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  1. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Intel 13th and 14th Gen confirmed defective

    If only there were some sort of political bandwagon he could jump on. Maybe leveraging Twitter's reach to swing support behind the kind of shady character that might let him off the hook once elected. Nothing so obvious as offering people millions to sign up with one candidate of course...
  2. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST RIP Quincy Jones

    I think there's a fair chance of Craig Charles doing a Quincy Jones tribute show this Saturday 6-9pm radio 6. Here's his funk family tree feature on Quincy from a while back: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p03r83tq
  3. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Castlevania question

    So first, a confession: I've never played the Castlevania games. They are on sale on Steam for Halloween and I was thinking of picking up some of them. Normally, at this price, and for a series that has multiple good games, I'd get a bundle. Where I need help is in what to get, there's loads of...
  4. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Gaming on Linux

    Do keep on with the updates, I've been tempted to make this move for a while and I'm keen for someone more knowledgeable and patient to run into all the problems before I do!
  5. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST homers weight

    I'm starting a big diet from the beginning of September, this is inspirational - thank you for posting it. If you've any tips to share they'd be gratefully received.
  6. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST What components should I Upgrade?

    I do get it, you don't need it to do much that's high-powered, but still. Any improvement is likely to need more power and that PSU isn't modular, so it wouldn't be easy. Any part you put in is going to be bottlenecked by all the others, I really think it might be time to start again with a new...
  7. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Ryzen 9000 officially announced for July 31st Release

    I'm still on a 2700X, was waiting to upgrade to this range. I guess I can hang on and see what the 9800X3D is like.
  8. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Putting my money where my mouth is

    I know you only have a sample size of 1 and fixed it with an option PCS don't currently offer, but does this new pattern of paste application give you any pause in terms of recommending the Corsair coolers? Most on the forum have defaulted to saying 'the pre-applied paste is good and likely...
  9. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Intel 13th and 14th Gen confirmed defective

    Just to fess up - I had to watch some sections on .75 speed to follow them!
  10. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Intel 13th and 14th Gen confirmed defective

    This is not a quick video, but wow, is it worth it!
  11. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Intel 13th and 14th Gen confirmed defective

    So, how fast are those RMAs going to go with 15,000 fewer staff to process them? Surely now is the time to recognise that you've under-invested in your processes and you need to put more into the business, temporarily, to dig yourself out of the hole you are in. I mean, assuming you don't...
  12. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST upgrade recommendations

    I have very similar specs to the OP currently (2700X CPU, 2080TI GPU and 850W PSU). Your CPU is noticeably better, there's not much in it on the graphics cards, you've a little less VRAM, but I think it uses the same die as mine and its a newer release. I've looked at a 5800X3D as my main...
  13. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Fancy a free PC, anyone?

    PC Specialist are having a giveaway! https://gleam.io/iSOyB/pcspecialist-gigabyte-return-of-the-free-pc-system-giveaway
  14. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Linux security issue

    I don't even fully understand this myself and am not a Linux user, but it came up in a Reddit thread I usually follow and I hadn't seen it mentioned here. Apologies if this post is in the wrong place, or linking to Reddit isn't appropriate, I liked the way this user set out the info and thought...
  15. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST The Christmas 2023 and New Year thread

    Happy new year, everyone, best wishes for your health and happiness in 2024.
  16. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Champagne and Churchill

    I love that the big bottle sizes are all named after biblical kings who had to have their lifespans massively inflated to make the Bible's chronology make sense. The long lived kings = the large bottles I remember being so let down when I found that Magnum was the exception to this rule (poor...
  17. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST gigabyte potential security vulnerability

    So, if the vulnerability is in Gigabyte's access to remote-update the Bios, do I need to worry about updating the Bios or will the security fixes be applied automatically?
  18. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Powerstar

    China is taking over the world with, ahem, 'brand new' CPUs: https://wccftech.com/china-powerstar-x86-cpus-confirmed-rebadged-intel-10th-gen-comet-lake-chips/
  19. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    Worst game ever made was 'ride to hell: retribution', a friend of mine helped develop it and grew oddly proud of how utterly bad it was. I bought a copy to try and it is every bit as bad as he said.
  20. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    Steam spring sale just kicked off: lot of familiar titles, not spotted any massive bargains yet.
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