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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Please Help....5th PCS Family Purchase Advice Needed

    Hi all I've lost track of the current tech though it seems AMD has come on alot....I need advice on a decent high end general purpose Family PC, gaming is not my prime concern though I sure the 3060 or equivalent will be fine, as my GTX1660 seems fine atm Mass storage is needed for the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Plz help me decide on a new high-end General Purpose PC

    Hi all, I think the title says it all....This will be my 4th high end PC from PCS but as before I need upto date tech advice... I need a decent General purpose PC that can multi task and play games comfortably, I currently have a AOC 1440 Monitor being a intel/nvidia die hard I especially need...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Our 3rd PCS Purchase Mini Review...Vyper Laptop....

    So here's a mini review of my Lads Vyper Lappy...... BUT FIRST I want to moan about DPD's shoddy delivery..... DPD kept us upto date via emails, BUT when they Delivered it they didn't knock or Ring the doorbell(wife&son were waiting for the one hour delivery slot)?? they left the laptop...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Advice on my 3rd PCS purchase...Which laptop??

    Hi all can you please advise me on the following 2 laptops, as my son wants a decent laptop for around £1000 ish, for moderate gaming(runescape,diablo,retro games) and general purpose usage Initially he thought of the viper, but he also likes the look and screen size of the Optimus..... are...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Best Air Mouse

    Has any on here got any experience of an Air Mouse??? I've just built a basic HTPC to free off my gaming rigs and I want a air mouse preferably a back lit one......any suggestions???
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST To update or not update??

    I have owned PC's(15+) for 20 plus years....... and I have never updated the Bios on any system...... I've updated all drivers and software when necessary..... Should I update the bios on all my family systems as they are all preforming as they should?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST An interesting PCS Inhouse Vid

    Here's An interesting PCS Inhouse Vid(sry if its already been posted) Live Stream from PC Specialist https://www.facebook.com/tinytomlogan/videos/1922528867788017/
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Intel Coffee Lake review: Intel's 8th generation desktop chips are here

    Looks very nice..... http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/intel/1406329/intel-coffee-lake-review-intels-8th-generation-desktop-chips-are-here-and-theyre-fast?_mout=1&utm_campaign=expertreviews_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST New Gaming Home PC

    Hi I'm thinking about upgrading my reliable 6 year old PCS system that originally held a GTX580 when they were a flag ship model..... I have no real idea of the current hardware available so I'm hear for some advice, my spend limit is £2k ish, BTW I'm a intel/Nvidia user of old and would like...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST why do neither of my PCS gaming rigs never hold their overclock settings?

    why do neither of my PCS gaming rigs ever hold their overclock settings? I have received my 2nd PCS Gaming Rig and I'm having the same probs as my 1st one? My first rig would never hold the OC settings for more than a week or two, so after several OC resets I decided to keep it at stock speed...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST My Second PCS PC Order In 5 Years....So All Is Good

    My Second PC Order In 5 Years(spec below)....So All Is Good, and this sums up my experience.......From ordering,using the Forum to receipt and usage I am satisfied(and I'm not easily satisfied)I was kept upto date with regular emails from PCS and there were 2 delays for my order the first was...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Ram Upgrade??

    Hi, I've been running my PCS system for 5 years with several upgrades........I now want to upgrade the Ram,I'm currently running the 6gb that came with the PC,and I want to double it to 12GB.......My Mobo is the ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI. and my ram is the 6GB...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Opinions?

    Hi can you plz give me your opinions on this PC(tad under £2k).........My son wants a powerful PC for high end gaming at 1440P and HD video Rendering/encoding/Decoding for youtube etc budget is 2k max Does it look OK?? Thx in advance Case CORSAIR OBSIDIAN SERIES™ 750D FULL TOWER CASE...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Hi All

    After our 2nd PC died my wife has suggested that she has my main PC and I should buy another??My current PCS PC is nearly 4 years old now But still runs perfectly,plays any Total War game & BF3 on max(the only games I play atm) and is also fast in all multitasking etc(TBH I dont want to give it...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Non Gaming Lappy

    Hi all I'm looking for a quick non gaming general purpose lappy,15" minimum decent screen, 120gb ssd etc(dont need a hhd) what spec do u guys suggest and do i go for win 8? as I'm used to Win 7? I have no upper budget but want to spend as little as poss lol thx in advance
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST PCS review 2 1/2 years on

    Hi, I've had my PCS system for 30 months now so I thought I'd give a brief review for other PSC customers/future customers........To sum up though I will purchase my next PC from PCS PROS: I found the PCS forum VERY helpful prior to ordering/since receiving my PC(answers questions,giving ideas...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST To Dust Or Not To Dust??

    After a 2 hr session on BF3 i thought i'd check my temps.......my GTX 580 was running at around 83c, ummm I thought that's abit hot?i realized I have not dedusted for more than 6 months.......the next day I took my PC to work to give it a serious dedust,so after creating a 'Hiroshima' sized dust...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Damn Ocz vetex ahhh

    My pc is less than 2 years old and yes the SSD has died AGAIN,PCS sent new one 10 months ago and after 10 months fine speedy usage its died again............ PCS were helpful and sorted RMA instantly(only took a min to get through on phone) unfortunately they couldnt offer a different brand or...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Weird DVDRW Drive Prob????????????????????????????

    As my title says I'm have probs with my top DVDRW Drive(2 fitted) My E drive shows up in 'My computer' its also present in the Bios,and weirdly its there in the 'Device manager'(Device manager says its enabled and working correctly??)I've checked cables and they are firm The drive does not read...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Which Surround Sound Gaming Headset??

    hi all,after abit of advice,do u guys use 5.1 headsets??if so what ones,and how good are they,I've just started researching online,and there's alot of choice,Ideally i would want a set that works in conjunction with my speakers(I dont want to unplug speakers each time to connect headphones...
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