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Thanks, a bit of a shame if it doesn't work, you pretty much get used to it with your phone, and saves you typing in long passwords etc..

This is on a new Defiance V laptop. A bit of a minor yet odd issue that I might contact PCS support about, but interested if anyone has heard of this before. As you do, you get the laptop setup perfectly, check it's get good performance etc, play a few games, then you start looking at the...

The CPU Fan error is classic ASUS, I had the same issue on my X470 motherboard when I updated the BIOS, although it took a while to figure out where to turn off the CPU Fan monitoring, I had to enable the fan, then disable the alarm, then re-disable the fan.. Regarding the fans and power button...

Yeah, the competitors laptop spec is lob-sided, a 9750h with the 1050ti is not a good match, the 1050 ti will struggle in a lot of modern games even at 1080. An alternative view is to spend the £1000ish on getting the base hardware to maximise performance for the money, and have the view to...

Good advice. Fans as I've learnt (the hard way by wasting money) is that not only are all fans different, but then you need the right amount in the right configuration (push or pull) makes all the difference. In essence, if you add more fans, you need to ensure you are actually getting more...

This is one of the trickiest parts of giving advice, VFM can be a tricky one as everyone has different ideas on what is important to them. I started out buying on exact technical specs and so went for just enough PSU, Cooling, CPU and GPU to all balance perfectly, and this is exactly how a lot...

I agree with Polycrac on both fronts! The stock coolers can sound like a screaming banshee when fully ramped up and they don't have much 'capacity' to really allow some good overclocking, I always think the all in one liquid coolers are a good shout. Don't underestimate how loud the stock...

Scroll down the page, under the 'HIGH KIT' section:

I was just helping a friend window shop and configure a water cooled new PC, and on the 'High Kit' section on https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/liquid-series/ the Radiators are labelled 'Reservoir' Very minor, easy to do, but worth pointing out!

On the subject of PSU's, whilst some may say a 550W PSU is overkill for a 9900K there are two considerations 1. The CPU alone when hammered can draw 200W (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-core-i9-9900k-9th-gen-cpu,5847-11.html), that rises to 250W if you overclocked to 5GHz on all...

This might be a bit late/at a tangent, but for myself, considering I do a complete mix of things from gaming to 3D Modelling etc, if I was spending £3.2K, I'd probably go for: AMD Ryzen 3900X - The 12 Core CPU is a productivity monster, it's a touch behind the 9900K in some games, but it's...

I back up to NAS, but also critical things (documents, photo's and video's etc) I auto backup from the NAS to the cloud on a service that stores versions of files, so theoretically even if my NAS got compromised and the cloud backup was compromised I could restore to the day before version of...

My current garage: 2016 BMW X3 35d - Family Wagon, 0-62 in 5.3 Seconds, well over half the cost of when it was new (£59K List with the £9K Options it has) Whilst its mainly for the wife, I really like this one (better than the previous Nissan X-Trail / Mazda CX-5 / Mini Countryman before it). I...

So, I'm sat on the sofa (reclining of course!) and decide that I'd like to do a bit of casual gaming, so grab the recently purchased Defiance V and my Xbox Controller and quickly pair it (via Bluetooth) to the laptop, and off I go! 2 minutes later I've got the laptop actually on my 'lap' and...

Its a great spec and don't worry about the 750W Power supply, of all the components I've ever had fail on me, two of those have been run of the mill PSUs, so I now just always go a bit OTT on those myself, but I admit thats only for peace of mind, not for scientific reasons! :)

Absolutely, can't disagree on having to always analyse benchmarks etc. The Defiance 2070MQ review you posted is a good highlight that the 2070MQ is deffo not worth it On the full fat 2070 vs 2080MQ, from that same review, the ASUS ROG Scar II 2070 which is a full fat version scored 7046...

I don't think you can really go wrong with any of the PCS gaming laptops. There is a lot of talk over Full Fat 2060 vs 2070 vs 2070 MQ vs 2080 MQ, the reality is all implementations are different, what thermal/power limits have been used will vary and benchmarks show this. I ended up with the...

My desktop was primarily built for photo editing (and a bit of gaming). If I was building a new PC, I'd go for AMD 3900X ( 12 Core CPU is the new productivity king) 32 GB 3200 RAM 1 x ADATA 480GB SSD for Windows Install 1 x Samsung 1TB NVME M.2 as scratch pad and work in progress files 1 x...

I can heartily recommend an Electric Air Duster for this! (https://www.amazon.co.uk/IT-Dusters-EGP-COM-011-CompuCleaner-Electric/dp/B00S7CH6FK) - Incredibly powerful and far more useful then cans of compressed air. Just look at the reviews, I can only add to those! For laptops, you can use...

Absolutely, PCS should be the first point of contact. Only if they come back with a £300-£500 motherboard replacement cost would I carefully weigh up an £80 repair at a good repair centre as an alternative. You never know, PCS might have some sanctioned repair service (which would be awesome...