Recent content by Thorburn

Got it on the 29th - not had a chance to use it a great deal with it if I'm honest. Taken some test shots in JPEG as didn't have any software compatible with the CR3 files from it (except DPP4 which is like pulling teeth), but noticed today that Lightroom Classic and ACR 11.4.1 support it now so...

Pre-ordered an EOS M6 Mk2 kit today with the 15-45, EVF and EF/EF-S adapter. Want to try a smaller camera setup for carrying around on days out as mostly use my 5D3 with 50mm f/1.4 or 24-105mm f/4L, but its a bit bulky now we have a 1-year old in tow so been falling back to using my phone and...

S100 and 5D3 owner. As with others love its combination of small size, RAW photography and manual controls. Handling is nice with the ring adjustment as well. Genuinely fits in my jean pocket along with my phone, which is exactly what I wanted. Every time I go out and don't have to 5D3 with me...

For the this user I'd probably agree, there is no point going with anything other than integrated graphics as the GeForce GT 610 is worthless and he's unlikely to see any benefit from it (in fact it may be slower than HD 4600....). In a 16GB system losing a bit to the IGP doesn't really matter...

Either ditch the GeForce GT 610 or (preferably) swap it for something better - I'd switch down to an i5 if needs be and go with a GeForce GTX 750. Edit: Personally I'd look at Chillblast as well. Guessing by the warranty description that PC is from PC Specialist.

What are you actually hoping to experience a performance improvement in? The main gain from SSDs is from the reduction in random access times - the number of real world scenarios where you'll actually get anywhere close to the peak read or write speeds of the drive are pretty small. Using...

Bit unfair to tar all with the same brush - I'm in the process of trying to set up in this area and have no intention of going down that route. There is plenty scope to make a decent living while still keeping things reasonably priced and ethical, and hopefully in doing so business will grow...

If it's been a sudden step change in performance and crashing I'd be looking to see if there is an issue somewhere - perhaps check on temperatures, look in Task Manager for any processes running the CPU flat out and scan for malware. Computer hardware won't get slower over time, it's either a...

Not necessarily - there are dual-core i7's in mobile are as well as quad-cores. If a chips model number doesn't end in QM or XM then it's a dual-core.

You'll want a clean Windows install anyway, if I was speccing a system I'd order with a smallish (128GB) SSD with Windows 7 installed and then add the 500GB in as a secondary drive for storage.

If the current drive is SATA then you'll be able to plug it in to an existing system and keep using it as a secondary drive, if it's IDE then you won't. What is the make and model of the current system?

I used to play Quake 3 in leagues and generally the detail levels always got turned right as it made it a LOT easier to spot people. It may seem silly but things like turning off blood so that people didn't get lost in a red haze as you gibbed someone made a big difference when you were in a...

Yep, buy a new PC. Adding more RAM will be relatively expensive as it'll be out of production now, and will be akin to putting a sticky plaster over a missing limb.

For single screen gaming a GTX 680 is generally plenty. I'm not really a fan of SLI setups so if you need more grunt I'd look at the GeForce Titan card that's been released now - a seriously impressive bit of kit.

I'm not really sold on convertible Ultrabooks (or tablets), but I have most of them at work and the XPS 12 is my favourite of the bunch. I like the way the screen flips, it's fairly well priced, and the screen is pretty good. Make sure you order it with 8GB DDR3 as it's soldered down and can't...