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Hi, I have the following laptop since last year; Chassis & Display Defiance Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 240Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor 11800H (2.3GHz, 4.6GHz Turbo) Memory (RAM) 16GB Corsair 3200MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB) Graphics...

Thank you for the info! Just set the BIOS to auto as opposed to XMP and Prime95 has been running happily for over 20mins now. Will let it run overnight and report but I think it's a step in the right direction. EDIT: Prime95 has run happily overnight for over 9 hours. Now - I would rather use...

That makes sense to me too. Should I swap them around? Can this be done safely without triggering some errors?

Indeed. Which would suggest another issue? What can you think of? Taking a look at the sloting of the SSD shortly. EDIT: You're right, it looks like the OS drive is slotted into the second M.2 port which is gen 3 (it is numbered SSD 1 as opposed to SSD 0). Any reason why PCS might have done...

Another odd thing... C drive is underperforming by about half as advertised whilst the other disks are within their marketed perf. Normal or abnormal?

86 C is the maximum it reached according to HWInfo.

Hey everyone, New build as follow; Case FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700K (3.6GHz) 25MB Cache Motherboard ASUS® ROG MAXIMUS Z690 HERO WIFI (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready Memory (RAM) 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5...

Heya, About to upgrade my monitor from a 10+ yo 27'' ASUS 1080p panel to accomodate my new build. Essentially using the desktop mostly for audio production (DAW) and some light video use - but also gaming. Not too bothered about extreme performance hence my choice of a 3060, I just like for it...

Hey everyone, This is the final config! I was so busy up until now I didn't have the time to finish this off haha... Just ordered it. Case FRACTAL DEFINE 7 BLACK QUIET MID-TOWER CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700K (3.6GHz) 25MB Cache Motherboard ASUS® ROG MAXIMUS...

Happy to report that the laptop was fixed by PCS themselves. The faults were found, and the whole laptop's components were replaced. Sadly the tech didn't explain what happened in there but he judged best to do a full rebuild. Moral of the story; sometimes hardware do fail!

It is a significant saving... I did notice the boards don't have TB4, that's an issue. Do they take a card for it or is it just entirely impossible? Everything is going in the direction of TB4, can't be passing on such an important tech.

That is great thank you so much! So, about the DDR5, I read somewhere else that it would be better and cheaper to go for DDR4 but PCS won't let me put them instead of DDR5 on that config. Is there a way to do this? Mhm I don't know about the GPU... Me fancy something top notch. Are you sure...

Thank you! So, the Define 7 is working out to be quieter than the BeQuiet? That's ironic... :). Cool, I know @SpyderTracks from before on the forum so eager to hear his input!

Thank you for the additional info! I have now updated the post. I was also looking at 5950X for the processor as it is being touted as the very best workstation processor but I can't seem to be able to pair it with a motherboard that has thunderbolt 4... I also read 12900k is not recommended...

Hi there, I'm currently in the process of ordering a workstation to replace my dying computer! I've started a config on PCS, and would like some input before pulling the trigger! MAIN USE: Audio & video workstation. Intensive DAW use with sample librairies etc as well as heavy sessions. The...