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  1. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Good Books to read (or series if you prefer)

    I've fallen down the same rabbit-hole, which leads into some warrens of Wuxia and Xianxia novels too. I'd add: 'Mother of Learning' by Nobody103 'I shall seal the Heavens', by Er Gen The cradle series by Will Wight All as something worth looking into, I think the first two are available free...
  2. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Einstein's theory of general relativity passes one of its toughest tests yet

    Now if we can just nail down that cosmological constant...
  3. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST The Big Fat Giveaway of the Year 2022

    @Bhuna50 If its OK, I'd really like the Bloodbowl game. A friend has the boardgame but we honestly struggled to figure out how to play it, just last week. Same happened before with Gloomhaven but playing the PC version really helped me understand the rules (plus, I'd be able to play it without...
  4. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST VR - Inception

    I'd second this. I use VR a lot, I have a Vive, a Vive pro and a hololens for AR stuff, (work toys, so work pays) but the pick up and go nature of the Quest 2 is awesome. Especially if you plan on having lots of noob strangers use VR on an open day or outreach session. You should have seen our...
  5. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST One Hit Wonders

    In very much the same vein (one hit wonder, used a a theme song from my childhood): The Unknown Stuntman, sung by Lee Majors
  6. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Enjoying the new PC! Excellent service

    Looks lovely, but either there is a really odd reflection or you seem to have put a candle under your GPU, which while not a specific breach of PCS' open case policy, is probably pushing things a bit - testing out the cooling fans?
  7. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Solid base for future expansion

    I think this is the link Martin meant to add, for you to read: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/please-read-before-posting-collaboration-of-helpful-hints.77691/
  8. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Peanuts!

    I used to get in some nuts called 'Beer nuts'. This was 20-25 years ago, in the midlands. They were basically peanuts in their skins perhaps with a faintly sweet wash (though I might be imagining that, it was so long ago) and they looked quite uniformly brown. They were COVERED with large salt...
  9. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST First pc build-is it good?

    For the price, it might be worth looking at the Fusion Supreme - a new review model: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/reviews/
  10. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    Valheim is on sale on Steam. Still early access and the graphics are a little rough and ready but it has amazing reviews - https://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2021/02/24/deer You can find it here for 20% off (£12.39) https://store.steampowered.com/app/892970/Valheim/
  11. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST A truly special record for any vinyl fans

    Is there anyone in addition to mobile fidelity that you'd recommend? I've been getting into vinyl and mine are mostly charity shop second hands or Amazon 'pot luck' new pressings. I send back about 1 in 5 from Amazon as being really muddy or otherwise rubbish.
  12. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Valve’s Steam Deck: New Handheld Console!

    Got my reservation in, FINALLY Rimworld doesn't have to stop when I leave for work - that's two hours a day, five days a week, minimum, reclaimed for gaming!
  13. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    Steam Summer sale is on, I'm still hunting through it but let us know if you spot any gems!
  14. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Help please

    I can't see the message in the post. It would help everyone if you could post your full spec, from your order.
  15. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Laptop help needed

    Hi I'm looking for help with a Laptop, for my brother in law. His budget is about £800-900, though this comes in under (I can give him the option of larger storage if he wants, without breaking the bank). Use case is light video editing and streaming exercise classes (he doesn't game). Windows...
  16. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Why won't it turn on ;..(

    And don't worry, PCS have an open case policy, you won't void the warranty just by opening it up and taking a look, only of you damage something and checking eg the RAM is seated right is fine. edit ninja'd
  17. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Why won't it turn on ;..(

    Does it make any beeps, do any lights come on or fans start spinning? *edit* and could you post your full build? It will help the experts here to help you!
  18. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST PC specs up for PCVR?

    You have had some great advice on this thread, particularly in terms of AMD being better than Intel. I can't make you listen to the advice but just to add to it - my work pc is still running fairly decent VR on a 970 gpu but I can't upgrade the gpu because of the psu being crap. My advice is to...
  19. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Artifacting on 2D applications...

    It looks a bit like the problems with the 2080TI, a while back but I've not heard of anything similar happening with the 3090.
  20. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Friday afternoon at PCS

    Poor Pikachu!
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