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I've recently had a new PCS unit and am really impressed with it. On delivery, I exchanged the HDD for a Crucial C300 6GB/s SSD as the boot drive, moving it to be a data drive instead. I mounted the SSD using a third party sourced bracket allowing it to kind of fit into one of the 3.5" drive...

I have a new PCS machine running the P7P55D-E motherboard, into which I have now put a Crucial C300 64GB SSD as the boot/OS drive. The SSD is connected to one of the SATA3 6GB ports on the mobo and is running using the Windows 7 native drivers rather than Marvell. All is well and the PC boots...

Hi I have just taken delivery of a new PC from PCS built using the Coolermaster CM690 MKII case. However, the top panel button to deactivate the front fan LED doesn't seem to work - pushing it doesn't turn the light off. Any ideas where the connector may be for it, so I can see if it's...

Hi I have a PC on order from PCS and am after some advice on partitions so I can get them to allocate them in build. I have spec'd a 1TB main drive (WD Green 64MB cache), so am after guidance on a partition plan for it to make things as tidy as possible. I intend to put a 120-128GB SSD in the...

Pretty simple question - for a i7-870 CPU, is it worth upgrading the cooling from the Super Quiet Triple Copper Pipe option (£19 extra to the stock option) to the Titan Fenrir Extreme (£39 extra to stock option)????? I'm after the quietest and longest lasting option for a rig that'll be doing...

I've just ordered a new pc from PCS and am eagerly awaiting its arrival. During my research, I looked at getting an SSD put in by PCS, but pricewise, I figured I'd hold fire and do a self install later. I'm just wondering if anyone can give the benefit of experience on sizing an SSD drive to...

The more I read, including this forum, the more my head spins! I'm after anyone who can give me some straight talking advice as to which is the best, all other hardware being equal (obviously motherboards will vary, but be comparable), of the i7-870 or the i7-950?????? To a layperson, the...

Following a couple of threads on advice over various components, I'd be grateful for any final feedback on the spec below before I press go and upset the wife at spending a grand on a new PC! ;) I've never spec'd a PC from scratch before, so I'm always open to suggestions....... COOLERMASTER...

Hi Following some very useful feedback in a previous thread, I'm reviewing my GPU options within a currently evolving spec (below) for a new power PC for photo and video editing etc. Choices are: 768MB Nvidia GeForce GTX460 GDDR5 DX11 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX460 GDDR5 DX11 1GB ATI Radeon HD5770...

Hi I'm on the brink of shelling out around £1k on a new PC base unit, as mine is 7 years old and dying fast. I've put together a spec that I think is pretty well suited to my needs - photo and video editing primarily - and that will stand the test of time and last another 7 years. I'd be...