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If you don't mind me asking how much did it cost to have this work done and who did you use ?

I recently got a 13 from the outlet, the temps are a bit high but other than that it's great. I've decided to keep it and repaste or undervolt as they knocked another 5% off when I called. Most manufacturers seem to be hit an miss with temps and all use cheap paste, I know that fundamentally...

That's my thoughts, I've put in a request for that, although the tech phone support thought it was within tolerances...so maybe they might send someone (will know in a few days) but looks like they won't...so if that does turn out to be the case not sure what to do. Got two options I guess...

I updated the bios this evening and it's made perhaps a small difference, max temp was 95 or so in the benchmark test. This on the standard fan profile again It just seems a hot to hot, I know a gaming laptop will get hot but temps in the 90s seem excessive. I also checked the temp...

Ok so after a lot of hmmming and rrrring I bit the bullet and picked up a new (well new looking) laptop from dells outlet a Alienware 13 with a 1060. Initial impressions were very positive very nice bit of kit. I know theirs been temp issues with Alienwares so first thing I did was run...

I just got an Alienware 13 from the outlet, it's not arrived yet but it's the spec you listed only with 16gb on the ram. It was £1350 so a pretty good deal and much better spec than any other 1060 you will find at that price. As long as it does not turn up in awful condition (which going from...

It all comes from the fact that a card like the gtx940 is so much slower than say a 970gtx that even when the new gen version comes out the improvement is from such a low base that it takes years and I mean years and years before it catches up with the old 970 Intergrated graphics are like half...

If you want to do any kind of gaming a dedicated card is important. Intergrated graphics just does not cut it on games even on the most basic settings. You should be able to get a slimline machine with a 960 which will be a vast improvement over intergrated. That machine looks ok if you don't...

I been on an off buying a laptop for the past 6 months, almost bought one and cancelled one on Blackfriday (good deal just not what I wanted). Because I don't urgently need one yet I'm holding out as nothing has really has me going I must get that. From my browsing and research the general...

The I5 6300 is the one I've seen a few laptops using, the main difference to the I7 6700 is clock speed and hyper threading Don't think many/any games really using that at the moment Clock speeds are around 10 to 15 better, if you can get an I7 it's better and more future proof but if it's a...

COH 2 needs a 980 (desktop card) to run at around 60 FPS average in max settings at 1080p A 960m will be low settings all the way, look at the performance of a 980m in that review at 1080p on top settings and bear in mind those are probably average frame rates so things could drop down an easy...

Some strategy games can have pretty hefty requirements, latest Company of Heroes/Total War so I'd get the best GPU/CPU combo you can afford. An Asus 702 with a 1060 would be your best bet IMO not many 1060 machines available within that price range, see if you can get a Xmas/Jan sales deal

Yeah I saw that deal on very, it was pretty good as you got a 965 instead of the usual 960 cards that come in around that price point

The only ones I can see at that price have the 970 ? Am I missing something

I don't think FM has very high requirements, but for any kind of gaming a dedicated card is best. For not to demanding games anything with a 940m or better + 8gb ram should see it run ok but if you can get a faster card like a 950 or 960 then that will increase the number of games you can...

I'm looking for a new gaming laptop, I've seen various different brands MSI, Alienware, Asus etc At the moment I'm mainly going on price, so I been looking at a Asus Strix 17 Reason I like is for a 1060 machine it looks very well priced at £1350 with an I7, 16 gig, 17 inch g sync screen...

Same boat looking for a new laptop, I've kinda zoomed up and down the budget but have decided it's not worth spending all that cash and not getting a 10x card, they have loads more performance and will be much more future proof. A 1060 is quite a bit faster than a 970m if you don't ever plan...

I thinking about getting a new laptop and I've figured it might be an idea to get a gaming one as I had a gaming desktop in the past and for the 4 to 5 years it was fully operational I really enjoyed gaming on it. I have a ps4 now so likely won't game as much on the PC and would prefer...

It's a nice laptop, it's a shame the 1080p screen is not touchscreen as well but other than that it looks a very smart machine

I've gone for a fan based cooler, I'll probably want to OC at some point and I think a good air cooled system should easily see me get 10 to 15 % which I'd be happy with