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    PCSPECIALIST No power to PC

    Hi all, After shutting down the PC with no problems last night, throwing the power switch on the PSU did not turn on the usual red lights I expect to see on the card reader. Sure enough, pressing the power button did nothing. Monitor is plugged into the same surgemaster and is receiving power...
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    PCSPECIALIST Overclocking Failed

    Hi all, Had this message appear after the computer went into some hibernate state with a blinking power button and refused to 'wake up', forcing a reboot. No overclocking is active and I suspect it's some kind of issue with waking the thing up after the sleepbut thought I'd check to see if...
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    PCSPECIALIST PC Arrived!

    After I booked the day off work, DHL kept me in suspense and arrived about 7pm with my new toy. Have installed all the usual gubbins and just watched the Source Video Stress test in awe.. I'm delighted!! Have to say great customer service from PCS throughout; both pre-ordering and during...
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    PCSPECIALIST Sending case before order placed

    Hi, I'm soon to order a PC with the custom case option. Would there be any problem with buying the case and shipping it to your premises before I actually place the order? Im waiting for a cheque to clear before buying the PC itself but I'd like to order the case before the weekend if possible...
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    PCSPECIALIST Caviar Green

    Hi guys, My post in the 'check my spec' raised a final question for the build I'm thinking of. That was that a 'storage' drive of some kind would be good to complement the 300Gb Velociraptor I had in there. A Caviar Green was suggested which looked super in theory, low power and low noise -...
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    PCSPECIALIST Does this spec look okay?

    Case Choose Your Own Case Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache Motherboard ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI Memory (RAM) 6GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (3 x 2GB KIT) Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5850 PCI...
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    PCSPECIALIST Graphics card brands

    Which brand(s) of radeon 5850 do you guys use in your builds?
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