Recent content by mikef

I've voted for PCS as Tech Retailer of the Year here: http://forms.reghardware.com/awards/2011/computer (as a write in vote) Anyone else?

So does PCS have any stock like mobo's they plan to sell off at end of line prices? Having put a number of upgrades into a system I bought here a year ago, I have pretty much enough parts to build a spare PC...

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2011/6/27/intel-silently-retires-i7-9702c-introduces-non-extreme-i7-980.aspx Will this replace the i7-970 in the PCS configurator? Quite tempting at the price...

I back up to a USB3 flash drive. If I forget to remove it and it's plugged in when I boot, the Windows boot time goes out from less than 10 seconds to several minutes. Looking at the event log, the degradation is down to smssinit. Is there another way to avoid this degradation - other than...

I already posted here how pleased I am with my recent build. I thought I'd share my satisfaction more widely here: http://www.resellerratings.com/store/PC_Specialist Mike Coolermaster Sileo 500, Asus P6X58 PREMIUM, I7-950 , Titan Fenrir EVO, Kingston Hyper-X 1600 RAM, 240GB OCZ Vertex-II...

I've waited a week in case of teething probs, but none so far, so I'd like to report a big thumbs up for my first PCS build Spec - Coolermaster Sileo 500, Asus P6X58 PREMIUM, I7-950 @ 3.06, Titan Fenrir EVO, 6B Kingston Hyper-X 1600 RAM, 240GB OCZ Vertex-II SSD, Palit 768MB GTX460 Windows 7...

Machine arrived, performs superbly, exactly what I was hoping for. Win 7 boot time 45 secs of which 35 secs in the BIOS. One irritant though is that the build-in card reader has a bright red light that stays on when the system is powered down (Corsair 650W PSU). I really don't want this -...

As I couldn't get a quote for a build with PCIe SSD, here's what I just ordered (I did listen to the feedback you guys gave me when I posted my earlier spec!) Please shout now if you see any obvious incompatibilities. Priorities are: cool, quiet, quick, overclock potential Case -...

Please point out any obvious incompatibilities. Usage is specialised graphics development. I've asked for a custom build with a PCIe SSD, so ignore the disk spec Case COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-870 Quad Core (2.93GHz, 8MB Cache) Motherboard...

I am very interested in getting a "Top Spec Core™ i5/i7" system configured based on the OCZ Z-Drive R2 256GB PCIe SSD drive: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/pci-express/z-drive-r2/mlc-performance-series/ocz-z-drive-r2-m84-pci-express-ssd-.html Other than that, all the...