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Thanks, will do so

Yes; they provided some clear instructions on how to go about it - I've just not yet been able to get back on there to do it. That's where I started out with today's escapade, it was SpyderTracks' observation about updating the BIOS to the latest which nudged me off track a little :D

'recommendation from the Forums was to contact you for approval to perform a BIOS update to the latest version'

Got a reply from PCS, they just told me to go into the BIOS and turn it on, no mention of updating anything.

Thanks, will check that. I don't think it is, but will validate.

Thanks, will get in touch with PCS then. Any theories on why it's taking forever? It's finally finished now but possibly an all in total. (I just chose turn off)

Hi, My son's PC says it can't upgrade to W11, which I'm currently thinking is because TPM isn't turned on (based on the absence of the relevant section in Security) Following the steps outlined by Microsoft it says to click Restart in the Recovery section. It's been over half an hour now and...

Thanks for the pointers all, much appreciated

Thanks. Just trying to work out how one interprets these charts - the bare numbers aren’t helpful without the context of what’s good / bad / average

Haha thanks - so I'd be able to get around town as long as I lived somewhere flat, but would need a tailwind to get up to a decent speed on a dual carriageway? :ROFLMAO: @TonyCarter interesting, thanks. What's the line you'd draw for acceptable framerate - 60? (in which case even the 7900GRE...

Looking through a few pages of threads, the consensus GPU recommendations appear to be 7600XT for 1080p, and 7800XT / 7900GRE for 1440p (I skipped all the 4k builds since outside my price range :p). What are the downsides / impacts of having a lower card and trying for a higher resolution (e.g...

The adults (as decreed by the other half - personally I'd have stuck my son up there to insulate his noisy gaming from the rest of the house!)

Thanks will keep an eye on that. And we decided to convert the loft rather than move house, jury still out on which would have been less stressful 🤣

Thanks both. No, I’m not going to be needing a higher level GPU. Having work done on the house at the moment so will hold off buying for a short while, but this gives me a solid idea of what to get when I’m ready. Might check back at that time in case things have changed.

Hi, My current PCS build is finally giving up the ghost - it's done 12 years so I think it's time :LOL:. Learning lessons from my time with it, I'll not be touching the CPU or PSU for upgrades, and probably only the GPU when it fails. Gaming will be mainly strategy - Football Manager, the...

Can I ask why you proposed 2x 1TB drives rather than 1x 2TB? Not critiquing, just education. Thanks. 🙂

Thanks. I knew there'd be a thread somewhere lol. Thanks also on the monitor point, budget is a little fluid at the moment as it's more a question of how much I'm prepared to spend than a hard limit, so very much at risk of £100 here, £100 there and ending up at double what I originally thought...

Hi, will be looking at buying a new machine later in the year, my current PCS one is still running fine for work purposes but is a little slow for some gaming, plus it's about time to treat myself to an upgrade 😁 My current machine is running Windows 10 and can't upgrade to Windows 11 (too...

See, I knew I shouldn't try to go it alone 🤣 Thanks for the feedback, will open it up and check the connections as suggested. I just put it down to age, it just started beeping during POST.

The graphics card was upgraded since, it's now a GTX 1050 Ti