TomPlum

If you mean compressed air, shake the can well and spray it up-right.

To be fair when it comes to drives, given the high failure rate in general, it's difficult to say which brand is better. I've had lots of Seagate Barracuda drives for general use in my PC and had no failures. I've also got Seagate externals. again, never had an issue. I've also got 8TB of WD Red in my NAS drive running 24/7, also no issues. Yet, you see people on forums complaining that their Seagate and WD drives are failing after a short period of time. Luck of the draw. Some batches turn out bad, and consequently, people sometimes receive 5+ failing or DOA drives at once. I'd say it's down to personal preference and price. If you can find a good deal on one, go for that. Just make sure you choose the right type of drive for your use. You can see the difference in WD Drive colours here: http://blog.usro.net/wd-hdd-colors-difference/ edit: As other have pointed out, a 5TB drive seems un-necessary for 'general use'. Maybe for heavy raw 4K video storage? But not general use. 2TB would be a sweet spot for your OS, lots of programs, media and games with some room to spare for the future.

Make sure resolution scaling isn't on. Fullscreen it if possible (even borderless window can decrease performance in this game). Turning down the advanced settings like FXAA, TXAA, AA etc.. as they kill your GPU. The advanced setting screen has a bar for vRAM as well if I recall correctly. Try turning down settings like draw distances and population density to decrease the load.

Yeah I'm doing the same. I've got access to Microsoft Dreamspark which gives you keys to all version of Windows, Office 365, Server 2012 etc. Activate it with your Microsoft account, that way, when you switch PC's you'll keep your activation without the need for the key (Just sign in again).

No worries. I too enjoy nice packaging and braided cables Best of luck!

Yeah see what they offer tomorrow

Fair enough. You'd also need to check if the offer financing over 12/24/36 months etc...

You'd have to check their policy on price matching. Some companies do, some don't.

Explain your problem to a staff member in the store. See what Razer products they can get hold of, and take it from there.

Yeah you could try asking for a discount if you're purchasing a job-lot. Might have to go with Corsair if you can't realistically get the shipping for the Razer products. It's really solely down to what you want, and if you can get it, how cheap you can get it for.

I'd try and find somewhere that sells as many of the products you want in one, then bundle that together to reduce or even eliminate shipping costs. Then buy the other product from elsewhere.

Ah, It's just occurred to me that OP was not using this as a casual day-to-day backup for a Windows PC. You're right. It's the same when using it on OSX and then using it with Windows, exFAT will be the culprit.

Hmm, that's about £310. I spent about £125 + £70 + £30. So it's not crazy, but it's still a large investment for something isn't needed. At the end of the day it's your money and it's up to you. I've got about £3k+ in my setup. But I love computers, it's what I'm studying at Uni and pursuing as a career. So i'll happily spend every penny I earn on it. Can you not find the same products on Amazon? Will they not ship them too you?

Hmm, can you take a screenshot of your Disk Management window?

That's why I ditched the 2TB Segate External and bought a Synology NAS for back-up purposes.