Recent content by chrwal543

Hello, Am I able to change my username on these forums? chrwal543 was assigned to me - probably as a result of a previous purchase at PC Specialist. I can't find a rename option under "Your Account". Thanks

Thanks. I noticed that. 750D - i'll have a look at that. I was struggling to spot any with a 5" bay. Yes, the case selector could do with filter options.

Hello! Why do PC Cases advertise how many USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports it has on its IO panel? Here's an example from a Kolink case: Firstly, I assume the I/O panel in question isn't the one that the motherboard itself presents at the back of the case but one that might appear on the top of the...

Thanks guys for your input. Maybe I do need to enter the 21st Century and dump BluRay for external HDD / Cloud Storage. Just to say, I always make two identical backups when archiving to BluRay and verify one of them and a copy of the archive goes onto my NAS drive too. Cheers.

Thanks. I get that optical media have pretty much had their day, but my purpose for a BluRay writer is for secondary file archiving as they can hold up to 50GB of data at a time rather than for installing software/playing movies. I already have a USB BluRay writer but thought this would be an...

I'm looking to build a decent development machine (VisualStudio / SQL Server etc.) with a bit of beef to play the occasional game. However a Blu-Ray writer is quite high up on my list of requirements. Now I know that most of the customer demographic here are gamers but it would be nice to see...