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Hello folks. I’m pretty new to this pc streaming/building/anything lark and need some advice. I’m attempting to build a dedicated pc for streaming from console but would like to be as budget friendly as is possible. There’s a lot of numbers and letters attached to just about everything that I...

Hi all, I’ve not built a PC in 15 years and out of touch with PC gaming now as moved to console a while back- I got obsessive with needing the best unit and couldn’t afford to keep up. Onto now, my 13yo son is wanting to get a entry PC gaming set up. Initially for as little outlay as possible...

Hi, I am thinking about building a gaming pc to run modern titles at 1080p with decent frame rates. I am not really comfortable spending inflated prices for a graphics card. I had an idea in order to make my money back from an overpriced graphics card. What hardware would you recommend for a...

I know a bit about pc's but not a great deal on the companies. Could someone let me know if Zotac Gaming's 3060 gpus are good for their price or should i go for something like Asus or MSI?

Hi everyone, Have been using a 6y.o laptop to game on (have always been a console gamer) but since the power connector went on that, I'm looking at a new setup, either laptop or PC to game on. Should I go for a laptop over a PC? And if I go PC should I buy components separately or buy a pre...

Hey guys, New on here and new to building a pc from scratch. But I have a 9year old daughter that wants a pc for her birthday so she can play Minecraft on it. I only want a cheap model as this is her first pc so there is plenty of room to upgrade her for other Xmas and birthdays in the future...

Hi all, So ive just installed my first ever fan set up. My question now is do i need to adjust the speeds of the fans in the bios or any settings? Or does this automatically run? I jave breifly looked but didnt want to change settings im unsure of. I see there is an option to select fan smart...

New to forums, thought I’d introduce myself, erm *thinks* I’ve been a console only guy ever since I was 5 but two years ago I decided to the take the plunge of building a gaming pc, I was scared as hell lol. Anyway I picked parts on ************ and everything started arriving bit by bit, on the...

Hi guys, I'm new to the pc gaming community and want to build or buy my first gaming pc which could stream as well. I'm a pretty broke student so I can only spend around like £1300 or less on it. I wanna be able to play new games (like gtav or cod etc) and stream at 1080p if that's even...

Am just about to order my pc build and wanted to see if it was all good Graphics card: Radeon RX 580 8GB £200 CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 £180 RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB £70 Storage: WD Blue 1TB HDD Storage: WD Blue 500GB SSD Power supply: Corsair TX550M 450W 80 Plus bronze power supply...

Hi there, newbie to the forum. Hope everyone is keeping well during these strange times. Lockdown has got me wanting to build a PC. I'm not wanting to game on it (does that mean I dont need an expensive graphics card?), I just want a fast PC and I may stream so games on Twitch from my Xbox...

am looking to build my first pc as i am a photo retoucher and require a heavy duty system that can handle opening multiple files (1-2gb size) with lots of layers. I have selected storage on the basis of the fastest way to access and load files. I have done a good amount of research so far and...

Hey all, I'm a bit of a novice looking for some advice on creating a build fit for video editing and music production. My current laptop (since 2017) is beginning to slow down and considering its never been able to run the Adobe Creative Suite properly, I'm now looking to upgrade into something...

This is my overall setup, bear in mind this is my first custom PC setup so any help would be appreciated. This is also not a PC designed for only gaming even though I want to mainly play on 2140p, but I also usually have like 30 tabs running on my 2nd monitor (which is a must). Thanks! PC build...

Hi All, I’ve recently built this computer for video editing Sony A7Siii footage and it’s really slow in premiere pro. Ryzen 3900X Nvidia 1660 super 2 x 16GB 3200Mhz Crucial Ballistix TUF gaming X570 Plus WiFi 1TB Sabrent Rocket Nvme Others seem to be editing A7Siii footage with less...

Hello All I've joined these forums hunting down some help from those better educated than me when it comes to all things PC. Of recent I've been following everything next gen when it comes to gaming as I'm sure many of us have. To the point I nearly ordered myself a Series X till I realised a...

Hi new to the forum and will be trying to do my first build. Already have all the peripherals plus 2 x HDD's and was wondering if people could give comments and suggestions on what I am thinking for my build. Not build a PC before, would welcome comments/advice, on a budget but also like it to...