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The family was setting up a first computer for the kids for Christmas but something went wrong when powering it up and the MOBO died. They spent heavily on the peripherals, desk, office chair, watercooler, PSU, SSD's, was given two 1080p monitors, bought a secondhand GPU 980ti due to the current...

Are people seriously complaining about 600Mbps? Us stuck on FTTC lines have been paying a fortune for crap speeds for years. If I was getting 600Mbps consistently I certainly wouldn't be complaining.

Scalpers receive a lot of hate online for stockpiling hardware / PS5's / XBOX's etc to make a profit but the businesses do the exact same thing. None of them seem to respect the msrp. I just returned my 5800x. Not happy with how hot it runs. It was running just as hot as my 4790k which was in a...

I bought the 5800x recently and I have buyer's remorse. For one people are getting them for £310-£335 and secondly I keep thinking I should have waited for the 5900x to come back into stock or just got the 10900k at a similar price instead. All round use but primarily for gaming at 1440p, with a...

Isn't op best waiting a few weeks to see if Intel or AMD adjust the prices after rocket lake launches on the 30th?

That's what I find the most frustrating about FTTC. You're getting charged the exact same rate as somebody who is able to achieve 80/20. I know in more recent times BT have the decent middle ground package of 55/10 but the same thing applies regardless of package. Some of us are paying more for...

I cancelled my request to leave BT in the end. I will instead do what was suggested here and migrate from one service to another. If we take price, customer service and features like IPV6, static IP's, no filtered content out of the equation are there any differences between BT and any other ISP...

Can somebody explain? I don't know if this is relateable but I was having problems with my 4790k when using Google Chrome. With just a single tab open (task manager reports something like 13) my cpu usage was spiking anywhere between 1 and 100%. Similarly with the cpu temp. The service tool...

When is the 11900k likely to be reviewed and benchmarked? Would rather see how that stacks up against AMD than the 11700k.

I have been looking into ISP alternatives myself of late and it seems A&A and Zen are the best alternatives to Uno, but they are as pricey or even more costly than the Uno option. If you never really have any issues with sync rates, don't want to use your own equipment etc I would be tempted by...

No worries and thanks for responding. I was actually taking a deep look at the MSI Mag Tomahawk mobo earlier on but that too was out of stock. I will get the Gigabyte one you recommended. That fan cooler you recommended will it have the same effect as the higher priced ones Noctua NH-D15 and...

Well, I had to give a months notice. If all the ISP's over FTTC suffer from the same issue, it's best I cancel. If I'm still connected and found a cheap deal, let's say with Sky for example, wouldn't I just migrate within that months cancellation?

That mobo is still out of stock are there any others? I think I'll also get a new cooler too. Air or water is fine. Did a little digging and many seem to recommend the Arctic Liquid Freezer II, Noctua NH-D15 and the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4. I take it these options would fit in the above case...

You got lucky with the addresses then because I had nothing but hassle with them 6-7 years ago. Things may have improved in some areas since but many still report issues about congestion and the replies they get is to blame covid and everybody being stuck at home. The reason I'm unhappy with BT...

I have read most of the past 20 pages and seen lots of the "you must be in a high congestion area" Is there an easy way to find out which areas are heavily congested without having to sign upto them before-hand and checking for yourself? I still have a VM forum account and a moderator checked my...

I went ahead and cancelled BT (FTTC) today after 5 years of speed reductions. Sync speed in 2016 was 77Mbps. Sync speed in 2021 is 42Mbps and BT charge me £45 for this. I have no intention of renewing but I take it if I went with Sky, Zen or any other provider I would have the same issues? A dlm...

Okay thanks. I will make a decision in the next few days. The rsp thing was for the gpu by the way. All the cpu's in my eyes seem to be reasonably priced. As above that rsp comment was about the gpu. The cpu range is totally fine in my eyes, in the original post I just wanted to double check...

Is the above simply based on price v performance then? Or are the Intel options listed actually better in some or most ways? As for waiting I could do that, but I really need a case pronto, and needing a case as well as facing some problems with stutter in some open world games pushed me into...

Nah, it's fine. I'll go with the above, that mobo is out of stock at the moment though as is the case, so I'll have to check back in a few days. Would rather buy it all from OC under one delivery

Thanks, just before I leave you in peace, a few little questions if you don't mind. What about AMD's upcoming batch? I also just wanted to clarify something regarding the mobo, is it missing any important features? and I take it a cooler is not necessary? As for the case would more case fans be...