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Oh yeah I will, I never just buy one without getting some advice first. You don't get rid of me that easily.

Perfect. That's all entirely doable later in the year. Thanks for all the help. I was blind, but now I can see!

Alright, and roughly how much for a PC that'll play games in 1440p comfortably? Again, they don't need to be maxed out graphically - modern games at a mix of medium/high graphics settings look amazing to my eyes compared to the Commodore 64 I started with in 1991. Like my uncle has a £3,600+...

Alright, I'm learning. It's all coming together. Obviously I got comfortable with 1920x1080 and 60 frames per second (which was all the rage back in 2003 when I was playing Call of Duty on my Radeon x800 Pro) and somehow never moved on from it. So give me an example of what type of monitor I'd...

This 1440p business - every game I've ever played, when selecting the resolution, has only ever gone as high as 1920x1080. Would that be because the monitor(s) I've always used have always been 60Hz? Like it's not listing higher because it recognizes my monitor wouldn't support it? I had the...

Hmm, perhaps I'll keep saving and order at the end of the year. There's no rush. In the past I've usually spent £1000 - £1200 and they've lasted a long time. Last time I bought one was before the world went mad. Like I said, I haven't been keeping up with the technology. At the risk of sounding...

Have prices really increased so much that £1,400 is considered tight for a gaming PC that'll play games at medium/high graphics? :oops:

Yeah I haven't had it long, been feeling like it's too big the whole time. Perhaps you could recommend one to purchase from PCS in my budget? If I spent £200 on another monitor I think £1200 would still be enough for a decent PC that'll last me a few years.

Aha, sorry, been busy all morning and only just got back. Monitor (information from display settings is best I can do) is HP 32, 1920x1080, 60Hz. Peripherals: Already got everything I want/need. It's solely for gaming. No video editing/streaming, just games and general internet stuff.

I felt fairly confident last night that I was just going to order one of the ready-made ones (Vortex XT) but after sleeping on it and checking the forums this morning I realise my PC knowledge is about 7 years out of date, I haven't kept up at all, so basically I don't know what I'm doing...

When I first noticed it a few weeks ago I blew all the dust out of it. I have an actual air compressor that you plug in, it's very powerful, really gives it a good clean, and it stopped for about 2 weeks then came back. I'll have to open the side when it's switched on later, sit waiting for the...

Graphics card, fan on side of heatsink,, exhaust fan at back, and I assume a PSU fan.

Ok I disconnected the hard drive and while I am absolutely shocked at how quiet a PC can be without an old fashioned HDD in it (this is the first time I've ever used one without a HDD) the weird chirping noise in still there. I'm not able to pinpoint where the noise is coming from... just that...

I've had the PC for at least 2 years now though and the noise is new. Started about 2 weeks ago. I'll unplug the HDD when I get home later and see if that puts an end to it. I won't miss it - I wasted money even having it put in because I've never needed it. I never install more than a couple of...

Hearing a weird noise in my PC. It's like periodic individual chirps, like one chirp at a time spaced a few seconds apart, then a machine-gun chirp lasting up to one second. It's quiet but I can hear it if I don't have my headphones on. Doesn't happen all the time, sometimes it goes days without...