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  1. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Motherboard upgrade

    Hey guys. I bought my PC from here around 18 months ago and it has served me very well. I had a very tight budget at the time so I picked a cheap motherboard, the basic case, only 4GB of RAM, a 500GB HDD, a basic 450w PSU and an average GPU. In fact, the only decent thing I put in it was an i5...
  2. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST New Laptop

    Hey guys. Currently looking at getting a laptop for when I go to University in September. I'm studying Software Engineering so I'd like a laptop then I can take with me to University and to my girlfriend's house if need be. It doesn't need to be light or easy to carry. I don't live too far...
  3. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Memory (RAM) Problems

    I recently added an extra 2GB of RAM to my machine to take it to 6GB in total. When I bought my PC from here it came with 4GB (Samsung 4GB 1333MHz 2x2GB). I originally wanted 8GB but couldn't afford it. Anyway, the RAM I added was this one...
  4. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Samsung Laptop Problem

    Ok I know this isn't a PCS laptop problem but I don't know where else to ask. My mum has a Samsung laptop that is described on their website as a gaming laptop. Inside it has an Nvidia GT650M (it shows up in Device Manager along with Intel HD Graphics 4000). When I go to run games on this...
  5. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Keyboard Problem

    After taking advantage of the Steam summer sale, I have started playing games more on my PC. However, I have a problem with my keyboard. Say I am pressing W to walk forward. I then tap A to take a step left whilst still walking forward. I want to carry on walking forward, but I stop. I have to...
  6. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse

    Anyone got one of these? I'm think about getting one to replace my current Logitech mouse. They're only £30 at Amazon? I'm going to pop to my local PC World to see if they have any in stock that I can try out. My only worry is that they don't look very comfortable in your hand. Some of the...
  7. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST More RAM

    Hey, I bought my PC from here a few months ago. Very happy with it so far but I'm looking at installing some more RAM. Here are my specs. Case STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-2400 Quad Core (3.10GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics Motherboard...
  8. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST PCS Pen Drive

    I got my free 4GB Pen Drive from PCS for submitting a review today. I transferred some college work to it, and now it won't work. When I plug it into the PC, it takes a second to appear, and when it does, clicking on it causes the PC to crash. I've tried it in two PCs and the same happens. I...
  9. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Keyboard Hotkeys not Working

    Hey, I've got an old Logitech Keyboard that I use with my new PC. It's like 10 years old but I cleaned it and it works perfectly. The model number is Y-RQ57. It has hotkeys dotted around the edge of the keys. These are BACK, HOME, VOL UP/DOWN/MUTE, EMAIL and CALC. They used to work perfectly in...
  10. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST It is here!!!!!

    My PC has finally arrived! It's up and running and I'm currently transferring data from my old PC! :) My Specs are: Case STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-2400 Quad Core (3.10GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics Motherboard ASUS® P8H67-M: M-ATX...
  11. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Restoring an Old Laptop

    I've ordered a PC from here and I'm giving my old laptop to my sister. It runs an old AMD Athlon 2.2Ghz processor and only has 1GB of RAM. I'm going to put Windows XP back on it with the hope that it will run faster. Will this work? It came with XP when I bought it. I currently run Windows 7 on...
  12. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Can't make my mind up!

    Right, my PC is still in pre-production, so at the moment, I'd fiddling around with the specs to see what I can get for around the same budget. I'll be using my PC for college work. So I'll be using programs like Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express and Adobe Photoshop (only...
  13. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Nvidia GeForce GT520

    Hey, I've been looking around the internet and everybody seems to be saying that this card is absolutely useless for gaming. However, when I go on YouTube and look at games running on this graphics card, they seem fine. On videos like these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKkkX1NRL1s...
  14. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Motherboard Help

    I ordered my sped on Monday, but it's still in pre-processing so I can still change my order. Basically, I want to know whether the ASUS® P8H67-M motherboard is worth the extra £30 than the standard ASUS P8H61. I'm not planning on overclocking or anything like that, incase that changed anything...
  15. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Just Ordered Ths

    Just Ordered This Hey, After asking around these forums, I finally put together and ordered this (on the 16th Jan). Case STYLISH PIANO BLACK ENIGMA MICRO-ATX CASE + 2 FRONT USB Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-2400 Quad Core (3.10GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics Motherboard ASUS® P8H67-M...
  16. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST PSU headache!!

    I'm planning on ordering this PC tomorrow. I've been reading contradicting articles all over the internet about what wattage PSU you need. Some people are putting 750w+ in their systems, some much less. I've read some articles about not needing as much as people think and I've just done a...
  17. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Intel i5 2400 for graphics

    Hi, I'm looking at getting a PC with the Intel® Core™ i5-2400 Quad Core 3.10Ghz + HD Graphics processor. What I'm confused about is the HD Graphics part. Are the graphics capabilities of these processors good enough for me to run programs like Photoshop on? I only use programs like Photoshop to...
  18. Ash

    PCSPECIALIST Just put together this...

    ...and I'm wondering if it's an OK machine. Is the power supply good enough? Are the CPU and GPU decent? Are there any unnecessary components in there? I plan on using this computer for surfing the web, college work, iTunes, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Adobe Fireworks/Photoshop CS4.
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