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    Having carefully considered all of the helpful contributions I have amended my specification to reflect my final conclusion. For the RAM I went for 64GB 6000MHz and hope that it won't require any tinkering to get it stable. Not as future-proof as I'd wished, but the upgrade from my current 4x16...
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    The discussion on RAM has been an evolving one. I’d like to have 96GB 6000MHz. This is not an option that PCS supports. I asked if it could supply it as 4x24GB 6000MHz and was advised by TonyCarter to order the smallest/cheapest RAM from PCS and purchase 2x48GB 6000MHz, pointing out the...
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    Dear Scott Thank you for that. I'm not sure how I have given the impression that I am not grateful for the advice and experience being offered. That is why I reached out to the community, after all. And I have expressed thanks to those who have volunteered their help. I believe wisdom is...
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    I note your opinions. Thank you.
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    Interesting. Having read your links it Interesting. I read the linked articles (but not yet researched the issue more widely). I have to say that I couldn't be more delighted with my Samsung 850 Pros, but it seems there is evidence that the current Samsung SSDs may not be as good. Thanks for...
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    I think we may not be going to agree, at least entirely, on this one. I have heard quite the opposite regarding Pro versus EVO, certainly for the 850s that I have, and have had the former in RAID-0 and partitioned for years with no problem whatsoever. I suppose I might put in a 1TB SSD as an...
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    Well, who’d have thought! Not me, obviously. I’ll certainly change that, then. Many thanks to you (and TonyCarter) for pointing that error out to me.
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    Many thanks, TonyCarter. That is very helpful. Your suggestion of ordering the smallest/cheapest RAM if PCS decide not to be flexible had crossed my mind. I had foolishly assumed that the memory controllers would handle all slots equally well; if that is not the case then 2x48GB is a good idea...
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    I’m contemplating replacement of my current machine on account of it not being supported under W11. Intended use is: general desktop, video editing, website creation, media streaming and occasional gaming. Monitors: 1 x Dell U3818DW + 2 x Dell U2913WM. I intend to re-use my GPU (EVGA GeForce...
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    PCSPECIALIST Advice (no longer) Sought - thanks to those who responded.

    This would be a sterile argument, were I to engage with it. I would certainly gain nothing from it and I can't see that you would, either. So, I'll re-iterate my thanks to you for highlighting the issues with the current Intel CPUs and bow out from the discussion at this stage.
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    My system is running extremely well and it is quite possible it would do another 5 years at least. That's why I buy good quality and high specification. The real villain in the piece here is Microsoft. It is unforgiveable what it has done to stimulate revenue by introducing a spurious piece of...
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    Thank you, SpyderTracks. I have done a bit more reading. This does look like a showstopper for me. I considered living with an i5-14400 until the problem is fixed, but as the problem appears to be a fundamental design issue I can see that no fix is going to truly address the problem, the...
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    Thanks to Ekans2011 for the quick and helpful response. My budget was £5k and the current specification is about £110% of that. Am I right in thinking that the instability is limited to OC. Perhaps the i9-14900 (no suffix) would be OK. The ability to OC is not that important to me. I do apply...
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    I'm thinking of replacing my ten year old self-build (sorry PCS) desktop (thanks to MS I don't think I can remain on W10 forever) and this is what I've come up with so far, having concluded that PCS is offering the type of components I had in mind and I can probably do without the enjoyment of...
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    PCSPECIALIST Any RAM Experts Here?

    Hi I'm helping a friend to configure a desktop and the current specification includes an i7-3770 on an ASUS Maximus Gene V. I've looked at the memory options offered by the PCS Configurator and at the QVL and I'm confused. I believe my friend only needs 8GB (general purpose, fast desktop with a...
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