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    PCSPECIALIST Get Even

    A long way off, but the tech trailers look promising: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RrS0GTsEEg&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxLMOscTZRk&feature=player_embedded The graphics are 3d scanned and mapped so look great, though no idea how this would scale out to actual...
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    PCSPECIALIST Gaming mouse may be on the way out... suggestions to fix / replace?

    Hi, I think my Razer DeathAdder may be on the way out... I keep getting annoying ghost clicks on the LMB, basically a second press of the button. The behaviour is intermittent but seems to be getting worse. So... 1. Is my mouse about to die... or is it simply resting? Is there anything I could...
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    PCSPECIALIST USB ports stopped working... Any ideas why?

    Hmm... Several of my USB ports have suddenly stopped working. All was fine then my keyboard stopped responding during a BF4 game. Thinking it was a problem with the keyboard I tried a few different ports and then found one that worked. Before I RMA, are there any suggestions as what the problem...
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    PCSPECIALIST New Headphones / Thanks PCS

    As my birthday has just passed I decided it was about time and finally got round to ordering a new set of headphones. After much looking around and advice from these forums I decided to go for a set of Tritton Pro+ 5.1 digital headphones. After a lot of checking the cheapest I could find them...
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    PCSPECIALIST Any suggestions for a free / cheap drive image utility

    Hi, I think it is about time I started taking a ghost backup image of my primary SDD... Can anyone suggestion any good free / cheap utilities that will do the job? I don't need anything fancy, just a utility that can take a ghost image of the drive and back it up to another drive, and then...
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    PCSPECIALIST Spare Humble Bundle 'EA' deal keys looking for a new home

    Similar to Boozad a few weeks back I have a few spare keys from the recent Humble Bundle 'EA' deal and I'm looking to pass them on. Ideally I'd like to swap these for a couple of BF3 keys (see my thread here), but otherwise I'm not looking for anything in exhange. As in Boozad's post, there are...
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    PCSPECIALIST Any spare BF3 keys from the Humble Bundle?

    Does anyone have any spare BF3 keys from the recent Humble Bundle they would be willing to pass my way? I've already given the ones I had to friends but I'm looking to get 2 more keys to get another few mates interested in the game. If you have a spare key and would be willing to part with it...
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    PCSPECIALIST ADSL2+ Router Modem -- best buys?

    Hi, I’m looking to upgrade my old Netgear router modem and was wondering if anyone had and good suggestions for a replacement, or details of ones to steer clear of. Functionally I’m looking for: ADSL2+ compatible Gigabit Ethernet (preferably 6 or 8 ports, but can get by with 4) 5Mhz wireless...
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    PCSPECIALIST Another CM HAF-X Monster!

    Pictures at last! Details on the order and delivery progress can be found here. First, where I started from: This is an ~9 year old Dell with a P4 3.2GHz, 2 Gb RAM, Radeon X1950 Pro and running Windows XP. Great for its day (and for quite a while after) but not enough grunt to cope with a...
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    PCSPECIALIST Headset - USB vs 3.5mm jacks?

    Bit of a stupid question* but between USB and 3.5mm jacks which is the best connector for headsets? I have a nice set of Sennheiser headphones and a cheap and nasty Sony gaming headset (which also gets used for Skype). The Sennheiser set have a great sound but no microphone while the Sony set...
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    PCSPECIALIST Operation Overkill -- New Desktop Computer

    I have just placed my order for the following obscenity: Case: CoolerMaster HAF-X Full Tower Gaming Case Processor: Intel Core i7 Six Core Processor i7-3930K (3.2GHz) 12MB Cache Motherboard: Asus Rampage IV Extreme Memory (RAM): 16GB Kingston HyperX Beast Quad-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P Graphics Card...
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    PCSPECIALIST Rainbow Six

    I've been wading through my old games ahead of my planned gaming rig purchase and came across the following Rainbow Six games: Rainbow Six – Rogue Spear Rainbow Six – Rogue Spear - Black Thorn Rainbow Six – Rogue Spear – Urban Operations Rainbow Six 3 – Athena Sword Rainbow Six 3 – Raven...
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    PCSPECIALIST Future proof extreme gaming rig... looking for opinions and advice

    It has been nearly 10 years since I bought my last gaming rig and a replacement is now long overdue. My philosophy with my last purchase was to stretch my budget as far as possible and buy something that would not need to be replaced or upgraded each year. This seems to have worked well with new...
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