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    PCSPECIALIST Extremely slow start ups/shutdowns/losing the 2nd hard drive.

    MY computer has suddenly started to run extremely slowly. Takes a while to start up games, long time to shut down and stays on the welcome screen for 2-3 minutes before continuing to my desktop. I've not installed anything recently that I've not had on there before with no trouble, and i've done...
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    PCSPECIALIST Realtek Audio Manager

    I recently done a full restore on my PC losing the Realtek HD Audio Manager and all my audio presets. Any idea on where I can find a download link to this? Google hasn't been my friend today. I've installed a version of it before but the program didn't exist on my PC and couldnt change from 2.1...
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    PCSPECIALIST Windows restore has lost a graphics card

    So I've had some trouble with a hard drive and after taking it to my PC guy he loaned me a windows disc to do a repair on it hoping it'll sort the start up issues I'd been having. Sadly it didn't and I had to do a full restore, deleting drivers and all files and reinstalling windows. Since then...
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    PCSPECIALIST Disc Help! Need windows 7 disc

    Hey guys, Happy Sunday! I recently found/repaired my Alienware laptop and want to upgrade to windows 7. I'm unsure if I got a disc with my PC build from PC Specialist. If I did, I seem to have lost it, is there any chance of a disc getting sent out again or would I have to buy Windows 7 for the...
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    PCSPECIALIST Help needed with sound to do with 2 monitors

    Hey guys, happy Thursday. Just wondering if its possible to make sound from my 2nd monitor come through speakers while my 1st monitor plays through headphones? I currently have my Headphones plugged in the back and speakers plugged in the front of my desktop. Is it possible and if so can...
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    PCSPECIALIST Laptop mainly used for gaming (WoW, Sims 3, Assassins Creed)

    Budget is at close to £500 as possible. No smaller then 15.6" if possible. Will be used to play World of Warcraft, Sims 3, older Assassins creed games, and maybe a few others like Minecraft or Planetside 2 in the future. Spec posted down below, thanks guy in advance for your help, I know you...
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    PCSPECIALIST Vortex III - God Mode

    Used for video & photo editing, uploading, animation and other such projects as well as gaming occasionally Chassis & Display Vortex Series: 17.3" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3820QM (2.70GHz) 8MB Memory (RAM) 32GB...
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    PCSPECIALIST Oh Golly Gosh I'm Stuck As To What To Buy!

    Hey there forum peoples. Last year I bought my PC from PCS and through the unbeatable service and awesome prices, I'm back and looking for a laptop as to buy, and use for my course/future career in game animations - so your usual photoshop, 3dmax and other such programs. I was going Apple Mac...
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    PCSPECIALIST Disappearing hard drive

    Hi guys. Having some trouble with my PC. My hard drive- 1TB Caviar green keeps disappearing randomly. My pc makes the disconnected device sound and boom. My games music and photos are gone. I have my PC open at the moment and have disconnected/reconnected all the cables to and from the drive...
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    PCSPECIALIST AMd Raedon 6900 HD GPU crashes regularly.

    So while playing world of warcraft, or searching on YouTube, I get an alert sound, the game errors, or the browser restarts and then within about 2 seconds I see a blue error screen, says something about dumping physical memory, and then the computer restarts. I figured this is more a graphics...
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    PCSPECIALIST Corsair gaming audio series™ sp2500 speakers

    Payday looms and the money is already burning the hole in my pocket, these look to be my newest desire to go along with my beast CORSAIR GAMING AUDIO SERIES™ SP2500 SPEAKERS Has anyone got these and can tell me how decent they are? I'm torn between these and a new monitor (although I will end...
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    PCSPECIALIST Where'd I put my 1TB?

    Okay so I was happily installing my games on the PC when I realised I'd been saving it all to C Drive... being the 120gb SSD drive, Looking at the My Computer page I cant see my 1TB drive I also had put in so I could install games and such on that keeping the SSD free for the OS and maybe a few...
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    PCSPECIALIST New Monitors - What's the best?

    Okay so my PC is hooked to my TV which as you can imagine doesn't give the best picture quality when gaming, pretty pixelated but its the best I can do for now... At the end of the month when my lovely manager hands me a chunky cheque I'm looking to buy a proper HD PC monitor and wondered...
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    PCSPECIALIST Rift + Oblivion or Sims 3 + Expansion packs

    Hello! Now my pc is set up my PC game collection is going to start to build a bit! I've join the PCS Steam group (so anyone wanting to send over a friend request, don't be shy!) I have enough money for either Rift and Oblivion or The Sims 3 and a few expansion packs. I play WoW a lot and...
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    PCSPECIALIST DC Universe

    I was watching a few videos on this game during the Beta and wondered if anyone went out there and thought it was good enough for purchase after? I play World of Warcraft a lot and am looking for something similar to invest in, Rift looks like a good bet but I kinda love the idea of an MMO...
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    PCSPECIALIST Best Browser?

    So there has been polls on the net and all saying different things, so I thought I'd come here and ask! In your opinion, which is the best browser for surfing the net? Many of my mates say Google Chrome but it annoys me when it says it cannot find the URL and in most cases that is actually to...
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    PCSPECIALIST Soon my pretty... Soon

    So I was a complete noob and realised I needed to sign and date the finance request forms and mail them back! Wasted a few days thinking it was simply a copy of my agreement haha! Heres my baby: Case COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core...
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    PCSPECIALIST DVI-D to HDMI for a HDTV as a monitor

    Hello there, I've recently ordered a computer and is being built, it has the Radeon 6950 HD Graphics card and I noticed that had an HDMI and a DVI input, I went to my local Best Buys and PC World and they were utterly useless. Its a 22" HDTV with a VGA and HDMI input in the back of the TV I'm...
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    PCSPECIALIST TV Cards

    Hello, I have a freeview HDTV that I'll be using as a monitor for a new computer I'm currently building. I've noticed TV cards as an option and wondered how they worked. Do I get a FreeView program on my PC or do I have to switch down the menu on my actual TV, and also do I need an ariel lead...
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    PCSPECIALIST Gaming PC Setup that needs a looking at

    Hello there, I'm pretty computer illiterate when it comes to acronyms but I'm learning fast Case FRACTAL DESIGN R3 - BLACK PEARL CASE Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics Motherboard ASUS® P8P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™...
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