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    PCSPECIALIST New 'Gaming' Laptop

    Ah thanks so much! Appreciate your insight, and reassuring that I was on the right track. I've gone with your suggested tweaks, all makes sense. I'll use the one quid saving to raise a bottle of beer in your honour when I christen this badboy next weekend. Cheers!
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    PCSPECIALIST New 'Gaming' Laptop

    'Gaming' in quotations because I'm not really looking for anything too intensive. I mostly play Football Manager, Crusader Kings etc., style of games, but would like the option to occasionally play some newer RPGs if possible. I'm after something between £1,200 and £1600 and reasonably...
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    PCSPECIALIST Laptop keeps turning itself off?

    Hey all, Encountering a rather interesting problem that I'm 99% sure is hardware related, whereby my laptop is turning itself off and then refusing to turn on again for a couple of hours, before once again working fine. At first, I believed that it was switching itself off at random time...
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    PCSPECIALIST How to change default drive from SSD to Hard drive

    Hey all I opted for an SSD as my drive for my OS with a 2tb HDD as my actual storage space for my programs, saves and (shudders) work. However, and I'm aware this is about the most greenhorn-y question anyone can ask: How do I change the default save pathway for all files from my C:\ drive (SSD)...
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    PCSPECIALIST Any tips for a new student's computer?

    Due to coming from a "severally deprived area" according to my university, I get given an obscene amount of money given to me in the form of a bursary that, to be honest, I don't really need. The majority is going into a cash ISA of some description, however I'll be throwing some and a bit of my...
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    PCSPECIALIST A couple of software issues with my new Cosmos (?)

    Hey all I received my new custom Cosmos laptop about a month ago now, and have to say I am really really impressed with everything, no issues whatsoever and very pleased with both build quality and speed. However, I have a couple of, I'm assuming, software issues I was wondering anyone could...
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