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    PCSPECIALIST Upgrade for 6 year old PC ?

    Hi, I purchased the following from PC Specialist at end of 2010. It is for general use and casual gaming.... Case COOLERMASTER ELITE 430 BLACK CASE Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION Motherboard ASUS® M4A78LT-M: mATX MAINBOARD, DDR3...
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    PCSPECIALIST Problem with DVD/CD drive.

    I purchased my PC in December and everything has been great until now. I am having problems with the DVD/CD drive. It seems unable to read certain discs, while it is quite happy with others. The discs that are unreadable work fine in my laptop. Seems like a hardware issue, but is there...
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    PCSPECIALIST Waiting Patiently For New PC

    I ordered a desktop on Nov 25th and it still has status "Pre-Production". That is 14 days (10 working days). Should I be concerned yet ? Yesterday I phoned but gave up after queuing for 10 minutes. I then spoke to someone on the Live Chat, but could get no details. All I got in response...
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    PCSPECIALIST PC for Silver Surfer

    Need another desktop, this time for my mum (so no gaming). Uses PC for BBC IPlayer, Watching DVDs, Photo editing (Picasa), Skype, email, internet and wordprocessing. Am I wasting my time getting a graphics card ? Should I make do with a board that has an integrated graphics chip ? Case...
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    PCSPECIALIST Graphics card advice please.

    Hi, I have been browsing the website and forums for a couple for days and I am just about ready to place an order. I picked up the following spec in another thread and it seems to meet my requirements for a general purpose family PC with a bit of gaming. My budget is £500. Case...
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