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  1. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Can PSU handle it?

    1000W? You could probably add a few vacuum cleaners and a tumble dryer! Putting the above into the configurator, it let me get away with a 650W PSU. You have enough spare power for a second small pc.
  2. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Environmental documentaries or films

    All very true, though the issue with climate change isn't that 'the Earth has never been so warm', its twofold: 1) That we humans have adapted to live in a specific climate, with specific sea-levels. Changes in this (especially the sea levels) could be devestating for us. 2) Flora and fauna have...
  3. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Environmental documentaries or films

    It IS a good film, but it muddles the central message. As a big climate-change campaign supporter I use it in my 1st year stats class as an example of a poor graph (the hocky stick curve, relating CO2 and temp). By getting the temporal order wrong on historic ice core data it set climate change...
  4. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Nice review build

    Says 17th Jan, but I only spotted it today. It would be £1499 well spent, I think, specs £193 more: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/configure-review/348/
  5. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST After an almost 3 week it's here and I love it!

    Looks great, I don't suppose you could post the specs, could you? It might help others pick their configuration.
  6. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Question

    It is for building, not delivery
  7. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Controller for Couch Gaming - Any real options?

    I've not tried it but I've had the Steam controller recommended to me as being the 'closest to desktop pc' experience, because the trackpads are more like using a mouse. Though there is supposed to be a tradeoff, the trackpads are not so good for action games.
  8. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST New Ryzen benchmarks

    I love those circular graphs, very telling difference and a great way to display it!
  9. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Brand new pc , crashes and restart while playing game

    Yup, I think so. There's nothing you can do and not their fault either, just a V small proportion of those cards are faulty.
  10. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Brand new pc , crashes and restart while playing game

    I'm no expert but that does look like the 2080ti 'space invader' fault: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.techspot.com/amp/news/77445-nvidia-addresses-failing-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-cards.html
  11. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST New build

    £700 for a custom built computer with monitor is a very tough ask, but instead of the build above by The_Scotster, I'd recommend you look at the build on this thread: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/build-me-a-pc-please.66462/#post-458425 Which was built by, um, ah, The_Scotster...
  12. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Need spec for 4k video editing pc

    The coolermaster masterbox k500 or the mastercase h500 get decent reviews for airflow and have rgb fronts. I'd avoid ones like the spec-delta which have the fans enclosed - it limits their benefits
  13. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST corsair 680 x case

    That really did drive me mad on my first PCS build! I tried to piggle it off, messed it up and got in a huff. I then bought a RGB fan to replace it. I tell myself I did that for the RGB, but I don't know I just hated that wobbly sticker.
  14. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Help making any changes £1500ish budget.

    There are different configurators for different CPUs/Motherboards, try this link for a good starting point for AMD builds: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/computers/amd-am4-gen3-pc/
  15. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST NEWBIE ADVICE

    Do you know what screen they game on? If it is a 'standard' HD screen (1080p, 60Hz) then the GPU looks about right. I think that the CPU and motherboard might be overkill though. I would go for something like this: Case COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX K500 RGB GAMING CASE Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5...
  16. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Choice of web browser and enhancing the user experience

    I'd recommend this extension, given me lots of fun: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/millennials-to-snake-people/
  17. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST New Gaming PC

    Hi, It would help the people on the forum to know a little more. What kind of games do you like to play (racing, first-person shooters, MMOs?) Do you need everything (keyboard, mouse, screen) within that budget? If you do already have a monitor you plan to use, what are the specs - is it HD...
  18. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Advice needed for gaming laptop

    I would go gsync hd, for gaming. 4k is a tough sell on a small screen - I could see the point for graphic design or visual editing but a lot of the befefits wouldn't be felt while gaming. Also, it needs a hefty GPU to game at 4k which is going to limit your frame rate and reduce how long it...
  19. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Close to buying a VR ready PC Specialist laptop, but then....

    I know some VR these days say desktop 2060 and I'm guessing they just haven't rated some of the mobile cards. I'm still going fine on my work pc with a 970 for a VIVE pro, so I think there is more leeway than those tables suggest.
  20. polycrac

    PCSPECIALIST Question on stock problems and wait times

    I think the problem is that they often attack the people who matter using a distributed network of hacked PCs belonging to those who DON'T matter!
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