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    PCSPECIALIST Review: Initia Series: 15.6" i5 10-Core Processor i5-1235U, Integrated Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics

    I was looking for a UK keyboard laptop whilst living in Germany, to be used for general home office work and some light gaming on the go (e.g. WoW). Pros: - Laptop looks good, quite slim and stylish - Reasonably priced overall considering the pretty sizeable SSD, RAM, and decent integrated...
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    PCSPECIALIST Small portable laptop with good load times and snappy processor

    Bought this laptop for my mum who had been struggling on with an ageing laptop for quite some time. I was looking for something with a good processor and SSD for snappy load times, at an affordable price point. Here's what she had to say: "Absolutely delighted with my new laptop. It arrived on...
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    PCSPECIALIST [ENDED] Win a 250GB WD_Black SN750 NVMe M.2 SSD!

    Followed on Twitter (@OSullivan), not entirely sure if it registered on the competition link though.
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    PCSPECIALIST Gaming PC for around £800

    You might be able to salvage a monitor lying around and reinvest the savings back into the PC for a better deal. For £5 you can get converters off Amazon that let VGA monitors (thinking era ~2007) interface with DisplayPort outputs on modern graphics cards, allowing up to 1080 pixel resolutions...
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    PCSPECIALIST GAMING PC HELP!

    This website is quite useful to 'test' different builds and see if they stand up to whatever benchmark you're interested in, which for you is presumably 60fps 1080p gaming: https://www.userbenchmark.com/PCBuilder For each component you'll have to make your own call between 'value' and 'bench'...
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    PCSPECIALIST [ENDED] PC of the Month - June 2019 - Vortex Prime

    I'm guessing 500 gb-ssd, 2 tb-hdd is the sweet spot for storage at the high-end of gaming? Really pleased because that's what I selected in my (admittedly much more cheap and cheerful) build!
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    PCSPECIALIST AMD Ryzen 2700x rig for 1080p gaming

    P.S. particularly interested to hear thoughts on the motherboard - I have heard that only select models will work with the Ryzen 3xxx CPUs slated for release in July. Not sure whether to just wait on those!
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    PCSPECIALIST AMD Ryzen 2700x rig for 1080p gaming

    Hey guys, Would really appreciate some feedback on this planned specification. My goals are: * 60 FPS gaming at 1080p on ~max. settings for 2019 titles and on high settings until 2024 * Quiet performance * Good value * Potential to upgrade Case FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)...
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