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While my current ionico 16 is back with PCS on a RMA I'm currently using my Nova 15. However whenever I start a program or game the internet drops. The wireless remains connected however the internet cuts out. Other devices stay connected. I've tried a few fixes including setting band to...
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Bought an ionico 16 in April and aside from an issue with sound its been a great machine. Tuesday I got a BSOD whilst gaming. Came back up and checked for overheating etc. Then noticed screen had darkened. Looked at device manager to find my RTX4070 card missing, it was found after...
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Purchased a new laptop a few weeks back, Had purchased some m2 drives for it so asked for it to come without Windows 11 and when it arrived installed the new drives and put on win11 along with all the drivers from the PCSpecialist however I'm still suffering crackling with audio. Not...
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I'm upgrading from a Nova from PCS in 2020 to this. Very excited to see this machine in action. Anyone already got one?
Chassis & Display
Ionico Series: 16" Matte QHD 240Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560x1600)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 14 Core Processor 13900H (5.4GHz Turbo)...
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I received a Nova yesterday. Everything great so far aside from a noticeable freeze intermittently while gaming or testing. Also today wifi has lost network or claimed no internet despite all other devices connected and stable. I'm currently typing this with an ethernet lead into router.
I...
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I'm looking to upgrade from my octane with I7 6700k and 1080. I've recently changed jobs and I now want something smaller lighter and at least competitive performance wise with what I've got.
This will be my personal laptop and mainly used for gaming.
Chassis & Display
Nova Series...
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I've tried to keep up to date with upcoming releases for cpu's and gpu's I'm considering a Recoil II, I know it's a new chassis for PCS but I'm trying to find out if it might be worth waiting a month or so? I know the i7 chip is the latest batch but the 1060 is to be replaced this year...
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With the possibility of my octane III being beyond repair I'm looking into a replacement machine. However I'm considering moving to a more portable machine. A little disappointed as I thought my octane would last me a good few years and its lasted me one.
I'm considering the recoil...
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My octane III was working perfectly yesterday. Closed the lid and the power lead fell out (battery wasn't in) when tried to power it back on the laptop starts then keyboard comes on but no pcspecialist splash screen can't get into bios then just sits working till the fans ramp up then...
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I've had an octane III since last year. However I struggled with high temps (95+)from the outset. Through my own efforts I managed an undervolt and repaste to get better temps. Before the repaste I used some pressure paper to check contact to find the heatsink made very poor contact...
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I've got an Octane III with a 6700k and 1080. I check every so often on the PCS website under my order/downloads section. There are no downloads there except one for intel wifi, noticing more people with updated BIOS and CCC yet nothing for me? I don't want to search for them myself as...
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Does anyone have a link to the drivers for this laptop? got a disc with it but no disc drive and I don't have any of the Control Centre or other drivers
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I've opted for the mx-4 thermal on my order. Anyone got any info on whether it's worth getting or just repasting myself with something else? Worried mainly cos of people's comments on the Octane III running very hot with the 1080 cards. I'll be using a laptop cooler just wondering if a...
Hi I've ordered a laptop with just one 250gb SSD Samsung 850 for my OS but as a second drive I'd like something bigger. Any recommendations would be appreciated. I don't want conventional HDD as trying to reduce weight/heat.
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Hi my laptop has recently flashed up a few times on boot up to say CMOS battery needs changing? anyone know if this is a quick fix? and which battery to use
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So I recently ordered an Octane III high spec. Opted for the 4k screen because on my current Octane II the screen is really poor. Ordered Saturday and on Wednesday received an email saying that the screen wasn't in stock. This was a surprise as Monday they emailed to say it had gone into...
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I'm a current Octane II owner but am in the process of replacing it with this
Chassis & Display
Octane Series: 17.3" Matte 4K IPS LED Widescreen (3840x2160) (£99)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700k (4.0GHz) 8MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX IMPACT 2133MHz...
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I'm wanting a new laptop with a pascal card and since PCS don't upgrade the cards I've decided to buy a new laptop Octane III with the 1080 card. This however leaves me with a laptop with no use. It's in full working order was bought last March and has the following spec.
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Hi I've got an octane pro with an i7 4790 and I'd like to upgrade to the newer i7 6700k they offer these in the current refresh of the octanes and wondering if it was just a straight swap?