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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Hard Drive Partitions

    What's the latest best practise when configuring a single drive system. I have a 1TB NVME SSD. Clearly I need a primary Partition for windows. I have a bunch of media and other files that I will keep on a separate partition. I was toying with having three partitions in total Primary Windows...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Do M.2 NVMe drives make any noticeable difference to performance?

    Hi, I am interested on views about the real world performance of NVMe drives. The headline speeds are blistering but I have seen some reports that in real world use the improvement that you will see as a user is negligible. Has anyone replaced a SATA ssd with an NVMe drive in the same machine...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Choice of Graphics Card

    Hi I am going to buy a desktop utilizing an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 16 GB RAM. I don't play games but do occasional photo and video editing using Adobe Premier Elements. I am unsure as to what if any Graphics card to buy. Although Adobe PE doesn't mandate a video card I can't help but think it...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Advice wanted on these two specs

    I am looking for a new desktop. It will mainly be used for browsing and simple document creation. Occasionally It will be used for video and photo editing using Adobe Premier elements. It don't play games. I like to have a quiet computer so some of the components have been chosen with this in...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST AMD VS Intel

    I have always had Intel based computers. I am hearing lot about AMD recently. I am not a gamer but do a little video and photo editing using Adobe Premier elements. I wondered if anyone had views on the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-9600K. Are there any hidden compatibility or other gotchas...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Please review this spec, advice appreciated

    Hi I want a desktop that will mainly be used for browsing (multiple tabs open), Word and Excell and occasional video and photo editing using Adobe Premier elements. Would love some feedback on the following spec. Anyone think its over the top or do I need to increase anything? I don't like my...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Laptop for a Student

    I am buying a new laptop for my son. He has been suffering with a HP pavilion for two years and it is criminally slow. I have promised him a big improvement. He will mainly use it for Browsing, Office applications, streaming music and videos. He does not play 3D games. If anyone can have a...
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