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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Another BETA Driver - GeForce R310.61

    New beta drivers are out, only minor updates and compatibility for PlanetSide 2 and Hitman: Absolution Any one tried these? http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/win8-...driver-uk.html
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST COOLIT ECO A.L.C has leaked

    Hi all, I am back after a long time away. I see some of the familiar names are still here. The one thing I was dreading about my PC has happened. After 18 months of use the liquid has leaked. My GPU - 560ti (which I bought elsewhere) is soaked. What are the chances that this is now...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST nVidia browsing/desktop TDR issues post 275.XX drivers

    Hi all, I have been away from this forum a good while now and been concentrating on the nVidia forum to troubleshoot my TDR nightmare. Just wanted to know what is PCS's official stand on this problem? If customers who bought a PC from PCS is suffering from this what should they do? I am one...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST P6X58D-E - SATA 6Gb/s

    Not sure if this has been asked before by someone else, I am thinking of buying either: http://www.corsair.com/ssd/force-series-3-ssd/force-series-3-120gb-sata-3-6gbps-solid-state-hard-drive.html or http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-agility-3-sata-iii-2-5-ssd.html However I have read somewhere...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Windows 7 Video Thumbnails Not Showing

    Hi Peeps, Not sure if anyone will be able to help (usually someone on this board does come up trumps) or if someone has asked this before. I seem to have lost the thumbnails for all my movie files. I used to be able to see a still preview of the video in explorer with either VLC player/WMP...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Noctua NF-P12

    Does anyone know if it is possible to control the fan speeds of the NF-P12 using Q-FAN whilst connected to the CPU Fan header? I have one connected and it seems to be running at full RPM despite SILENT mode being set up in bios.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST MSI GTX 560 Ti TWIN FROZR II

    I have the above graphics card and the minor bug I am having is that when I enter bios I do not get a full screen. There is a black border around the bios menu, I can see the whole bios menu though but small. There are no problems with the screen size when I enter into windows. The monitor I...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Second PCS PC arrived yesterday

    I loved the PCS service so much first time round I bought a second PC for my brother, spec below: Case: COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE Processor (CPU) :AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz/9MB CACHE) - BLACK EDITION Motherboard: ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO Memory (RAM): 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST GTX 560 Ti temps

    Hi, Does anyone know what the normal temps are for these cards. I have read that maxed out they reach around 60-65C. If you have one of these would you be able to find out what your temps are on load?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Budget Video Editing PC

    I am trying to spec up a video editing PC for my brother and came up with the one below. Any thoughts will be appreciated, his budget is £700. Case COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE Processor (CPU) AMD PHENOM II X6 1090T (3.20GHz/9MB CACHE) - BLACK EDITION Motherboard ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST SSD Drives

    Do PCS sell SSD drives to existing customers if so will someone from PCS be able to let me know what the current prices are?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Weird Power Problem When Gaming

    Last night when playing Crysis 2 the lights in my PC started flickering on and off. The second time the PC restarted. I have never seen this happen before. Any ideas what could have caused this?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Thermal Paste recommendation

    My trusted old Core 2 Quad Q6600 has got a really bad fever:( and is in need of a bit of TLC. What do you suggest as a good thermal paste to buy to get it back near to what the temps were before?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Hidden Object Game on AMD 6870

    I am playing a Hidden Object Game which seems to make my GPU get extremely hot (70C) http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/11848/the-treasures-of-mystery-island-ghost-ship/index.html. The fan is working overtime to keep the GPU cool. It is not really a graphically intensive game so no...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST ASUS® P6X58D-E Chassis QFan

    Not sure if this question has been asked previously. I set up Qfan under CHASSIS FAN in bios which seems to set the fan speeds to 60% (tested using SpeedFan) regardless of whether I choose Standard, Silent or Turbo. I then ran Prime95 for a few minutes to check if the fan speeds increase as...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Coolit ECO ALC - changing stock fan

    Has anyone had any experience of changing the fan of this cooler. I am thinking of installing 2 x NF-P12 in push/pull, would this work and how easy is it to change?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST HDMI problems - AMD 6870 and BenQ V220H monitor

    Hi all, I am back again after 2/3 months with a problem hopefully someone can help with. I have a BenQ V220H monitor which supports HDMI input. However when I connect my AMD 6870 and set it to 1920 X 1080 output (which is apparently the recommended setting) the picture I get on the screen is...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Idle temp for PCS overclocked I7 950

    Hi, what should the expected idle temp be for the above? I get the following: Core #0 - 53C Core #1 - 46C Core #2 - 52C Core #3 - 48C This is with the Coolit ECO ALC, is this normal?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Checking fps during gaming

    Not sure if this has been asked before, but how do you check fps during gameplay on games such as medal of honor and black ops? Is this possible?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST AMD 6870 users

    Hi, Anyone on here have an AMD 6870? Would you be able to check if you can load the article below from cricinfo? Not just the advert but the actual video article. I am having problems loading this on my PC. Thanks http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/video_audio/487989.html
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