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  1. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Thanks for the advice - new desktop arrived

    Those are some big naughty fans! Hope you enjoy it!
  2. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    The lord of steam himself admits to being a mere mortal.
  3. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Weird pink haze at bottom of screen

    I think the root cause is your screen is knackered and you need a new one.
  4. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    I certainly did. Winning at life.
  5. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST computer crashing when playing games.

    I am surprised the tech didn't know that is a nvidia driver. To me this has got to be a software/driver fault.
  6. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST computer crashing when playing games.

    That's utterly bizarre. You've basically had the whole PC replaced. It must be software surely.
  7. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST computer crashing when playing games.

    Man that sucks. It sounds like there is something pretty wrong with that PC. I hope your RMA gets turned around quickly.
  8. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST computer crashing when playing games.

    Glad the problem is all sorted!
  9. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Elimina??

    No worries :)
  10. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Future-proofing a gaming laptop

    I shall have a ganders at this as well, thanks for the suggestion.
  11. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Future-proofing a gaming laptop

    Class mate thanks for the link. The missus is out tonight so ill give it a go!
  12. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Future-proofing a gaming laptop

    Is it really that good? Even if both machines are connected via wifi?
  13. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Elimina??

    Why did you go for such slow RAM? Did you stick with the single stick as well? Also I would highly recommend switching your SSD configuration up so that you have two. One dedicated for the OS and one for your files and programs. This helps keep your laptop running at optimal performance...
  14. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Future-proofing a gaming laptop

    Now that is what you call lateral thinking.
  15. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Future-proofing a gaming laptop

    Usually the Valeon does have the 3080 option but it appears to be out of stock. The 5900HX RTX3080 combo is insanely powerful. If you look at the leader-boards the Valeons are beating the Recoils with I7 3080 combo in benchmarks...
  16. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST There's a hole in my motherboard ...

    That PC looks amazing nice one!
  17. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Future-proofing a gaming laptop

    With laptops the general rule of thumb is to buy the most powerful GPU you can afford. Out of the whole build this will be the first thing that goes out of date. So if you can afford one of the 16GB RTX 3080's that's what you want to aim for. Is there any reason you arent looking at the AMD...
  18. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST computer crashing when playing games.

    There isn't alot any of us can do. As you have previously been advised by PCS and us your windows install was most likely not done properly and is most likely not correctly configured. It needs to be redone correctly. As you are unable to carry out the install yourself I would recommend...
  19. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Buzzing/clipping noise from GPU (3060 ti)

    Hahaha this made my day. Glad you got it sorted!
  20. barlew

    PCSPECIALIST Buzzing/clipping noise from GPU (3060 ti)

    There is clearly something wrong there It shouldn't sound like that. Are you 100% that sound is coming from the GPU? Have you opened the PC and observed it happening? To me it very much sounds like a wire rubbing against one of the fan blades.
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