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    PCSPECIALIST Would £900 get a gaming PC?

    My son (16) has saved up so far £900 for his first gaming PC He mainly wants it for playing games like Fortnite, Minecraft, Rainbow 6 and Fifa Is there a spec out there that would be close to his current budget that also allowed in future to be upgraded (don't worry about a monitor or...
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    PCSPECIALIST Laptop for son - £400 budget

    I'm looking to get my (16 year old) son a new laptop for Christmas and have £400 budget. He will only be using it for school/collage work so doesn't need to game etc - so it's more for running applications such as word/powerpoint etc His current laptop (a HP) is so slow it takes about 5 mins...
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    PCSPECIALIST PC keeps booting into BIOS

    I turned on my PC just now and it just boots into the BIOS - it was working fine earlier this morning. Attached are some screenshots of what pops up on the screen as well as the BIOS itself. Every time I exit it just boots back in again. I’m stumped 🤔
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    PCSPECIALIST Gaming Keyboards?

    Sorry wasn't sure if this was the best place to post this... So I've ordered up a nice new machine that's currently in production 😍 I now would like to get a nice gaming keyboard which i thought would be an easy task but it's just confused me on what i should be getting... Reading online it...
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    PCSPECIALIST Help with a build please guys!

    Hi all - happy new year! I have been reading this forum for some inspiration on a new PC i am looking at getting. I want it to be a perfect Gaming PC to run games like GTA etc but also able to handle things like Photoshop, XD for my work. I don't currently have a monitor so will also need...
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    PCSPECIALIST £2k to spend - please help

    Hi all I have about £2,000 to spend and would like a machine that is perfect for gaming (games like GTA) as well as graphic design (on a large scale) I’m also after a decent 27in monitor (I’m guessing 4K)? - can buy this separately though just need advice on what one. I know very little about...
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    PCSPECIALIST Date/Time is almost always wrong...

    So i've had my PC since May, and everything is great....well almost everything. On Windows 8.1 - i use the automatic update of the date/time and it is never correct (ie, i'm in the UK but it seems to be on US time - even though location is right) So i turn the auto update off and set it...
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    PCSPECIALIST Now time for a monitor?!

    So now my machine has arrived - i want to start looking (saving) for a decent monitor I'm not interested in 3D gaming and probably only want to spend £150(ish) on one....but its got to be decent (Full HD etc) to get the most out of my 970 GPU Any recommendations that i could look at (models...
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    PCSPECIALIST Why you should always read the manual...

    So my new machine arrived at the weekend - i got it out of the box, took out the packaging etc and plugged it all in. Fired it up and everything worked fine.............except the internet, one minute it would find my wireless connection on 1 bar, then it would drop and not find any. I must have...
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    PCSPECIALIST Desktop needed for work - advice please

    I've been asked by the boss to source a new PC (as my current one is on its way out) - he wants to go and order a dell but has given me the chance to prove PCS is better/cheaper :) So basically, could anyone recommend a spec for me, needs to be able to handle Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign...
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    PCSPECIALIST First build - new to all this...

    Hi all - i am taking the plunge into the world of PC Gaming and was wondering if the below spec would be any good? - my budget is around £750 (although this is slightly over). Any advice/help would be truly grateful, i don't really understand what most things do so please bear with me, if i've...
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