Recent content by polycrac

The Corsair coolers come with a really good quality paste applied by the manufacturer. Putting in the Arctic paste doesn't really add, in terms of quality and it brings in an additional (possible) failure point, in terms of someone scraping off the existing paste and adding the new paste. I'd...

This is opening up whole new build ideas for me - any problems with it? Like weird drafts on your desktop, that was my first though, as I'm often working with paper and PC at once.

I just saw this post from PCS: https://bsky.app/profile/pcspecialist.bsky.social/post/3lkdkbk7rpk2o I'd not considered putting fans on the base before, any forum members with this configuration? Seems counterintuitive to me, but I'm pretty ignorant about this stuff.

I think there's an opportunity here for AND. Just in terms of stock availability, they could really expand market share. If they could regularly release a 'good, not great' card at a decent price and with decent stock levels they'd become the go to option for a lot of gamers. Keep it on the...

Is Chainsaw warrior still available? I have the boardgame, squashed into my gaming box that's been moved the last two houses without being opened - Yet to persuade the wife to try a game! I'd love the chance to play on PC.

Sadly, I have to agree with Ubuysa here. What Trump is selling is very close to the real American dream - a superior country, a chosen people, a manifest destiny... Plus, they have a weird, Hollywood-fuelled fetish for a 50's/60's wonderland of endless growth and progress. There's little...

I would, but I already wrapped them some negative trustpilot reviews.

Merry Christmas from the alps, everyone. Like Tony, I'm bruised & blistered from falling down mountains (worth it for the white Christmas, though!)

32 GB RAM is the new normal for gaming, you were ahead of the curve there. GPU memory is increasingly what people are falling short of - some of the new cards are a bit stingy in that regard. PCIE speeds now mean the game loads BEFORE you purchase it. My 2700x/2080ti combo is now below the...

Hi, welcome back!

Some Black Friday deals to be aware of: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/desktop-pcs/blackfriday/

There's only really one age divide - you are either old enough to remember white dog poo or you're not.

My old Poco F3 was dying, battery lasted just a few hours at a time so I opted for the Pixel 8 pro. Google kindly knocked £400 off and have it on sale for £500. I know the processor isn't the best, but the camera is decent and I've a Steamdeck for gaming on the go so it should be fine for my...

If only there were some sort of political bandwagon he could jump on. Maybe leveraging Twitter's reach to swing support behind the kind of shady character that might let him off the hook once elected. Nothing so obvious as offering people millions to sign up with one candidate of course...

I think there's a fair chance of Craig Charles doing a Quincy Jones tribute show this Saturday 6-9pm radio 6. Here's his funk family tree feature on Quincy from a while back: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p03r83tq