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Budget (including currency): Under £1000 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games from the past ten years and AAA games for the next few years Other details: I am looking to put together a PC mostly for gaming that will be able to play AAA games decently well for the next two to three years (though I don't expect to be playing at 144HZ Ultra setttings in 2023). I would like to be able to then make a few upgrades without having to completely replace everything so future proofing is important. I also require a new screen and I am looking to spend around £750 but absolutely no more than £1000 though I am happy to pick things up second hand (Especially the screen). A minimum of 1TB of storage is a must. I have experimented with a number of builds on PCPartpicker but I am not sure what I need to be spending and which parts (e.g. the motherboard) I should be looking at with future upgrades in mind as I have not have a new computer for six years. For example: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor £186.95 @ AWD-IT Motherboard MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard £69.98 @ Amazon UK Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory £68.39 @ Amazon UK Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £97.49 @ Amazon UK Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB OC Video Card £204.97 @ Amazon UK Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case £74.98 @ Amazon UK Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £79.98 @ CCL Computers Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total £782.74 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-20 12:00 BST+0100 Plus say £25 for a windowsd OEM key. ANy and all advice would be appreciated.

I am looking to pickup some new headphones so that I finally stop using my laptop speakers and old samsung earphones and I am looking to spend less than £100. I have done quite a bit of looking around but quite frankly, I am at a bit of a loss because of the range of options out there. My main prioritiese are audio quality, build quality, and comfort. Having said that, it would be very nice to have a built in microphone (just something basic and serviceable) and wireless would also be nice but of coud that comes with compromises. I have no beyond basic audio quality experience and I mostly play games fairly casually and listen to music. My music choices are quite diverse and range form rock to soft classical and quasi-operatic so I do not really want something that colours things too much. I do not care about branding or looks at all and I am perfectly fine with picking up something which has been manufacturer refurbished. I mostly use my headphones with my computer and ipad. Any thoughts and reccomendations would be appreciated. It would be great if higher prices are justified too as I have no idea whether a £50 jump from £50 to £100 would be worth it for me. I would not describe myself as a serious music listener, I just want to be able to enjoy and appreciate things a bit more.I primarily use my computer but I do want to be able to use my headphones with my ipad around the house at the very least. At the moment, I am seriously considering manufacturer refurbished Sennheiser HD 4.50s (£59). and HD 598s (£75) which I have heard good things about. These are very different headphones of course. As far as I can see, the 4.50s have several advatnages (wirelessness, cost, microphone, portability) but are less comfortable, durable, and not as nice to listen to. The 598s will obviously only be usable in the house, being open backed) but should provide much better sound and comfort levels. If anyone can answer a couple of questions on these two, I would appreicate it: 1) Given that I do not have an amp of any sort and am new to above basic audio quality, are the HD 598s worth the extra cost and reduced versatility? 2) How comfortable and durable are the 4.50s and for someone like me, would the audio quality still be great? Thanks in advance.

So, recently my old laptop packed it in and now I am looking to upgrade to my first proper gaiming pc in years. My budget is uncertain as although I am aiming for £1000-1200, I need peripherals as well as a desktop and so it may be a case of spending a bit more but over the course of the next six months. I am in the UK and so will be using Pounds Sterling. I am not really sure what I need in terms of power as I have not played a lot of games for a few years while i have been at university. I want to be able to play triple A games very comfortably and be able to actually enjoy the graphics. (For reference, my old laptop could not even play CS GO at 30fps at 1080p). I would also like to be able to continue to do this for 3-5 years (perhaps with a little bit of upgrading after three years). I am currently considering this build which is essentially the same as one featured in a recent Paul's Hardware video: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor £189.99 @ Aria PC CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 212 RGB Black Edition 57.3 CFM CPU Cooler £37.09 @ Amazon UK Motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard £104.99 @ Box Limited Memory Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory £95.47 @ Scan.co.uk Storage Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive £101.14 @ CCL Computers Video Card MSI Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card £377.97 @ CCL Computers Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case £89.99 @ PC World Power Supply Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £73.49 @ Amazon UK Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit £89.97 @ Laptops Direct Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total £1160.10 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-15 18:33 BST+0100 In addition, I also need a display and either speakers or headphones, preferably with a microphone. I do have a screen but it is an old, 1080p, 60hz Benq thing with a broken power button. I would quit like to move up to a nice 1440p display but this may be something to do in a little while unless the PC unprade would be completely wasted at the moment. FInal thoughts: whatever case I have needs to be easy to clean. I do not really care how it looks and RGB means nothing to me but I would prefer something relatively 'sleak'. I would also quit like something which is quiet or at least can be when not gaming as I sleep in the same room as my computer and often leave it on overnight doing things. Lastly, cooling. My last gaming PC had problems with this and was very loud because I always had to boost the speed of the fans in order to keep it cool. I would like to avoid this this time round especially in the interests of noise reduction. Any and all input on things would be very much appreicated.

Ok, so I can now boot into safe mode after interrupting the restart but I cannot boot normally.

Tried this but forgot to boot with networking. When I tried rebooting to change this, I found a new problem. I now get to the windows logo and the spinning dots wheel and then I see a black screen and can do nothing. I have now interrupted the restart several times and and windows is now doing its 'Diagnosing your PC' thing.

Temps have been completely normal and the fan is running as it always has.

Nope, nothing out of the ordinary in the task manager and no new programs have been instlled recently. I just booted into safe mode and now after restarting I am just seeing a black screen after the dell boot screen and the windows icon with the spinning wheel.

So, two days ago, I was completing an assessment for a job application. After clicking complete, Firefox started behaving very stragely. I could open tabs but not close them, switch between the, etc. I could only access the tab I was on. After this, the rest of my computer started behaving very poorly. Games that I had been able to play reasobaly well lost anywhere from 30-60% of their framerates. I could no longer watch video on Amazon Prime without jittering and screen tearing. As soon as I started to try to multitask, everything crawls to a halt but I can do basic things like open firefox and a few word documents without noticing any difference from normal. The problem is most noticeable in games because they place my system under load and they have an obvious framerate. I am on a Dell Inspiron laptop that is somewhere between four and five years old and has been worked fairly hard. I have spent considerable time trying to resolve the issue, here is what I have tried: - Kaspersky full virus scan - Malwarebytes - Malwarebytes Adwcleaner - Dell Support Assist - Ccleaner - Hddscan - Ram check - Driver check - Looked for oddly behaving processes in task manager - Rootkit scan So far, none of these have resolve the problem. The HDD and RAM appear to be fine. I have also booted a live linux image to the PC which appeared to be ok but I could not run a like-for like comparison as for some reason I could not get it to access the internt and couldn't put it under a decent load. So, as far as I can tell, there are no obvious hardware problems, no new viruses or malware, and no overheating issues. Currently, I am wondering what to do next. If this is most likely a hardware problem then I need to start looking for a new computer and praying to Lord Gaben to give me my money from the steam summer sale back. If this can potentially be resolved through software, is the next step to backup my files and reinstalling windows 10 or is there anything else I can try before that? Any help would be very much appreciated.