Recent content by allend66

Hey guys, just as a follow up and a thank you really, my new rig is ace, I´m super happy with it. It cold boots in under 30seconds, (my old laptop, HP pavilion 15-ac151sa took over 4mins), and after a little faffing I managed to install ubuntu on the second drive. I had planned on win10 and...

Thanks all, for assistance: I ordered Sunday night, it's coming tomorrow, super fast turn around, I'm dead excited. However.... I have a small problem. In preparation, I'm downloading all drivers and Win10.iso from the tech support page, but all the large downloads keep failing. I've tried...

Hi Codie, I have the same issue here - large downloads keep failing: Win10.iso, Nvidea drivers etc.. Did you find a fix for the non-resumable download fails? Cheers D

Brill, thanks for your help. I'll go and order my new toy.. :)

Damn it, I tried to add a 2.5" 1Tb SSD but.. So what would be my best option for having access to "My Documents" from both Win10 & Ubuntu on the 2 M.2 drives? Thank you for your input D

ok, thanks @Spidertracks, another drive is only £80 or so. THanks for the help, I'll go and order that spec. Cheers!

@spidertacks - thank you Sir.. I have a question though: Originally I had 2 * M.2 drives, one for windows10 the other for ubuntu, and then a data drive for personal files. With your suggestion i have 2 drives not 3. My personal setup at the moment is to have all my personal files on a...

Anybody?..:(

thanks Steaky360, budget around £1000 but a little flexible if it will 'future-proof' the rig a little.. no preference on intel or ryzen, it was just the top option! I'm a bit clueless tbh..

Hi all, I'm a bit of a noob, but have evolved from budget £300 laptops from pcworld.. I want a half decent machine for low-to-mid level gaming - nothing online or streaming, local gameplay only, and photo editing, mainly JPG, occasional RAW with occasional (rare) video editing. I'm also getting...

ok cheers.. :-)

thanks - no special need for dedicated GPU. I want 17" screen, 16gb ram (so i can multitask with lag) and back-lit keyboard are must haves.. anything else is gravy. What do you suggest?

@Cypher - thanks, I got that but on the configuration screen it wont let me have 2 OS drives with a data drive. "You have chosen 2 x M.2 SSD drives, however the configuration you have selected can only support 1 x M.2 SSD drive(s). Please reduce the selection to 1 x M.2 SSD drive(s), or...

Hi all, I want a dual boot system (trying to ditch Windows but still have some needed apps), and I have researched dual booting. It seems Windows doesn't play nice with other OSs on the same drive, so was wondering if I could have a laptop with 3 HDDs (or SSDs): 1*win10, 1*linux distro, and a...