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As long as the rest of the system has been configured well (which it has), then the first item you'd upgrade would be the GPU, as AAA games will keep expecting more and more GPU power every generation...and even the same game may get an engine update which requires more graphical power. If your...

Only PCS and Corsair can say what's technically different between the 2 sets of RAM (it might be timing, batch, binning, or just the extra power draw of the RGB). It's very strange though. It could be a completely random incompatibility between that batch of RAM and that batch of motherboards...

Yes, PSU and case are sized well for that card.

Yes, that's perfectly fine, and is what I did with my latest build as I had an RTX4090 from my previous build. If the CPU has integrated graphics then there's no issue testing it. You may have to plug your GPU cables into the PSU, tidy up the cabling, and install the correct drivers yourself...

Simply change the 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB) to 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 6000MHz (2 x 16GB) But they must use lots of that RAM with that motherboard (as it's a config we recommend all the time), so they need to investigate why it's now an issue.

Depends on your budget. If it's £2100 then there's no room for a more expensive case, more expensive PSU or more fans/cooling/aio. Let us know if your budget has changed and we can see where it's best spent. The Fractal North is a good case, and one of the ones I was considering before the...

I agree that the config messages are confusing, but PCS are not recommending a 750W PSU, they're simple saying you could get away with a 750W PSU if you need to save money and never plan on pushing your machine hard, or upgrading the GPU in 2-3 years time. We tend to 'future-proof' this a...

Some small tweaks to optimise to your budget. Case CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE - assuming this will fit within your space constraints (with space for airflow) Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Eight Core CPU (4.2GHz-5.0GHz/104MB w/3D V-CACHE/AM5) - 8 x3D cores vs the 6...

If it's for gaming, then the 7800x3D is better than the 7900x3D - as the 7900x3D is 6 normal + 6 x3D cores - wheres the 7800x3D is 8x3d cores (and it's the 3D cores that benefit gaming). If there's other uses that you believe you need the normal cores for then please detail them. Is that case...

In that case, the Thermaltakes are fine - just set them to a speed that keeps them silent (trial and error) and let them pull in a steady amount of ambient air. There's no controller with the Thermaltake fans, so you'll probably need Asus FanXpert to control them - which is part of Asus...

Probably controlled via the motherboard software (or BIOS fan profile) as it's only fan speed control (no RGB).

Not quite, as the 5000X has a glass panel in front of the fans. Corsair do 4 options: 5000D (solid front) 5000D Airflow (mesh front) 5000D Airflow RGB (mesh front) 5000X RGB (glass front) The 5000D RGB version is not in PCS options at the moment, so you'd have to source it yourself and send...

Do you still have Norton installed? If so, remove it, as it's no better than malware/nagware (but it shouldn't be slowing your machine down anymore than it was). I'm not a laptop expert by any means (I have a works machine and that's about my level of expertise), but these are general to all...

Don't forget that there's already a 1x120mm front and 1 x 120mm rear fan with that case, so you don't necessarily need more fans (although I'm a sucker for not leaving an empty hole unfilled). But to answer the question, the 'best' there are the new iCUE Link ones (but probably the most...

Could you post your full spec as detailed in the link below. https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/how-to-post-your-specification-to-the-forum-check-this-spec.73718/#post-559098 Personally, and assuming no hardware fault, I'd backup everything (although you probably already have a...

Is something like VMWare Workstation a suitable alternative for this - and maybe simper? I was a long time user of VirtualPC and VMWare Fusion on Macs for Windows virtualisation.

Off topic - feel free to move/delete I don't know if it was a recent Windows update that caused it, but I had a few worrying crashes (well, mostly failures to launch) in some games I'd played happily for 10s/100s of hours previously...and I probably get one or two crashes a month normally...

Don't forget that Everton got 2 sets of deductions (one reduced on appeal, the other they didn't bother with as they were safe) for 2 different years...so Man City should get 10 years of deductions...and even if reduced on appeal they should be no less than 2 points each. Which would mean either...

I've got the Alienware AW3423DW (non-F) version which came a few months before the model above, and had been waiting for about 18 months for a 32" OLED but got fed up waiting. It's a very slight 1800R curve compared to some (i.e. from above the edges look about 1-2" further forward than the...

Technically possible, yes! Recommended, no! As to show 1440p on a 4k display will mean everything has to be interpolated to fit into more pixels as 3840 is not directly divisible by 2560 (or 2160 by 1440) it's 1.5:1 but it needs to be a whole number to be accurately mapped (1080p is 2:1 but...