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To be honest, you could happily get away with an AMD Ryzen part as long as it's in the i7 kind of league, and for 1.5k PCS have a mega deal on at the moment (https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/configure-review/348/) and for the slight Single core deficiency it would be a great build, no matter what...

Not 100% dead then yet, but as the chemical process breaks down, so does the ability for it to hold sustained loads. Ask PCS if the stock replacements, or have a look-see if it's a 'generic' part that multiple laptop manufacturers use, must be a part number on it.

Mine's still in testing, so must have not been happy overnight, oh well, as long as it's sorted :)

Oh yeah forgot to mention, for TB3 to work you will need to 'authorise' the TB hub, it's a security thing (so not plug and pray like usb-c). To do this you either need to be running gnome 3. 30 or later, or Plasma (kde) Failing that you will need to setup a udev to do the auth for you...

Thunderbolt and Linux have had a troubling history, but last I tried worked fine with my Dell TB15 and TB16, just needed to make sure they had latest firmware on them. Displayport over USB-C will only give you dp1.2 or 1.3 (so no 4k/60 without some form of compression, and that then needs...

Most modern hardware is pretty friendly to Debian flavours, not had an issue in years with anything really. What specifically you want to do on ubuntu? The only thing that's sometimes a little work is getting power management to play nicely, but doubt anything you have listed will be...

One of the best things is a monitor arm, all three of mine are mounted to it, and all their cables run along the arms. USB hubs left and right for USB 3 (anyone with rift will know the light houses are sensitive to performance) and they go through a dell thunderbolt dock which the monitors and...

I've got the black IKEA dekant, with legs one side and draws the other. works a treat. Have a smaller side desk to the right with my TV on it that I use to test on, game, background TV. Well worth it. Just remember to get a descent chair, I got an IKEA one too, wasn't Brill so got a secret lab...

Like I said, pull everything loading the psu off it, and only the MB/Gpu plugged in (if possible, if you need boot disk obv do that), unplug all USB stuff (small load, but still load) except kb/mouse Then try see what you get. Also have a look in your event viewer system log, see if your...

Had a look at https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/configure-review/348/ @EthRob probably a decent system, that would cover most if not all your bases, not sure the price band your going for, but that's a deal and a half 😉

Intel works better for some stuff in Adobe suite, but even if you use the cuda (well nvenc) acceleration for encoding output the AMD parts tend to do better in premiere... Photoshop though is an Intel first product, so I'd go AMD personally if buying a desktop now. Intel still the only sensible...

Fair enough, get the best you can afford, the golden rule in tech 😉

DPD have been decent with me last week or so, but depends on collections and stuff. Hope mine is here this week, but hey, not a lot I can do about it, just sick of my backup laptop now 😊

Another thing to think of, most decent tvs have good lag control and decent HDR and the likes, if you just want it to play games on that's what I do (got a Panasonic oled next to me I play on and test on with decent grey to grey responce) Worth a think about if its mainly for gaming.

1400 quid ain't bad at all for that spec! Even has a 4000 series capable board when they get dropped... So don't need another machine......

Always have the option of sticking to a lesser gpu, and flip that later and replace it with something more powerful. That is a 4K monitor though and as long as your happy not driving it at native resolution and refresh then that would work. Just do yourself the favour and start saving for a...

Oof, Haswell era, to upgrade your 100% looking at new main board, ram, and cpu. If that's the case might be worth looking AMD for replacements, as might let you keep the 550w psu as long as you don't go crazy and upto 3950x 😊 The GTX970 is looking a bit old in the tooth too, so I'd recommend...

Oh one thing so the guys that know a little more about PCS's desktop offerings, let us know a budget and styling (i.e RGB, Cool, subtle, office) and sure they will point you to a specific product set

Adobe acrobat is famously single threaded, so intel high clock speed is the way to go, 10th gen i5 and i7 parts will cover you off there (have a look at gamers nexus resent reviews as they do an acrobat/pdf test as one of their benchmarks), memory will be your friend though, if a pdf file is a...

The media database on my plex server is nearly 10 times the size 😊 And some of the db's I work with on daily basis are well over 1000 times it.... But hey, Azure deals with those nowadays thankfully 😊