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Hello everyone. Outside of following the latest graphics card releases, I've been pretty out of the loop when it comes to PC Hardware. As I love supporting companies like PC Specialist I've decided to order through here again (my last rig was a couple of years back), though in all honesty it's...

Right, so recently I noticed a rather odd issue with items I attempt to delete. It seems to occur at random, I'll delete the item and send it to the recycle bin at which point I head to the recycle bin and "Empty" it. This is all well and good but it seems random items (with no apparent link...

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So, I have a GTX 285, it's pretty old and whilst I've had issues with it before, I have always managed to resolve them. However since the recent "heatwave" began, my GPU temps have jumped from 40-50 to 50-60 whilst idle on 80% fanspeed (in-game I can't speak for what they reach as I don't have...

So, I recently found out about this nifty little game via TotalBiscuit's facebook feed, it's a very addictive DOTA-estique RTS game in space. It's *free* with some limitations (paid version is about £10, the most notable limitation is not being able to level up the main player ships past Level 1...

Hi. Well, my new headset arrived. Unboxed it, plugged it in, to find the exact same issue that I dumped the other headset for. Whilst they are the same brand I doubt that both would be defective, given this one is fresh out of the box and the other was a couple of months old. Essentially, with...

Not sure if I made a thread like this before. Yesterday, when I was ordering my new RAT 7 I left my keyboard for no more than 5 minutes, came back to find that my headset's left speaker is now defunct. Can only hear sound through it when the volume on the headset itself is very low. The...

Hi. Basically, seeming as my last spare mouse broke and this spare is on the way out too I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a good gaming mouse? I've been looking in to the Saitek "Cyborg" R.A.T 9 as I used to have one of the predecessor plain 'Cyborg' mice. However the only...

Alright. On the 27th of May, 2011 I began to rent a VPS package from 1and1. A couple of days later, on the 31st of May I rang up and cancelled the service due to financial concerns, I still hadn't even been charged the setup fee or the first months fee (nor had I recieved an invoice) so I also...

Hi. Well, although I'm fairly knowledgable with Technology, motherboards are one of my weak points. My system has a "ASUS® M4A87TD/USB3: DUAL DDR3,SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0" board, unfortuently I placed the starter pack including the spare parts in the loft for safe-keeping and don't have the time...

Firstly, I must admit I am not too good with the bar guts of Linux and I've only really used ubuntu. Now, I recently purchased a fairly powerful VPS spec which is running CentOS v5, however forgetting I know very little about Linux's guts. Now, I tried installing it via yum with the command...

Hi. Well, I thought I might make a fresh thread rather than reviving an outdated thread. Recently my Nokia X3's USB port decided to break and literally came out when I plugged in the cable and I've noticed that the battery life seems to be getting shorter and shorter so rather than sit around...

So I was playing M&B: Warband (M&M Mod) happily, at which point I decided to ALT-TAB/Minimize, usually this works just fine however this time it didn't - I simply recieved a black screen though I could hear the sound of the game still and people speaking on Ventrilo so I attempted ALT-TAB...

Right, so I registered with their news letter as soon as it was announced way back earlier this year and I just recieved an e-mail saying that they're starting recruitment for the Closed Beta, which naturally I signed up for as soon as possible. So! I was wondering if anyone else had heard of...

So, after having heard so much about this rare gem of an RTS game I decided to purchase the Trinity edition for £10 seeming as it was in stock for once. The Trinity edition includes the original game aswell as both of the mini-expansion packs. For those of you that don't know, Sins of a Solar...

So, I ordered this setup on the 1st of September, majority of it is components from PCSpecialist. However included are 2 HDD's, my G-Card, OS, Office Software & AV that I already own for completionism... Pictures of a cluttered desk and a tonne of software will be up on Friday, assuming my PC is...

Hi, I ordered my rig, it got built and went in to QC yesterday thus I should hopefully recieve it on Wednesday seeming as the PCSpecialist lot don't work weekends... Now whilst I eagerly await my new system I have been thinking about overclocking to get the most out of my new system.. Admittedly...

Right not sure if this is even a technical issue or wether it is intentional. I sent a email/message via the account control panel to the "Order Tracking" department as my order seemed delayed at progressing to the build stage. This morning I recieved a reply from John Medley who informed me...

Hi there, as my current PC is quickly dying due to the cheap pre-built parts inside straining thanks to the upgraded parts i've put inside (would also appear that the PSU I put in is also dying so yeah), I have decided to get myself a new PC and essentially tear my old PC apart, and use it to...