You will need to phone support and speak directly to PCS regarding opening the BIOS up, if they do.
The forum is not manned by PCS staff and just volunteers helping out others with specs and advice etc.
What is your budget and presumably you do photo editing on a 1440p monitor or 4k photos / videos?
Do you “stitch” together many photos for large panoramic landscapes or do a lot of HDR pictures at all?
You mentioned Adobe so I assume you Are using Lightroom / Photoshop. What’s the video...
The best advice usually comes if there is a budget in mind. We can tell you if it’s worth it to upgrade or if it’s worth saving more for that new system. Hence we ask for a budget in mind.
No one giving advice on specs on here works for PCS so they will tell you honestly and not just spend...
No you said you have already bought a Windows 11 key.
Read this post:
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/looking-to-upgrade.95293/#post-727093
How have you installed Windows / activated Windows?
Are all the updates complete?
How did you source drivers?
Have you installed the gaming center and set the usage to "Light" within that - or whatever the similar setting is to light usage - basically it will not use the dGPU and minimise...
Looking now through this thread, you might be better having a read of this thread as it may answer some of your questions regarding why you were told:
which you appear to have ignored.
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/desktop-building-guide-april-2023.67892/
I've actually loaded up an old one Ive had a while but never really got into it so giving it a go and travelled back to year 10000 B.C.E.....
Anyone guess what game...
Can you include the url link with your full spec please as per the instructions here:
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/how-to-post-your-specification-to-the-forum-check-this-spec.73718/
I will also ask the mods to merge your other thread from the weekend - please stick to one...