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    PCSPECIALIST Corsair 175R drive bays and SATA cables

    I’ve been reading some reviews about the Corsair 175R RGB case. The case will accommodate 2x3.5" drives in the base and 2x2.5" on the back-plate. I plan to purchase a PC with M.2 SSD and no other drives. But later I will add my own drives when I can migrate them from my old PC I have 2x 3.5”...
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    PCSPECIALIST M.2 SSD vs SATA SSD

    I have gone back over all of the MB's available and compared spec's. I may be switching to a Ryzen 5 3600 and Asus TUF B550 MB.
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    PCSPECIALIST M.2 SSD vs SATA SSD

    Thanks for the info. Years ago AMD were about 1/3rd the price of a comparible speed Intel. But not any more. I have tried a combination of AMD boards and processors and cant get below the £950 mark. But if you can suggest an AMD that is similar spec to the i5-10600 (not K) at a lower price...
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    PCSPECIALIST M.2 SSD vs SATA SSD

    My current PC is getting too old (2011 from PCS) so it's time to replace it. But I have a few drives I want to take to the new PC. 90% of the time will be Lightroom/Photoshop, and then some office work. Key parts of the spec I am looking at ... Case CORSAIR 175R RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE I...
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    PCSPECIALIST Loss of HDMI signal by simply wobbling the cable - Enigma IV / GT650M

    I have recently bought an Enigma IV laptop for my camera club. It has the GT650M GPU and the 15.6” 1920x1080 95% gamut screen. When it arrived there was a fault with the GPU and PCS quickly replaced this. Last week it was used for the first time with a projector to run a photographic...
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    PCSPECIALIST cd tray ejects on windows start and coming out of sleep

    My new laptop arrived this afternoon (Enigma IV). I powered it on and when Windows started, the cd/dvd tray ejected. After I put it into sleep and woke it up, it ejected again. This is a clean install and nothing has been added or setup yet. Is this common? Is there any easy fix?
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    PCSPECIALIST Gamut - how wide is the gamut on the Enigma IV standard matte screen

    I've ordered the Enigma IV with 1920x1080 matte screen. For an extra £30 I could get the 95% gamut version - but what is the gamut of the normal version. This will be used for photo editing so this might make a big difference it the standard screen is lower than 80%
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    PCSPECIALIST Slow Chassis fan speed

    My new PC has been suspended most of the day. When I got home I hit the space bar to wake it up. I instantly saw a warning about low fan speed from the Asus System Information control panel. The speed was 487rpm. Over the next 10mins, the fan picked up to well over 600 rpm and changed from RED...
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    PCSPECIALIST Radeon HD 6570 vs nVidia GTS 450

    I have been offered an exchange (for extra £) for my HD6570 card as it doesn't support DVI-I (the brand used by PCS is DVI-D only) The alternative card is the GTS 450. Anybody know if this is a fair comparison? Does it suppoty DVI-I .... or at least the brand used by PCS? My typical use ...
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    PCSPECIALIST Multiple Monitors - what are the options?

    I’m trying to resolve the problem of no analogue signal coming out of my DVI connector (Redeon HD 6570) If I had DVI-I which supplies analogue and digital, then an adaptor would solve my problem but the signal is DVI-D so only digital. I have two VGA monitors which I used on my old PC (DVI-I &...
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    PCSPECIALIST No DVI output on Radeon 6570 card

    I have my new PC running but cant get any output from the DVI connector. Detecting devices only finds one monitor on the VGA connector. Any ideas? Full setup ... Monitor 1 - HP 19" widescreen 1440x900 with VGA input Monitor 2 - CTX (old) 17" 1280x1024 with integral cable with VGA connector...
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    PCSPECIALIST How long does testing take

    I had a series of emails on Friday with status updates for my PC. I asked via email for a reason for the short times but have not had any reply. Maybe someone on this forum could answer. Here's a summary of typical durations (taken from the flowchart on the order page) Processing: 1-6 days...
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    PCSPECIALIST What case Fans are installed

    Does a standard build include any extra case fans - or is it just those supplied with the case? for example, what would be fitted to the COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE ?
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