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  1. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Is my HDD beyond repair?

    Hi guys, i'd appreciate a bit of advice on an issue i'm having with my PCSpecialist PC, I think the HDD boot sectors are shot but i'm not sure, here's what's happened. I switched it on last night and it loaded up to the Win10 login page fine, before logging in I had some tidying up to do so I...
  2. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Elder Scrolls Online

    Latest news from ESO is Free 2 Play (well Buy 2 Play really) is just around the corner, they've recently announced a re-launch under the name of "Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited" on both the PS4 and Xbox on the 9th of June, as well as an earlier release on the PC on March 17th. What...
  3. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST What exactly is the "cloud".

    I'm hearing a lot about this and that being hosted on the cloud and how it's more secure and easier to use, but what exactly is it? I've tried to find a definitive answer and most replies are along the lines of "they are massive servers that run hundreds of virtual servers where you can store...
  4. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST GTX750/760 Offer

    Was just looking through the slider on the main PCSpecialist page and I saw the "buy a GTX 750/770.. get £90 in game" offer, which looks great, but I just noticed this ... "War Thunder, Infinite Crisis, and Strife offer the most exciting, competitive free-to-play gaming experiences, powered by...
  5. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Best Gaming Mouse EVER!

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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Windows 8 woes

    Having a nightmare with windows 8, had it installed on a machine when it first came out and hated it so put windows 7 back on and decided never to touch it again. Just acquired a new laptop (got myself a brand new Lenovo g580 laptop with i3, 6gb memory and a 1tb hdd for £100, bargain!) which has...
  7. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Upgrading my GPU

    At the moment I have an AMD 6770 oc 1gb which has served me quite well, but some of the newer games are gong to start to strain it so I'm thinking about getting an upgrade, looking at my machine about the best I can put in there without upgrading the PSU (I don't want to touch that for at least...
  8. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST A little Microsoft irony ...

    My freiend posted this recently ... Ironic enough you think? What's even more ironic is he works for Microsoft LOL!
  9. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST EA/Origin/Mythic oddities

    Has anyone heard anything about EA/Origin/Mythic being nice and refunding past purchases randomly without request recently? Just got my credit card statement and in the middle of it I stopped and became baffled, under credits it shows EA.Com/Cs Mythic 37.99 USD @ 1.6187 Inc Fee .. They've...
  10. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Blu-Ray Software

    I've dusted off an old Cube media PC I had laying around and it needed a complete reinstall, however I don't have the original installation CD's so just installed Vista on it using the code on the back of the PC, unfortunately Vista doesn't come with any Blu-Ray software so I can't play any...
  11. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Corsair Obsidian Series 250D UltraChill Edition Case

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRizP0GvpEs&sns=fb
  12. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Desktop invaded by address book icons

    Did it look like this?
  13. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST The Grinch brings the underground to a halt ...

    According to Travel Alerts The Circle line is suspended while we deal with reports that a passenger has claimed Die Hard "doesn't count" as a Christmas film. https://twitter.com/TlfTravelAlerts/status/412917780078657536 Some other fun quotes from Travel alerts
  14. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Battlefield 4

  15. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST What was your first experience "botching" a repair on a computer?

    I thought this would be a fun little topic for discussion, what is the first computer repair you made that would leave you cringing now? I'll start off ... Many moons ago i had an old Amiga 500, those of you that have peeked under the cover of one of them will know that on the keyboard circuit...
  16. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Just jumped onthe appl train and ...

    I've always wanted an iPhone but i've always held the belief that although they are good phones they are extremely over priced for what they are, so i've never bothered and put up with my Blackberry for many years. A friend of mine recently decided to buy an all singing all dancing new android...
  17. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Upgrade ordering system isn't workling properly.

    I'm not actually wanting to upgrade (yet), i just wanted to see what the best graphics card is i can have in the existing system by using the upgrade ordeeing system to see which cards flag for PSU etc and i came across a bit of bad design iin the system. It's an upgrade system, so you're only...
  18. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Activision/Blizzard all payed up and flying solo

    The software developer Activision Blizzard inc, well known for such titles as World of Warcraft, Diablo and Call of Duty have announced that it has completed a buyback from its parent company Vivendi. Originally due in July the case was put back until friday just gone due to some shareholder...
  19. Androcles

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nicholas Cage

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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Nicholas Cage

    My wallpaper ...
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