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  1. 86dan

    Moving from floorstanders to bookshelf speakers, recommendations?

    I have decided to upgrade and move from my floor standing speakers to some nice bookshelf or on wall speakers. Budget is £1350 at an absolute push. Moving from dali oberon 5 series to something else. I don't plan on playing a ref volume or even close, normal volume is around -35 -30.(denon...
  2. monke

    Upgrade Advice

    Hi all, I have recently upgraded a few of my PC parts and have been considering upgrading the rest. The following are what I have upgraded: CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 5600 RAM - Corsair VENGEANCE LPX DDR4 RAM 16GB 3200MHz Motherboard - MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI Motherboard M-ATX I am looking to upgrade my...
  3. utamaro

    Upgrade from i5 6600K

    Hi all, I have the itch to upgrade and would like some advice on my shopping list, which admittedly I've mostly gathered from asking Bard/Gemini. Apart from general computing when working from home (DB admin, PHP coding, network admin, internet research), I do play a few games (at 2K) such as...
  4. xy16644

    New mega build advice needed please ;-)

    Hi All Been travelling for the last year so am out of touch with hardware so need some advice/assistance in building a new PC please! :) I'll be using this PC for the following: Gaming Virtualisation (HyperV and/or VMware Workstation) Web browsing Email Office 365 apps Watching 4K...
  5. b3nnl

    Stepping back into pc building after a few years away.

    Evening folks and a Merry Christmas, I was a member of this forum many moons ago, about 15 years to be more specific. Back then I had no kids and loads of disposable income to blow on a gaming rig. That same rig is still running as the family desktop for school homework and the occasional linked...
  6. martin363

    AMD Ryzen 3600 to 5600 (or higher)?

    I am a little out of the loop nowadays so I would value opinions on the below: Dau has an ITX PC I built about 4 years ago, she doesn't really game, other than Sims and some indie games (has an Xbox), but uses it for Uni work now and similar. Just essays, surfing with 50 Chrome tabs.... etc. I...
  7. TheGodlyGecko

    Monitor suggestions

    Hi all. I currently run a MSI Optix MAG322CQR monitor. I am currently interested in perhaps upgrading due to a recent issue I have noticed which is weird colour smearing when playing games like farthest frontier etc. from my searching it's just a downside of a VA panel. Is there any...
  8. MeThatsAlls

    Looking to buy extra ram to go from 16gb to 32gb. Wanted advice on how best to do so.

    I currently have 16gb " Team Group Vulcan TUF Gaming Alliance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C19 3600MH" from overclockers abour 3 years ago. Unfortunaly i cannot find the exact same RAM so i would have to get something different. Can anyone recommend what i should get to avoid conflicts/issues...
  9. li3to

    Upgrade advice 10100+2070

    So I recently got an ultrawide 3440x1440 144hz monitor and find out that gaming is no longer that smooth. I am playing Diablo 4 and barely getting stable 60-70 fps. Here is what I've got from OC 2 years ago: be quiet! Pure Power 11 600W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply 1 Intel Core i3-10100 GHz...
  10. nick_the_ninja

    Upgrade question (MB and CPU)

    Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my gaming PC, which I bought from you and built in 2016. (I also upgraded my graphics card a couple of years ago and bought a second SSD). Any advice would be greatly appreciated :) Here's what I currently have: Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D...
  11. Rubakai83

    Worth "dumping" my Gysnc monitor for 7900XT?

    Hi all. Looking to do a full upgrade to a relatively highend PC and trying to decide on the GPU. In my infinite wisdom a few years ago I bought the 27" Acer Predator XB271HU Monitor, 165Hz which is GYSNC only. This has been great and don't really need/want to replace it. However, the current...
  12. Tigjaw

    Build advice (upgrade from a 2070 super & i7 6700k)

    Hello all, it’s that time again when I come out of the woodwork and ask for upgrade advice. Current System: CPU: i7 6700k GPU: RTX 2070 Super RAM: 16GB RAM Storage: 1TB WD Blue 3D NAND M.2 SSD (games and software) 250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD (OS and software) 1TB Seagate HDD (documents and...
  13. Arthaei

    Upgrade 9yr old Titan Scythe 4770k OC PC

    Hey chaps my build is 9yrs old now showing it’s age coming from Overclockers. With around £700 budget but could be flexible, what would you recommend I could do to bring it more up to date? Gaming at ultra wide 1440p aiming for ultra settings at min 120fps. Setup is below: Gigabyte G1 Sniper...
  14. SymTax

    Upgrading GPU from a 5700XT - Thoughts?

    Title pretty much sums it up. I've been looking at making some upgrades and I've come to the conclusion that my GPU is probably the weak link in my current build (Correct me if I'm wrong) Most games I end up having to change settings to some odd combination of high/medium/low depending on...
  15. Scott33

    Budget upgrade from RX580 for 1440p gaming?

    I upgraded my monitor and my card is struggling with high settings at 1440p. Rx580 GPU 16gb ddr4 3200 memory Ryzen 3600 processor 650w gold power supply Asus rog strix b450 motherboard I have looked at the rx 6600 and the Intel Arc a750 is it worth it ?
  16. TakenTheBacon

    Asus Z690 Intel upgrade bundle - won't boot from SSD

    Hi guys, Have just built an upgraded PC with this bundle and i7-12700k (OC'd from OC). 3 issues: 1) One of AIO radiator Fans is flickering - that's ok, 2) New PSU Is buzzing - power seems fine though However 3) I cannot boot from my drives. Bios detects all drives, is fine with the cpu, I'm...
  17. Shashman

    £450ish 5600X/3060Ti/16GB upgrade options for Tarkov

    Evening all. It's that time again, the itch is here. Started off with a simple plan to double my RAM, and it's now developed into an upgrade. My current system: Ryzen 5 5600X CPU 3060 Ti Founders Edition GPU Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x 8GB) 3000MHz DDR4 RAM ASRock B450M-HDV AMD Socket AM4...
  18. Locix

    PC Laggy after upgrade

    Hi everyone, this is my first time posting, but really stumped with my PC issues.... I recently upgraded a few parts of my machine and since then my machine just seems very laggy, I used to run 3 games at the same time with my old setup, but now I struggle to run 1 game and chrome at the same...
  19. Kazzu

    New to computers and looking to Upgrade

    Hey I got a computer back in 2021 and wanted to see if it was possible to upgrade it? I don’t know what’s considered better so I’m looking for some advice I’m looking for something to play most modern games in high quality (I.e. the New Spider-Man PS4 steam ports) but idk where to begin AMD...
  20. arjgrundy

    Living room - Portable Setup

    Hi I'm looking for some advice regards a change in my current setup. I currently have the following build :- Ryzen 1700 Gigabyte Ab350 Gaming 3 motherboard MSI Nvidia GT710 (sold the 1080ti) to pay for the PS5 (oops) Corsair K70 Keyboard Corsair M65 Mouse Phanteks Case I'm looking at a new...
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