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so to provide enough power, GPU's often need extra cables. The slot where it's plugged in can only give 75W so for some of these cards you need miltiple cables plugged into the card. I believe the 3060TI needs 2, but high end cards of this generation need 3. Depending on what you upgrade to, you...

Yep! Would indeed 👌 Power wise, the slot only gives 75W of power, otherwise you'll need extra cables. Compatibility wise, basically any GPU that's been made in the last 20 years would be compatible so assume this will continue. Yep, RAM isn't demanding wattage wise, you'll just want to make...

Oh wow, I wish I actually had Junior in my name 😂 No worries, it's what we're here for! The i5 is a really solid mid level CPU, probably the best bang for buck choice for gaming. As said above gaming doesn't currently scale much past 6 cores so as much as you can spend more on an i7 there...

You forget how small these things used to be! I've seen lunchboxes bigger than this thing 😂

Heya! Couple areas we could adjust here. A few questions first. 1) Budget- What are you looking to spend? 2) Uses- You've mentioned Sim Racing, will it be used for anything else? 3) Monitor- What monitor will be paired with this system? Knowing this is important to get the right GPU pairing-...

Hey there! Another Junior 👀 There's a few different sections to break down here so I'll go through them then onto a recommended spec. Welcome to the confusing world of PC's! You certainly don't need an i7- what you get depends on your budget, if anything, the i5 is a far better value gaming...

Honestly thought it was a spelling mistake 😂 14?? isn't that all of them? And does Twitch prime work for the sub entry? Might be able to do that ;)

It's giveaway time again! PC Specialist have teamed up with Twitch Streamer Onscreen, Corsair, Gigabyte and Seagate to bring us one beastly PC giveaway! The title specs include: Corsair iCUE 5000X Gaming Case Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Processor 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB PRO DDR4 3200MHz 12GB...

Just reading through this thread, one thing that hasn't been picked up on is the case. The MB540 is a baaad case... As much as it looks like it does, it's got no front airflow, at all. Our typical Corsair 4000D, 4000X (dependant on what GPU you go for), 5000D, 5000X, Cooler Master TD500, Lian...

Awesome, sounds like storage is sorted. On motherboards, the AORUS and the STRIX aren't really necessary for the 12700K, something like the TUF Z690 (or Gaming X if you wanted to stick to Gigabyte) would do an ample job of powering that CPU, you'd only really need that level of board if you...

Honestly, looks pretty solid. I think the main comment I'd make is on storage. 500GB is not a lot considering how large game files are these days. Do you plan to add in any pre-existing storage or anything? If not I'd recommend popping in a 1TB Intel 670p as a games drive, if you need to shift...

Speaking to @MrSkeleton it's for a seperate purchase for their brother, so doesn't conform to the same budget and uses.

Think the NZXT H510 woild be pretty lonely in here most of the time if I did 😂 I guess it's likely down to being a smaller order quantity so their bulk discount isn't as good? £20 seems a lot for a colour change, that's for sure!

We have a new entry! £97 for this very nice white TD500, order quickly people it'll be gone in about 16 minutes ;) (Also renamed the thread to be more general, any white cases, post 'em here!)

It's pretty marginal really, the 5600X is slightly ahead in terms of gaming performance but CPU bound tasks are much more varied, I'd say the 12400F takes the edge. Aside from performance, Ryzen 5000 slightly more expensive than the equivalent 12th gen build and an end of life platform (so won't...

The configurator you're looking for is here: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/intel-z690-pc/ As Spyder has said, it's a totally different platform so you can't put 11th gen CPU's into a 12th gen motherboard (so they've split the configurators). You might not need to cancel your order if...

As weird as it sounds, planes landing in the current weather makes for some super exciting viewing! I'd recommend having it up on a 2nd monitor 👀

It's taken a keen eye, but I think I might have worked it out. If you look at the image that PCS provides of the FF100, you can see that the fan lines up with the bottom of the heatsync cover (just above where I've underlined), but on the first image you've provided, it looks like the fan has...

No worries! The new AIO I've put in is a triple fan rad which will be placed in the front of the case. The extra fan from the front will be placed at the top with the rear one staying where it is. This'll mean you'll have 5 fans in a case that supports 6, I reckon that should be enough! It's...

Thanks for this! I reckon it's time for a new build- the 6700K is probably still a capable enough CPU but there's a number of other things you'd want to upgrade around it so it just makes more sense to go for a new build I reckon. The following build is what I'd recommend- any questions, ask...