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Having carefully considered all of the helpful contributions I have amended my specification to reflect my final conclusion. For the RAM I went for 64GB 6000MHz and hope that it won't require any tinkering to get it stable. Not as future-proof as I'd wished, but the upgrade from my current 4x16...

The discussion on RAM has been an evolving one. I’d like to have 96GB 6000MHz. This is not an option that PCS supports. I asked if it could supply it as 4x24GB 6000MHz and was advised by TonyCarter to order the smallest/cheapest RAM from PCS and purchase 2x48GB 6000MHz, pointing out the...

Dear Scott Thank you for that. I'm not sure how I have given the impression that I am not grateful for the advice and experience being offered. That is why I reached out to the community, after all. And I have expressed thanks to those who have volunteered their help. I believe wisdom is...

I note your opinions. Thank you.

Interesting. Having read your links it Interesting. I read the linked articles (but not yet researched the issue more widely). I have to say that I couldn't be more delighted with my Samsung 850 Pros, but it seems there is evidence that the current Samsung SSDs may not be as good. Thanks for...

I think we may not be going to agree, at least entirely, on this one. I have heard quite the opposite regarding Pro versus EVO, certainly for the 850s that I have, and have had the former in RAID-0 and partitioned for years with no problem whatsoever. I suppose I might put in a 1TB SSD as an...

Well, who’d have thought! Not me, obviously. I’ll certainly change that, then. Many thanks to you (and TonyCarter) for pointing that error out to me.

Many thanks, TonyCarter. That is very helpful. Your suggestion of ordering the smallest/cheapest RAM if PCS decide not to be flexible had crossed my mind. I had foolishly assumed that the memory controllers would handle all slots equally well; if that is not the case then 2x48GB is a good idea...

I’m contemplating replacement of my current machine on account of it not being supported under W11. Intended use is: general desktop, video editing, website creation, media streaming and occasional gaming. Monitors: 1 x Dell U3818DW + 2 x Dell U2913WM. I intend to re-use my GPU (EVGA GeForce...

This would be a sterile argument, were I to engage with it. I would certainly gain nothing from it and I can't see that you would, either. So, I'll re-iterate my thanks to you for highlighting the issues with the current Intel CPUs and bow out from the discussion at this stage.

My system is running extremely well and it is quite possible it would do another 5 years at least. That's why I buy good quality and high specification. The real villain in the piece here is Microsoft. It is unforgiveable what it has done to stimulate revenue by introducing a spurious piece of...

Thank you, SpyderTracks. I have done a bit more reading. This does look like a showstopper for me. I considered living with an i5-14400 until the problem is fixed, but as the problem appears to be a fundamental design issue I can see that no fix is going to truly address the problem, the...

Thanks to Ekans2011 for the quick and helpful response. My budget was £5k and the current specification is about £110% of that. Am I right in thinking that the instability is limited to OC. Perhaps the i9-14900 (no suffix) would be OK. The ability to OC is not that important to me. I do apply...

I'm thinking of replacing my ten year old self-build (sorry PCS) desktop (thanks to MS I don't think I can remain on W10 forever) and this is what I've come up with so far, having concluded that PCS is offering the type of components I had in mind and I can probably do without the enjoyment of...

Hi I'm helping a friend to configure a desktop and the current specification includes an i7-3770 on an ASUS Maximus Gene V. I've looked at the memory options offered by the PCS Configurator and at the QVL and I'm confused. I believe my friend only needs 8GB (general purpose, fast desktop with a...

Hi I've recently taken delivery of my Vortex III i7-3940XM with an Intel Ultimate 6300 wireless card and have re-built it and am writing an in depth review. I've been assessing performance and have run into an issue with my wireless setup. I have a BT HomeHub 3.0. I know that I will not see a...

Hi All I all but hit the order button on my build when Darren in Sales strongly advised against putting my 2*480GB SSDs in RAID 0 and then partitioning them, as apparently this has been known to cause failures because "the system gets confused". This gives me a bit of a problem, because a very...

Hi Forum Still considering a replacement for my ageing HP DV7-1055EA and glad that I didn't order before the i7-3940XM came out. I had a few responses to a previous post along these lines, but had hoped for more and better advice than was forthcoming at the time although thanks to those who...

Hi Forum Keep thinking I'd like a new laptop. I'm not a gamer (sorry!), but I am a serious PC user who accepts no compromise on performance. I'm considering this laptop as a partner to my two year old desktop (order number 345023 and see below for updates) and replacing my HP DV7-1055ea. This...

Here I am 18 months after delivery of my system (specification below) and apart from a few rebuilds courtesy of Microsoft :-) I'm still enjoying it enormously. However, even with a single graphics card I'm thinking it would be nice to upgrade my monitor. When I purchased my system I did not...