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  1. MJSWARLORD

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST budet build question.

    From the spec below this post you will see that I have a pcs games rig. I also have an old Packard bell windows 7 pc that struggles to run windows 10 free download. There is no point in throwing £££ at this spare pc so I intend to buy the build posted here. What do you think. Case GAME MAX...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST is my fan the wrong way round

    I have various types of fans on my pc , the build is housed in a cooler master haf x tower. if I put my hand across the front of the pc I can feel a very cold blast of air coming out. I can also feel cold air coming out of the vents in the top of the case , this air is from the cpu and g card...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Replacement monitor

    The rig as shown in the spec below is now 1 year old and some players on here have told me i should have got a monitor with 1440p . I have been told that 1440p is a screen resolution but dont understand this because my screen resolution is 1920 x 1080 . How does 1440p mix with 1920 x 1080 or am...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST virtual reality headsets

    i would like to try a vr headset. i know absolutely nothing about them so , are they plug and play without driver software , if anyone reads this has one which one do you have. what games can you recommend either free or paid for , the only one i have at the moment with a vr option is crystal...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Solid state drive question.

    As you can see from my spec below i have 2 ssd in my pc. i am aware that you should not defragment an ssd but does this mean that with installing and uninstalling software i will eventually have lots of scattered blocks of fragmented data that i cant compress to close up the gaps.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Crashes and errors feedback

    A lot of you may be aware that i have posted comments about the following. In the windows reliability log i had the following logged multiple times on a daily basis but i can assure you none of the following actually happened. Google chrome allegedly crashed constantly .... the EDGE is supposed...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST is this an alternative to system restore

    i have been geeking since 2003 and the only pc i ever got system restore you work on was xp , maybe i am just unlucky... i now have the same problem with both a shop bought pc and a pc specialist built rig both running windows 10 .. i got the op system on disc for the custom built rig..... i...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST windows 10 whats on the disc

    just like all pcs customers i have the windows 10 disc in case i ever need to use it. i dont want curiosity to kill my pc so can somebody tell me whats on the disc as well as the windows 10 operating system. i dont want to put the disc in to explore contents in case something starts to launch...
  9. MJSWARLORD

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST defrag or not

    As you can see from below i have 2 ssd.... my question is this... do i need to do defrag and reg defrag even if i only ever do it once..... i have done lots of googling about this and most results say either yes/no or comments such as it shortens life but nobody knows by how much so i am still...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST is this any good

    As you can see from the details at the bottom of the screen i have a hi spec games rig , my other rigs are on vista and windows 7 and showing their age so i need to replace them with a new windows 10 pc. I need a second rig to use as a guinea pig the idea is that if i dowload ANYTHING or try...
  11. MJSWARLORD

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST supplied windows 10 disc question.

    Regardless of copywrite/piracy issues am i right in thinking that a windows operating system disc can only be used on the pc it was first installed on. I seem to remember something in a magazine about a reader replaced his motherboard and his op sys disc would not load. ...... This is why i need...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST posting spec details.

    I notice that a lot of threads have the spec of that persons pc at the bottom of a posting . How do i put my pc's spec at the bottom of a posting so i dont have to keep saying type .... my game breaker rig..... into the search box to view it.
  13. MJSWARLORD

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Why you MUST make recovery discs

    A lot of users never bother to make recovery discs just because they have a recovery program on their pc. BUT you need to read this , i have 3 pc's , 2 packard bell and a custom built games rig made by pc specialists. One of my packard bell pc's locked up and i had no choice but to turn off the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST windows 10 reliability report is driving me mad

    First let me say i am not a pc noob i have been geeking for 14 years. Every day the reliability monitor reports hardware errors ...i have not got any !!! , i get failed to shutdown correctly reports , i was on diablo 3 at the time , most puzzling , some errors such as google chrome not...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST desktop layout

    This is a tip not a question. As you know its hard to find a desktop background that lets you see all your desktop short cuts clearly so try this. Choose a photo with not much detail on the left hand side and then import it into paint. Use a plastic rule to measure how far across the screen your...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST windows 10 disc contents.

    As you all know pcs install the windows 10 operating system and give you the disc as well. I dont want to risk crashing my pc by putting the disc in to explore its contents, if the disc tries to install the operating system over the top of itself 1 single corrupted reg entry could spell...
  17. MJSWARLORD

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST have you overclocked your 1080

    I recently explored the contests of my graphics card disc and found an over clocking program. i installed it but did not run it because i dont know anything about over clocking and did not want to risk damaging the card. I wrote to zotac and got a strange reply,i was told that if the card...
  18. MJSWARLORD

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST new rig update

    Earlier on this year i had a new rig built by pc specialists , everything is running ok apart from windows 10 giving error messages for things i dont even use but thats windows 10 for you lol. If you want to see my spec type my game breaker rig into the search box. The heart of the rig is a gtx...
  19. MJSWARLORD

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST some lights work when pc off

    I got my rig from pc specialists at the end of July , the tower is a coolmaster haf x , when the pc is off the light strip at the rear right corner used to stay on but now they pulse on and off , i got a new keyboard and the lights emit a low glow when pc is off , i plugged in some new...
  20. MJSWARLORD

    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST My game breaker rig

    Ok guys and girls , let me start by saying i am not using this forum to brag about what i got , i can remember a time when i did not know where my next meal was coming from. I am a 61 year old male and been a gamer since 1982.The rig and monitor were bought from pc specialists all other items...
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