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Yeah, pure water was what was used for the original fish tank builds back in the 90s :ROFLMAO: I think they use an oil now, helps with longevity but ironically it isn't as good at cooling. I think it just lasts longer. IIRC the biggest issue with pure water is it doesn't stay pure for long...

Good shout on the conductive, it is graphene after all :ROFLMAO: I'll be extra careful with my cut sizes :D

I got the sheet myself the other day. I'm going to go a mini-step further with it. I've got it for my laptop but I de-lidded it within about half an hour of owning it :ROFLMAO: I got a far larger sheet than I needed with the hope that I can cover both the CPU & GPU as well as directly onto...

Compromising on the CPU/GPU/RAM/Lightshow to get within budget but still leaving the room to upgrade those areas in the future: Case CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12 Core CPU (4.0GHz-5.4GHz/76MB CACHE/AM5) Motherboard ASUS® TUF GAMING...

You'll struggle to hit overpowered on a £2k budget unfortunately. PC pricing is at an all time high, pretty sure the trend is exceeding inflation by quite a bit. Below is what I would want to be considered high end. I don't think I've stretched any part of the build to be considered...

Similar to the above but with some tweaks I would strongly advise. Faster RAM, larger but slightly slower secondary drive, reduced third drive to try to get to budget (I would be more inclined to look at cloud storage or an external storage solution for long term, far better PSU, better cooler...

Are the benchmarking tests done with the same parameters as the systems that are sent out? If they are then my guess is this microcode update won't have quite the same impact in their testing as it will with others going with the on-board Intel settings during the initial launch. If they aren't...

Wholeheartedly agree with the above. The assumption is that the CPU is the issue, there could be a motherboard or RAM impact as well though. Everything needs to be squeaky clean with this RMA not to leave PCS open to any issues with Intel. As much as there are mitigating circumstances where...

I think the below graph is the most telling of the issue. I'm not sure what issues they had with 11th Gen, I certainly don't remember enthusiast issues..... but with that said, was that not a DOA launch where most people didn't bother upgrading? It's worth noting that Puget seem to have used...

Your CPU should be fine as it's generally only the 1x600k + chips that are seeing these issues. There may be more, but I think they will be in the minority. With regards to the failure rate. Data centres are seeing 50%, that's significant. They are also switching over to AMD as they come out of...

I collated some information below. The Desktop building guide has the thought process behind most of the choices. It needs another upgrade though as things move so fast, so don't pay too much attention to the actual models of things I'm mentioning. More the tiers, when it comes to GPU's at...

You get what you pay for, it tends to go more-so for PCs at the low/mid range (Upper range can be a complete waste of cash). The case you chose is a generic unbranded offering that PCS have OEM supplied to be cheap and cheerful. You'll never see any reviews or any detailed information on these...

If you can share the entire config including the configuration link at the bottom this will allow us to go in and suggest changes. Your unique link will always be the same, it just creates a new one each time we suggest changes. 32GB should be the standard for now. You want 6000Mhz though, 4800...

There seems to be a glitch with the configurator at the moment. I wouldn't opt for the selected motherboard, I would select the Strix instead. It's overkill anyway but far better value than the Hero. Regardless, as per the above, better to wait until the latest and greatest are out. Case...

Unfortunately I don't think the budget is realistic for what you are after. I would be looking to spend a good couple of £100 more to get everything up to spec for 1440p gaming. Below would be more suitable and has the areas that were lacking propped up. The 4060Ti selected is the 16GB version...

What budget are you looking at?

I'm actually glad this has happened then. Perhaps it'll bring about some coherent naming conventions instead of the insanely complicated labelling they have across different products. The mobile chips are so confusing.

The corsair is one of the better options with it being dual chamber and offering some reasonable airflow options. You are guaranteed for it to be noisier though as the airflow over a shorter volume is going to increase acoustics. The micro boards themselves are typically fairly limited as well...

Is that the genuine reason for the delay?

The Super fits straight in and it's definitely the option I would opt for. You get a reasonable performance boost for not a whole lot more money. I actually made a mistake in the above spec, I meant to choose the B650 rather than the X670 as there are good savings to be had and it's still an...