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    PCSPECIALIST £2k budget desktop advice

    Hi, I've never purchased a desktop before so could use some advice. I have looked through the desktop building guide which seems to maintain a 3060 ti would be sufficient? I'm looking for an AMD system for silky smooth gameplay with high graphical settings at 100+ FPS at 1440p on the newer...
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    Hi all, Hi, I have re-pasted the GPU and CPU. The paste inside looked fine to me tbh, but i've cleaned it and re-applied. Whilst my idle temps seems to have decreased quite a bit my problem still remains. @DarkPaladin I can run Apex on ultra/high settings at >100 fps consistently (except for...
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    Thank you for the helpful reply. I have just tried playing a game and the issue the thread pertains to still occurs. I've monitored the thermals and CPU/GPU temps seem to spike up over 90 degrees quite regularly when under load.
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    understood, cheers
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    but they dont allow outsourcing to a repair shop?
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    So do PCS offer laptop cleaning/servicing ? Where/how am I supposed to get it serviced and cleaned without voiding the warranty. Surely for people who aren't tech savvy such as myself, it would be much more sensible to employ a professional (i got unlucky that my professional dropped the...
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    I don't have much confidence in Mr butterfingers to replace the chassis! The T&Cs of the repair shop stipulate they won't be held liable for accidental damage, so if I go after them it may get messy. That's why I'd rather obtain repair estimates first and explore where this leaves me legally.
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    I do not want to return to the same technician. I would rather go to PCS if it's a service they offer, seeing as they could source the chassis with ease and if it's expensive, I would look to the technician who dropped it for monetary compensation. We had not entered in a contract of work...
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    I've just taken it to a laptop repair shop. They didn't accept walk in customers because of covid so I had to meet the technician outside his office, when I handed the laptop to him, he opened the carry case and tried to take my laptop out. It slipped out of his hand onto concrete and my laptop...
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    Hi Spyder, I thought this, so I cleaned out the laptop which was admittedly full of dust. I cleaned out two fans. Maybe I didn't clean it properly but I removed heavy dust from two fans? I'm not sure. The frame rate drops happen even when my laptop isnt hot on my first game for example. I'll...
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    Sorry, I don't know how I ended up posting this in Sales, I thought I was posting in tech support. Please kindly move thread to correct space! Thanks
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    PCSPECIALIST Frame rate drops when gaming

    Hi all, I'm experiencing quite a weird situation where I get seemingly random frame rate drops on games such as Doom Eternal and Apex Legends. I have done all the usual steps like updated to latest GPU drivers, turned off background programs/Windows Gamebar. My laptop is plugged in and set to...
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    PCSPECIALIST Brand new laptop, games are totally unplayable

    Hi, I have my laptop back now and so far it runs perfectly fine. Comments from PCS: " After I received your system I confirmed the issue you have been experiencing. I found that the GPU had developed a fault and needed replacing, due to the age of your system I instead replaced the entire...
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    PCSPECIALIST Brand new laptop, games are totally unplayable

    So is there any clarification on this? My spec states Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, not MSI ? Packing it all up now! Hopefully this can be sorted soon.
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    PCSPECIALIST What games shall I buy?

    The original Doom was one of the first games I ever played. I did briefly play a demo of Doom 3 and that was incredible! The combination of zombies and sci fi. I have watched friends play Read Dead Redemption (again, there were zombies in this one??) Looks fun! Assassins Creed; now I've heard...
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    PCSPECIALIST What games shall I buy?

    I haven't gamed in years and I've recently just bought a laptop that should be able to handle most games once it's fixed. My gaming history is as follows (i'll ignore really old games and stick to somewhat modern games) Games I own Elder Scrolls Skyrim Battlefield 3 Battlefield 4 GTA 5 (barely...
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    PCSPECIALIST Brand new laptop, games are totally unplayable

    didnt work unfortunately! Time to start packing up I think. collection is booked for Wednesday. I mean ultimately, I shouldn't really have to be doing any of this! It should work seamlessly. Will send it back and see what they say.
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    PCSPECIALIST Brand new laptop, games are totally unplayable

    ive extracted the file, inside has an installer. i clicked that but got the same compatibility error as normal. Then i extracted the folder within, clicked setup and that worked, but really quickly? no idea what ive just installed.
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    PCSPECIALIST Brand new laptop, games are totally unplayable

    mine is called 08_NVVGA_W10.zip
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    PCSPECIALIST Brand new laptop, games are totally unplayable

    im confused, how come its MSI when it says on my order that the GPU is Nvidia?
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