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If I could stretch to £900 ish - would you still recommend off the shelf - or would you go for a spec like the other poster put in here? Thanks

HI all, I have a limited budget - no more than £700. My laptop is primarily for doing work in the evenings - but would love to get back into gaming too. I only play games like Total War (Rome 2 is the latest I own) as well as Starcraft 1 / 2 and intend to get the remastered Command and...

Hi guys Using Windows 10.... I want to map my keyboard special buttons to be able to open Groove and the Photo apps. However I can't seem to find their .exe file anywhere so I can't map to them? Anyone got any ideas? (I've google'd but I can't get the answer)

Thanks mate - I will be unplugging them tonight to see what happens. I tried the same process on my virtually brand new windows 10 laptop this morning - I can access the BIOS fine. I have different options as shown here: my laptop - my PC - It seems that my laptop has UEFI firmware, but...

Hi guys thanks for the suggestions. I've never disconnected drives before - the max I've ever done is add some ram so I'm a bit hesitant to do that - but will if it gets it quicker ! I tried spyder tracks suggestion but sadly there was no option to get into bios as can be seen in these...

Hi guys, I've inherited my friends old PC (mine had died) which he bought a few years back for a media centre but never used it. He has given me his old hard drive (according to the drivers - last updated in 2006) and I've also popped my new SSD in there too - and installed Windows 10 on the...

Hello, I have around £550 to spend on a new PC. I need it mainly for Dreamweaver and Photoshop - and would like to be able to play games like Starcraft 2, Total War Rome 2 that sort of level. I'm tempted to buy a Mac Mini as my PCs always seem to die very quickly - the mac mini spec is 2.6GHz...

Hello, My current PC from PCS is about 4 years old now. no money to replace it properly as we have recently had a baby who is nicking all of my money ;) but...my PC makes a racket when I play Total War: Rome 2 on it - I suspect the GPU really struggles as she is getting old and struggles with...

Hi guys My PC has been dying for a long time now so I want to replace it - but with a laptop for portability. The cost has to be as low as possible. I can get a laptop on amazon for £300 which will do a job - but ideally I'd love it to be able to play some games as well. As a bare minimum -...

Hi guys, My current PC is 3 years old now - and she really struggles when I play more modern games, and takes forever to load some things like Sims 3 for the Mrs etc. She also makes a racket when playing more demanding games - I'm guessing it's the GPU or one of the fans of course. I'm on a...

Hi guys I have a pcspecialist pc from November 2010. amd phenom II 965 3.4 ghz 1 gb nvidia GeForce gtx460 4 gb Samsung ddr3 dual-ddr3 1333mhz Asus m4a78lt-m motherboard Whenever I play games now it makes a right racket. When I play older games like medieval 2 or rome total war it does not...

Hi guys I bought my PC almost 2 years ago now, and I got a GTX 460 card. When I play games now my graphics card makes a right racket - a fan or something on it spins so fast I think sadly she is dying. (used to be virtually silent) I was a bit surprised on amazon to see my card still costs...

Hi guys Bought my PC from PCS last November. Nothing wrong with it at all - but I'm considering selling it due to needing the money but also needing the room where the PC table is for other stuff. Can anyone give me a rough idea of how much my system is worth now? Case InWIN DRAGON SLAYER...

Hi guys I'm thinking of buying a netbook (budget of £200 so sadly can't consider pcs) and am interested in this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-10-1-inch-netbook-Webcam-Starter/dp/B0049U5ZEI/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top My question though is many of the reviews state that the buyers upgrade...

Hi guys Quick question... my 52 in 1 card reader always has 2 red lights even though nothing is plugged in there... is that normal? Cheers :)

Hello I have the ASUS® M4A78LT-M motherboard / on board sound I will be buying a new monitor soon - which will have in built sound (due to it being a TV too) - but I was thinking about buying some decent surround sound headphones too. I've found 2 on amazon here and here but I just wanted to...

Hi guys I'm thinking of buying a FULL HD monitor from amazon which has a resolution of 1920x1080 I'm currently on a monitor with 1680x1050 (20" - 3 years old with 15 ms) Will my GTX460 1GB be able to handle games like Crysis ok on 1920x1080 do you reckon? It plays it fine currently on my...

Hi guys Just hooking up my new PC... should I be putting in my DVI cable into the DVI-I socket (alongside the VGA connection and the HDMI) or underneath there is a DVI-D socket? Does it matter? Cheers :)

Hi guys PC arrived today - reinstalled windows to make my PC work - works like a dream - so fast now. Anyway it doesn't seem to recognise my graphics card. I've got a GTX460 but on my Device Manager, under Display Manager it just says Standard VGA Graphics Adapter. I've got 3 different DVI...

Hi guys PC has arrived. Switched her on but it wouldn't load windows - the windows logo would start to appear then it would crash. I've tried the start'up repair but it couldn't find any problems. Should I just install windows again? Will it bu**er up my PC installing windows twice? Cheers :)