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once again thanks for your advice. I'm hoping to get a couple more years out of this PC before I replace.

Hi, this is 4K monitor but I mainly use the PC for editing photographs and the additional £750 would be well outside my budget. Thanks for your advice. I can put the money saved towards a new lens.

Hi, thanks for the quick response, the PC has now 32G of Ram and a 1TB SSD drive. The monitor is a Dell U2723QE Ultra sharp. Budget £250 to £350 Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-9700K (3.6GHz) 12MB Cache Motherboard Gigabyte Z390 UD: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs -...

Hi, I need some advice if I can upgrade my Graphics Card on my desktop, below is the spec of my PC. If it can be upgraded, please offer suggestions. Thanks Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor i7-9700K (3.6GHz) 12MB Cache Motherboard Gigabyte Z390 UD: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1...

Hi, thanks for your prompt reply, I don't know how i have never noticed this before.

Hi, I have never noticed this before. on top of my case adjacent to the on-off switch there is an LED flashing with what looks like a cylinder. Is this something to worry about. My main C drive is an SSD and the D drive is a 3TB HDD. I fitted an additional 2 sticks of RAM today. Can anyone...

Hi, apologies for asking another question, I'm going to purchase the Samsung SSD 970 EVO, the Plus and Pro are outside my budget. I know the pictures of the SSD are actually bigger on the screen than the actual product, but is this a direct replacement for my 256GB INTEL® 760p M.2 NVMe PCIe...

Hi thanks to all who responded, I will buy the Samsung 970 evo pro

Hi, thanks for your reply, I have attached my spec as requested. This is the drive which has Windows on. I will be downloading a new version.

Hi, I want to upgrade my SSD ( 256GB INTEL® 760p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (upto 3210MB/sR | 1315MB/sW) } to 1TB . I want it to be a direct swop, plug out, plug new one in. I'm confused with the number of different types available. I'm not a "gamer" but like to use Photoshop and Lightroom . Can anyone...

Hi, thanks for your reply, the Wireless Adapter cant be picked up on the Device manager and also there is no mention of wireless on the Settings / Network / Adapters. i have re-seated the card and problem exists. it did work at one time but i changed the connection to a wired one.

Hi, I have just discovered my WiFi card is faulty in my PC Specialist Desktop. On my spec it is a WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD . I was going to buy this card as a replacement , ASUS PCE-N15 Wireless PCI Card. Can anyone please advise is this the correct card to purchase, thanks.

Hi, I hope you don’t mind me asking a question on your thread. I was just about to purchase a PC which one of the sales team had designed when he mentioned this Vortex model. Spec is higher,except for the M2 card and the hard drive. He was quoting the Samsung 970 250Gb and a Pro 4Tb seagate hard...

Hi, my 8 year old PC is nearing its end of life, video card is about to go. I would appreciate if advise can be given on a build. I use Photoshop and Lightroom, I don’t edit videos. Budget is between £1200 and £1300

Hi, finally getting round to ordering my new PC, I have a budget of around £1050. I'm a keen photographer and the PC would be used for Lightroom and Photoshop, no video editing. What spec could anyone from the forum recommend. Do I go for the new Ryzen 1600X processor or the I5 7600. Thanks in...

Hi, I can't access pc specialist forum via home hub and wifi. When I take the link from the main site or put the full address in to the browser I get a message oh dear , a few lines of possible problems and then 20 seconds later I get taken back to main site. Have tried the following with no...

Hi, please help, I have a budget around £770, for a desktop. I use Photoshop and Lightroom but I don't edit videos. Can anyone advise on a spec, should I go for the new Series 7 Kaby Lake processor or ask for the i5 series 6 processor. Looking for 16G of ram.

Hi, still looking to replace my ageing PC. I have a budget around £680, and I require the PC to be capable of handling Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. It will never be a Gaming PC. I was thinking of the Skylake Processor I5 , 6500. Is it possible to build a PC with this processor and 16GB RAM...

Hi, my desktop PC ( Intel Quad PC Q8300 @ 2.5GHz, with 8GB Ram) is beginning to creak when I use Photoshop or Lightroom. I have resisted changing as I thought a quad core processor could handle most operations except for games. I would appreciate if anyone can advise what spec I should go for...