 | Intel i7-965 (Nehalem) Quad Core Processor Extreme Edition - 3.20 GHz,8MB L3 Cache,1600MHz FSB,Socket 1366,45 nm,3 Year Warranty,Retail Boxed
Buy used from: £750.00 Unlocked mulitiplier just right for extending the processors capabilities. Superfast, hyper threaded (8 virtual cores). The Core i7 965 Extreme is clocked at 3.20 GHz.
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 | Asus 1366 P6T Deluxe V2 S/L 6400MT/S
Buy new: £216.73 Perfect compatibility with my processor, 5 PCI slots (4 of them express). Supports CrosfireX as well NOTE: with two HD4870 cards in place I can only use 3 slots!! So beware!
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 | Corsair 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz DIMM 9-9-9-24 Memory Module Kit (HX3X12G1333C9)
Buy new: £250.28 With the X58 MoBo, this was an essential buy! The PT6 supports to 24 GBs. Way more than I need but the speed is amazing!
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 | Sapphire HD 4870 X2 2GB PCI E
Buy new: £296.89 / Used from: £250.97 I've got two in CrossfireX configuration. Big cards though so make sure your case is big enough (even the full Antec 1200 can only have two) and will allow acess to the other PCI slots!
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 | Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, 64 bit, English, 1 Pack, DSP OEI (DVD)
Buy new: £141.69 Fast and stable. Takes a bit of getting used to moving from XP though! I like the aero visual and the interactive desktop slideshow! Good upgrade!
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 | Western Digital Caviar 1TB Serial ATA II Hard Drive - WD10EACS
Buy new: £73.51 Hoping to set two of these up in a RAID configuration. Reasonably fast but a touch noisy. Not overly so though!
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 | LG BH08LS20.AUAR 8x Internal BDRW Black
Buy new: £153.49 Brilliant graphics on a HDTV. Quite quick to startup compared to some BD players. Can be a touch noisy when starting up or reading a disc!
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 | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series Sound Card
Buy new: £128.78 Great sound card with a plethora of options to tailor your sound to your personal taste. Loving the gaming, headphone, speaker modes.
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 | Level One WNC-0600 N_One 300 Mbps Wireless PCI Card
Does what is says on the tin. Fast connection with a very good range!
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 | Antec Twelve Hundred - Tower - ATX - no power supply - USB/Audio/E-SATA
Buy new: £135.02 / Used from: £115.00 Beast of a case but the HD4870X2's are huge cards! Excellent cooling fans (7 in all (some controllable) andcan add another!) with blue LEDs. 2 x SATA, 8 USB but only 1 FW. Excellent all rounder.
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 | Thermaltake W0133 1200W Toughpower Psu Modular
Buy new: £208.23 Maybe overkill (Leccy bill has shot up) but i always buy with the present and future in mnd. This should manage any future upgrades for a while to come! Very quiet but generates quite a bit of heat.
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 | CoolIT Domino A.L.C (Advanced Liquid Cooling System)
Buy new: £72.49 Easily fitted with excellent thermal cooling ability!
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 | 3 PORT PCI IEEE1394 FIREWIRE CARD MAC/PC UK
Buy new: £17.03 Tried to transfer from my old PC but could not access any of the PCI slots 'cos of the Xfire cards. Bugger!
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 | Belkin 4 Socket Surge Protector 2m Power Protection (UK) (F9H400UK2M)
Buy new: £6.64 Peace of mind. Essential if you've spent a lot of cash on your rig!
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 | Samsung 23-inch SM2343BW LCD TFT Monitor, 5ms, 20000:1, DVI
Buy new: £195.12 Got 2 of these as the Graphic cards can support two monitors each. Crisp, clear picture with low depth blacks. The tuner is a bonus. Sound is adequate but really needs the 2.1 or more setup.
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 | Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser
Buy new: £140.61 / Used from: £62.00 Sleek and a great looker. Takes up a lot or room though! Reasonably programmable and the media pad is fantastic. Tells u when there is new mail, what Itunes is playing, date, time, calculator etc.
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 | MERC Stealth Keyboard (PC)
Buy used from: £52.97 Great reviews!! Not had a chance to get it out the box yet as I'm working too damn hard at the moment. Will do in the New Year 2010!
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 | RAZER EXACTMAT
Buy new: £19.99 Metal with two different surfaces for your preference. Nice solid feel.
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 | Epson Stylus Photo PX710W All In One 6 Colour Photo Printer (Individual Inks, Screen and Integrated Wifi)
Buy new: £149.96 Once again, 2 months and still in the box but looks fairly impressive. Quite a large footprint which surprised me. Can't wait to try the wireless feature and HD printing!
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 | Western Digital My Book Home Edition 1TB USB 2.0 Firewire & eSata External Hard Drive
Mine stopped working after 5 months!! Forum state it may be a PSU problem. The Customer service was a joke but managed to finally get through and order a replacement lead. Still waiting for it!!
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 | Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X PS3 (PC compatible) (PS3)
Buy new: £30.79 I'm loving flight simulators! Been too busy to get it out the box though!!
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 | RAZER LACHESIS BANSHEE BLUE
Buy new: £47.45 Good reviews again with a very high DTP. Maybe more that is necessary. Not had a chance to give it a trial yet!! :-(
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