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Hi, I have a mac, a pc and 2 "smart" (read Dumb) TVs. The computers are like sprinters, the dumb tvs are staggering along using a walking frame. Thats simply not good enough. I want to watch TV, iplayer etc, stream stuff and so on, but I don't know where to start. Please someone give me some...

Hi, I have always been into backing up my photos, 1000's of them going back years, plus other bits & pieces. I have just proved the old saying about "more haste less speed" and fried my USB hub & 2 external HDD's by connecting a 12V external power supply to the hub instead of the practically...

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Hi, I really need help speccing a pc & I am not getting an answer to my question, likely because I did not understand what I needed to ask. Maybe my old thread could be deleted and I can start over here? I get asked "what is your budget", and my answer is "what do I need to spend"? I don't...

Case Silverstone SST-GD04B Black Brushed Aluminium Case + 350W PSU Processor (CPU) Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core G850 (2.90GHz, 3MB Cache) + HD Graphics Motherboard ASUS® P8H61-M LE/USB3 (NEW REV 3.0): M-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 3.0Gb/s Memory (RAM) 8GB 4 X 2GB Graphics Card 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6790 -...

Hello I have a pc & Edimax 802.11n router both bought from pcspecialist. I have a slightly larger than average bricks & mortar house. My main pc uses a wired link to the router, my partners laptop is one floor below and directly under the router & gets a pretty good signal (3 bars). My smart...

Hello, my PC has 4gb RAM. Its only a few months old and I am now into 3D modeling for which I need a lot of RAM. When I bought the PC I was told that I could have a max of 16Gb onboard, so now I have asked PC Specialist to supply me with 2x8Gb RAM - below is the reply that I got; "Dear...

I have designed the pc to be quiet & touchscreen, it is to be used for surfing, a bit of photo editing and playing a few rather old and undemanding games. I'm trying to keep the costs down. Currently I have a Logitech wireless keyboard with recharging dock for the mouse - its great but has...

Hello, my PC has taken to hesitating for a second now & then. This can happen whilst downloading from the net, typing, scrolling, just about anything. Windows 7 fully updated. Also the fans run at full speed - I use Speedfan to slow them to around 50% which keeps the temperature ok. Any help...

This is the spec that I have come up with after taking into account help from people here (thanks). Two questions;- 1. I am rather short on understanding motherboards, so can anyone here tell me if I would gain anything by upgrading to the Pro version (or other version) of the motherboard...

I have a custom build quote for very similar machines from PCSpecialist & ComputerPlanet, cost within £9. I have purchased from PCSpecialist before and had a pretty good experience, so I am inclined to purchase here again. I have a couple of questions;- The 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD5670 - Is it...

Hi, I would like a quiet pc, I do some gaming (Total War, Football Manager - nothing too demanding) and editing of +12mp photos in photoshop. Don't really care whether Intel or AMD, am open to guidance on all aspects. I like the idea/speed of SSD (because the HDD is always the bottleneck) but...

Hello all, I have installed Windows 7 and Virtual Machine / XP Mode. The XP mode is "virtually" useless because;- a. It can't access the graphics card, so it "sees" only a generic 16bit 2D card - so few/no games! b. It can't share peripherals such as printers! c. It does share CPU & RAM...

Case COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i3-550 Dual Core (3.20GHz, 4MB Cache) + HD Graphics Motherboard ASUS® P7H55-M/USB3: MICRO ATX MAINBOARD,USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0Gb/s Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB) Graphics Card 1GB ATI...