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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Does Clevo Control Center 3.0 have any effect on sound quality?

    Hey there, I have a Defiance laptop (Windows 10) which I got from PCS in 2021, and I've always wondered about its audio quality (including headphones) compared to my previous PCS laptop. Unfortunately, that old laptop completely died so I can't compare them directly to see if the issue is real...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST 17" Defiance - Tips for reducing fan noise?

    Hi everyone, I've got a new 17" Defiance with an i7 Eight Core 10870H and RTX 3080 Max-Q (will post full spec below), and I've been struggling to set it up due to my anxiety issues over getting used to new pieces of technology. (Plus it had a screen hardware issue which I had to send back to PCS...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Display Scaling Issue - Flickering/Shadowing of horizontal lines on box edges.

    Got a new 17" Defiance laptop. It has an inbuilt Intel graphics card, and I chose an RTX 3080 for it. I changed the Windows display settings to scale to 125%, as I find the default 100% a bit small. In the NVIDIA Control Panel I set the RTX card as the default for programs, but I'm guessing the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST 17" Defiance - Some issues

    Got a new 17" Defiance a week ago and have been struggling to set it up due to my anxieties in dealing with new, unfamiliar things. I'm slowly getting there and will hopefully be alright in the end. What's bothering me most at the moment is screen wobbling. The Defiance is much thinner than my...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Worth getting a laptop with two SSDs or not?

    I'm working on putting together a spec for a new, high power gaming laptop and am thinking I'll go with the 17.3" Defiance. I bought my last two laptops from PCS over the past decade, and I had both set up where I had a small SSD with Windows installed (and a few Steam games), along with a...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST What's the difference between the 17.3" Elmina and Elmina Pro?

    Looking to get a new 17.3" gaming laptop after my last PCS one of four and a half years has completely died. Glad that the RTX 3000 series mobile GPUs have just been announced. I'm thinking I will probably go for the Defiance, but was looking at all the options available. I'm not hugely...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Yellow tinge at side-edge of screen. Normal or faulty?

    Been enjoying games on my new PCS laptop, but have noticed something recently. When the screen is displaying very dark colours (i.e. black or grey), on the right-hand edge of the screen - along the border between the screen and plastic frame - there is a yellowish, blurred tinge. It tends to be...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Trying to understand different v-sync and GSYNC settings, and what to use for games.

    I think I understand the basic difference between the three different methods; fixed refresh v-sync (the original method) which can cause frame rate drops, adaptive v-sync which only activates when the frame rate goes above the monitor's refresh rate, and GSYNC which is NVIDIA's version of...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST How to tweak and improve laptop audio?

    Recently purchased an 17.3" Octane II laptop for modern gaming and am nearly done with setting it up. I'm trying out my games with headphones on, and I'm noticing that the sound quality is generally not that great... My laptop had the standard "Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio +...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Do fans on PCS laptops not run by default? Should I install the "Command Center" driv

    Do fans on PCS laptops not run by default? Should I install the "Command Center" driv Currently setting up a powerful 17.3" Octane II laptop I bought. I've noticed in the the User's Manual it talks of a "Control Center" where you can adjust certain things, including fan speed. This doesn't seem...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Small, personal preference issue with Win10 startup... Can I change it?

    I recently got a new gaming laptop from PCS and have come across a small, personal preference issue. Windows 10 is the pre-installed OS and whenever I turn on the laptop, instead of a Windows logo appearing onscreen as the OS boots up, a PC Specialist logo sits on the screen. I just asked their...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Building a Laptop for Modern Gaming

    I got myself a PCS laptop for gaming back at the start of 2013. It had good specs for the time (i7-3630QM @ 2.40GHz; 8GB RAM; GTX 675MX w/ 4GB VRAM; 120GB SSD; 750GB HDD 7200rpm) but is now struggling with the demands of modern gaming, so I feel it’s time for an upgrade. I’ll set out my needs...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Some General Questions About PCS' Gaming Laptops

    So I got myself a nice gaming laptop from PC Specialist three years ago. It’s done me well, but what with the new console generation and modern games’ increasing hardware demands, I think it’s about time to upgrade. But before I start asking about possible builds in the “Check this spec!”...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Is it possible to turn of hyperthreading on my PCS laptop?

    Got a laptop from PC Specialist a year and a half ago. Here are the specs: Chassis & Display Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3630QM (2.40GHz) 6MB Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (2 x...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Why would my laptop not recognise a CD when another computer would?

    I've got myself a nice laptop I've had for about a year now, having had few problems. Just recently though, I tried to load some CDs into my iTunes collection. I haven't had problems with this before, but two or three specific CDs just haven't been working this time. I open up iTunes and put...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Is it a big issue to have out of date drivers/software?

    So I've been having some issues with updating my laptop's software recently. If I update my graphics driver (my GPU is a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX) to anything dated after last September, BioShock Infinite stops running properly with the same settings that normally work. If I update my web...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Should using disk defragmenter clear up or reduce free space on a hard-drive?

    I have a laptop with SSD C: drive and 750GB HDD D: drive. I recently found that on the D: drive and also an external HDD (F: ) I have, there was less free space than there should be. If I added up the amount of GB my files were using, it came to less than what my computer says the D: and F...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST A Few Questions About System Restore

    I have a laptop (although I'm sure these questions are universal, so I'm posting here) with Windows 7 and both a SSD C: drive and 750GB HDD D: drive. I noticed recently that the D: drive seemed to be missing about 100GB of space, and I've just found out that this is being taken up by System...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Is there a way to free up space on my HDD without deleting my stored files?

    (I actually have a laptop but I'm sure this question is applicable to all PCs.) I have a laptop with a SSD (for a few programs and the Windows 7 OS) and a (supposedly) 750GB HDD as my D: drive. I store all my personal files, pictures, music and Steam games on drive D:. When I look in Computer...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Vortex III Producing Fuzz Sound through Headphones

    This new computer is sadly just stressing me out. I keep coming across more problems with it! :( My Vortex III laptop arrived on Monday and I've just got round to putting my headphones in for the first time. Just wanted to settle down and watch a TV episode before going to bed. However, I...
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