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Thanks for the replies and advice. The reason I opted for two drives was to have a backup for all my data - I've been burned in the past!! They were supposed to be both 3TB - I must have misclicked. Does anyone know which brand of Hard Drive is considered the most reliable? That's more...

Case CORSAIR CARBIDE SERIES™ 275Q QUIET CASE Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4) World War Z & Division 2: Gold Edition FREE w/ select AMD Ryzen CPUs! Motherboard Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE: DDR4, USB 3.1 - RGB Ready Memory (RAM) 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE...

I'm having a problem with the touchpad on my laptop. I'm running Windows 10 and every time I restart the computer, the touchpad resets to its default settings (meaning it's EXTREMELY sensitive!). I've googled the problem and the general recommendation is to update the driver. However, its...

In a nutshell, I'm looking to spend around £1200 to £1500 for a machine that will: 1. Do the normal day-to-day stuff well and fast. 2. Play games to a reasonable (but not "super optimized") level. 3. Have bags of storage. 4. Be as small as possible (bearing in mind the above). 5...

My graphics card has become a little....difficult. It's an Nvidia GTX 760 which is almost five years old. Essentially, I lose video completely from time to time. Whereupon I open the case up, take it out and reseat it and it works fine....until the next time. For my needs, I'm perfectly...

Could someone let me know if I'm overloading the case/motherboard/battery on this low end laptop with upgraded cpu/memory/disks. Chassis & DisplayUltraNote: 15.6" Matte HD LED Backlit Widescreen (1366x768)Processor (CPU)Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Core Processor 7300HQ (2.5GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)Memory...

Am I missing something, or do none of the "buy it now" laptops come with a built in DVD player? Are they deemed a "thing of the past"?! Thanks for any help.

Hi Chaps, I'm thinking of getting the The 15.6" UltraNote II as a backup computer. It'll spend most of it's time in my kitchen playing DVDs/streaming TV and the like but may have to fill in as a backup in case anything goes wrong with my main PC. It will definitely not be used for gaming. My...

What happens is this: At times, my SSD becomes recognized as a 'new' disk. The problem is that the drive letter of my physical hard drive then gets changed from F: to G: and, hence, none of my programs will work until I go into Computer Management and change the drive letter back (having...

Just got a new PC from PCS and for the third time it's shut down (always while playing a game). It reboots and I get a message: "Power supply surges detected during the previous power on. ASUS anti-surge was triggered to protect system from unstable power supply unit!" (The exclamation mark...

Basically, I want to use this machine for "a bit of everything". I don't expect to be able to run demanding games at ultra settings but I would like it to be fairly "future-proof", quick(ish) and, well, generally "OK". Anyway, here it is, please do let me know if you see any glaring mistakes...