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    Small upgrade on a small build .. on a small budget.

    It would appear it's 2 x 4 GB DIMM so I'm guessing it'll be 4GB total for now! MX100 it looks to be then :) and good spot on width!! I hadn't even factored that in! PSU Looks to be a Corsair one 650W I'm liking but I fear with that and SSD it's gone over budget. :( So...
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    Small upgrade on a small build .. on a small budget.

    Hi all, I've been asked to upgrade the following on a £150-180 budget for the purpose of gaming at 1920x1080 (HD TV), RTS games from what I can gather no major FPS. The only trouble is I'm a few years out .. of date :P Current specs: Case: SilverStone Sugo SG07 PSU: Unknown powers...
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    Graphics upgrade but on a old system!

    evening all, i wonder if you can help, i'm a little stuck. i've been tasked to upgrade a friends gpu however, it's a old system! From what i can gather it's a intel e4300, a gigabyte g31 chipset mobo, 2 gb ddr2, a couple of sata dvd and hdd, a unknown psu (however, it does appear to have a...
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    Updating my rig

    How about something like this: YOUR BASKET 1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99 1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £227.99 1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £142.99 1 x Gigabyte...
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    Best bang for buck for £100

    the MSI one does, however, provide a longer warranty and comes overclocked out of the box.
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    New PSU Needed Before I Cry

    Slightly on the steeper side .. BeQuiet Dark Power Pro P10 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply
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    IT desktop support career help required !!

    Thanks, sounds ideal. :)
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    IT desktop support career help required !!

    That sounds like the stuff i'd like to try and get into to start with. It'd be good to try the hardware, software, networking and development side and then hopefully choose a speciality from there. I'm guessing for that reason small companies must get in undated with applications though...
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    IT desktop support career help required !!

    Thanks for the help guys it's much appreciate :) Okay will do thank you Thanks for the insight :) hopefully i've been in hospitalilty for a few years (hotel recption, functions, bar, etc) and i'm in a office now temping doing customer care, so phone manner and interpersonal skills i'd like...
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    IT desktop support career help required !!

    evening all, does anyone here happen to have any advice on how to get a IT desktop support roles with no previous experience?? any mangers have any ideas what you'd look for? do courses like MCSE, MCITP make a significant difference? what would you see on a cv / application that would make...
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    how to diagnose a machine that won't boot?!

    thanks for the quick reply :) yep, i had in fact re installed the ram and rotated - heck i even air dusted every speck out of the slots!! I just reset the cmos and that too had no effect. However, i just tried a replacement PSU and hey presto it booted straight into the BIOS :) :) So it...
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    how to diagnose a machine that won't boot?!

    afternoon all, i wonder if anyone can help. the machine in my sig which has served me faithful for the last 3 yrs seems to have died a mysterious death. literally i was browsing the web, went to get a drink and came back to find nothing!! i've stripped out all the none essentials and...
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    Logitech Harmony Remote query

    Fantastic thank you for the info Werewolf! :) I'll get browsing for a receiver. I'm guessing the remote is fairly easy to use then? But how easy are they to program and set up the activities? At the moment I've only got a Samsung TV/Monitor combi and Philips DVD player (+ PC when I get the...
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    Logitech Harmony Remote query

    Hi, sorry if this isn't in the right section |I wasn't quite sure where to post it. In short I've just got a Logitech Harmony 515 remote it should be fine to control TV, DVD, etc but my query is whether it would control windows 7 media centre? Do I need a infra-red emitter or an other hardware...
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    Phtot software

    I use Paint.Net and find that quite easy to use and user friendly a more basic photoshop :)
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    Resolution dilemma is driving me crazy ..

    Thanks for the input guys :) had a feeling big was better!! and utajoker funny enough i was looking at that and the new Dell Professional P2010H and E2009W.
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    Is my i5 gaming build ok?

    Spec seems ok, you will need a after market cpu cooler since you've gone for the OEM CPU though. Something like this. Also you could get the Corsair CX 400W to free up some money for the cooler. Also it's on the this week only offer :)
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    Our new addition

    Awww wook at da wickle puppy! :)
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    Spec me a gaming pc £800-£900?

    +1 for RJC spec! Amazing performance for the price!!
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    Resolution dilemma is driving me crazy ..

    Ok it's nothing uber but since i'm limited to space :( - i can really only get a new 20" monitor and i can't decide with regards to resolution! 1600 x 900 seems to be common and is 16:9 --but-- 1680 x 1050 seems to be more mainstream (is it 16:10??) and in short i can't decide the...
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