Last week my latest PCS laptop arrived - it's the fourth one I've had over the past decade.
My previous laptop was an Octane III with an i7-6700K and a GeForce 1080. It's served me well, but I fancied the greater performance on offer from today's systems - the i9-9900K (yes, despite the heat)...
A couple of years I bought a Defiance (Clevo P650SG) from PC Specialist. It was my second laptop from them and has served me well. However, it was only ever meant as a stopgap for me due to the screen - I really wanted a 4K 17" screen, but they simply didn't exist. I ordered a 4K 15" model...
Three and a half years ago I bought a 17" Vortex II gaming laptop from PC Specialist. Although the processor has held up well, the graphics card (a GTX 560M) feels decidedly old - it struggles with modern games. The machine has been trouble-free and thus I ended up back at PC Specialist for a...
Back in July 2011 I was in need of a laptop, as the one I was using (a Clevo C720 from the now-defunct Evesham) was becoming unuseable due to its Geforce 7900 dying. (It turns out this particular chip has a problem with its solder and I wasn't brave enough to try the oven trick!)
Dodgy GPU...