs (taken from r/techsupportgore)
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Mcafee on virus protection.

    John Mcafee founder of the intrusive malware protection software has broken a fifteen year silence since he left the company with a Hugh Hefner style instruction video for anybody still plagued by auto updates. The following video is not safe for work and shouldn't be viewed by children or...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Home plug problems

    Hey folks. I'm having some problems with my Internet, and I'm not sure whether the issue is with my home plug or not. I use three tp link 500Mmb/s home plugs to hook my flatmate's /my Pc up to our router. I'm currently unable to access the Internet using either of the two basic routers we have...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Workstation

    Hello folks. My manager has charged me with getting our new pc for work (busy bar in Glasgow.) The requirements are pretty minimal but also rather out of my sphere of competence in that I think I'm looking at a dedicated graphics card, however if it were cheaper i could buy an old banger for...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Special Effect: Gaming For The Disabled.

    Good morning and happy Sunday all. I found out about an interesting charity, based in Oxford, that works on gaming input solutions for the disabled. There's a good article below from PC Gamer as well as a link to their Facebook page. These folks do some pretty inspiring work in an area I take...
  7. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST The Evil Within

    Here's some screenies of the new game. Like I said I love the RE, early Silent Hill games and am hoping this fills a void left by those early experiences. The art style and ominous camera angles look great to me.
  8. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Cheap and functional gaming mouse

    Flatmate is looking for a new mouse, with nice features for under forty quid. It can't be the Logitech g400 as I have one and he's looking for some one-up-manship. Any suggestions?
  9. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST HDMI splitter

    Afternoon folks. Can anybody recommend a decent splitter for alternating between two hdmi outputs? My flat mate has a pair of hdmi/dvi monitors and he'd like to be able to switch from desktop to his xbox without having to unplug anything. Anybody have a similar setup? What should we expect to...
  10. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST What should I do!!???!!

    Here you can see the side of my 212. See how I've attached it horizontally (at the top and bottom of the heatsink) with the little brackets that come attached to the fan. You are gona fit yoursthe same way just a leave little bit of space at the bottom (ie the side closest to the ram). Its easy...
  11. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST The New Xbox. XBOX ONE

    Can I be friends with Mr Setag?
  12. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST noob needs new pc

    Both kruppsy's specs are good. I'd personally go for the latter of his suggestions (for the better GPU.) The AMD processor is solid, however I'd consider another case if you live in a carpeted/dusty flat/smoke or have pets. I have an inwin case which i like very much, but dust is a real problem...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Guild Wars 2 grind fest.

    Say no more
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Guild Wars 2 grind fest.

    So having finished my exams up I have the first evening to grind up a sesh with the old ball and chain on Guild Wars 2. Here's our setup, sorry for the low quality. Anybody else have a gaming bro/girl dual setup?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Tokyo Jungle

    This game is nuts. Want to play as a crazed Pomeranian pooch and maul your friend who is playing as a vicious kangaroo? Step right up then friends. Imagine a deserted post apocalyptic Tokyo where animals have taken over, and now battle for the streets. Rabbits, cheetahs and even some dinosaurs...
  16. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Girlfriend has attacked computer

    Right gentlemen I need your services. The missus, in her own adorable way, has ballsed my PC. She was trying to download a codec for WMP and has picked up some sort of crapware. Its done the usual browser switch, which I've been able to undo using Chrome, however I have a weird file in...
  17. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST i5 3570 heating problems?

    Hey folks.Just finished work and came home to my pc (which has been running on), looked up HW monitor and noticed some really odd variations in my CPU (non k version.) On my AMD chip the cores are pretty uniform in how they heat up however on the intel version the temps are as follows and seem...
  18. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Overclocking my AMD processor

    I've been meaning to give this a try recently. Following some bios tutorials on youtube i was able to take my Phenom x4 965 from 3.4ghz to 3.8ghz without increasing the stock voltage of the CPU. Here's what I'm using x4 965 Asus m5a 97 pro coolermaster 212 evo corsair 1333 ddr3 So for...
  19. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Gtx 770/780

    Morning folks. Here's an unofficial look at the new 770/80 cards. It looks like a 770 will have a similar performance to the current 680, which I guess makes sense, though as I have never paid attention to a shift in gpu series (I know) I was perhaps expecting my current 670 to get blown out...
  20. Blackdog

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Blackdog builds a PC

    UPDATE: The Build! So here it is piece by painstaking piece. I have booted up, installed all of my drivers, security software, Steam is installed, Guild Wars 2 is downloading and I have prime 95/heavenly GPU suite to run overnight. Here is the WEM screenshot which gives a rough outline of my...
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