This Week's Hot Purchases

[soze]

Foxconn BLACKOPS X48 Socket 775 DDR3 7.1 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - Ebuyer

Lots of MB for the money not i7 but still seems a good price. Saw it on HUKD

 

[Kryten]

I did spy this myself on Ebuyer this morning too, certainly will be ideal if you've just popped a motherboard and are replacing just that. And being frank, that with a C2D or C2Q still doesn't represent bad value for money.

 

[soze]

Have been thinking about getting one of them with the £100 4870 to replace my Asus P5E and 8800 gt just not sure its worth it

 

[Yaka]

I've got a cisco one you could buy off me!

how much?

 

[Ch3tan]

It's a cisco 1700 series router, not sure if you could make use of it. I'll get the model number tomorrow and see what its actually worth.

 

[ECA]

Is it just me or £700 for a 50" plasma that's 1080p a steal?

LG 50PS3000 50-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p Plasma TV: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

 

[nath]

Yup, the price of plasmas has come down massively.

 

[Yaka]

hmm im happy with my 42" panny but the extra 8" would be nice as well.

tho nice that it has dinky speakers in there some where, i totaly dislike lcds and plasmas with speakers built in, specially if you can notice em.

 

[old.user4556]

Is it just me or £700 for a 50" plasma that's 1080p a steal?

LG 50PS3000 50-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p Plasma TV: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

A review if anyone is interested.

LG 50PS8000 TV review - from the experts at whathifi.com

 

[Starman]

*TODAY ONLY* - 896MB Gainward GTX 260 Golden Sample 55nm, 2200MHz GDDR3, GPU 625 MHz, Shader 1242 MHz, 216 Cores, + 3D/Batman - £105.79 [With free del through AVForum] @ Scan

Batman is worth at least £25 & 3D Glasses around are at least £5...

This makes the card around £75, not bad for a brand new Gainward Golden Sample GTX 260 Core 216. !

Manufacturer: Gainward Cooling: Dual Fan
Chipset: GTX 260 Interface: PCI-E 2.0(x16)
Edition: Golden Sample Connectivity: 2 x Dual Link DVI-I
1 x HDTV
Chipset Features: 128-bit floating point High Dynamic-Range (HDR)
16x Anti-aliasing Technology
2nd Generation NVIDIA Unified Architecture
Accelerated Physics Processing
Accelerated Video Transcoding
GigaThread Technology
Microsoft DirectX® 10
NVIDIA CUDA Technology
NVIDIA Lumenex Engine
NVIDIA nView Multi-Display Technology
NVIDIA PhysX-Ready
NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture
OpenGL 2.1 Optimization and Support
PureVideo HD
SLI:
Core Clock: 625 MHz SLI Type: 3 Way
Shader Clock: 1242 MHz HDCP Ready:
Memory: 896MB Width: Dual Slot
Memory Bit Rate: 448 Bit CrossFire Master:
Memory Type: GDDR3 CrossFire Slave:
Manufacturing process: 55 nm Low Profile:
Memory Clock: 2200 MHz VIVO:
Cores: 216 Package Type: Retail

*TODAY ONLY* - 896MB Gainward GTX 260 Golden Sample 55nm, 2200MHz GDDR3, GPU 625 MHz, Shader 1242 MHz, 216 Cores, + 3D/Batman - £105.79 [With free del through AVForum] @ Scan - HotUKDeals Forum

or direct link at Scan - Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online - Scan.co.uk

 

[Yaka]

hmm tmepted to get 2 even hto its scam

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Don't usually post in here, and this may even be a 'Hot Purchase' glen, but if I had a few extra quid at the moment I would definitely be wanting to get this.

Play.com (UK) : Logitech G25 Racing Wheel (Get An Extra £100 Off with Voucher Code: LOGG25) : Computing - Free Delivery

At £99, using the code, it is really great value for the best wheel this side of the really stupid money stuff.

RB

 

[Yaka]

thats good price, but bear in mind theres an updated wheel the g27 coming out and a g30 around xmas time whic is expected to cost alot more

 

[nath]

Fucksake! I want that bloody wheel, that's an awesome deal but I just can't justify buying it.

Arghhh.

 

[Yaka]

buy it tbh you play gtr2 dont you? it will make it more uber

 

[nath]

I actually don't and the reason is my old steering wheel is gameport not USB - and I'm on Vista. I perhaps would start playing my racing games if I had it but gah, I've got a flat to furnish, a new £650 LCD to buy and 5 kids to feed*. Just not sure it's a good idea now.







*may not be true.

 

[Kryten]

Bugger - great wheel :| Ended up buying a Logitech DFP instead - good wheel but the G25 is the dogs danglies. The 27 will be wonderful too, but it'll cost less to replace the real wheel, pedals, gearknob and gearbox in my actual car :|

 

[Kryten]

Right, been far too long.

Need a media centre case? £8 with 300w PSU. And no, it's not a shit one either!
BigPockets.co.uk :: Computer Case with 300W Power supply HS H360C-2O1E0 809/A006M/A006P £7.99

Hard drives.
Samsung F3 1tb £61.57
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM - Ebuyer
Stunning performer of a drive - a silly amount faster than just about anything else that isn't an SSD or Raptor. The 500gb can be had for 33 quid at Dabs and Scan also.

 

[soze]

Samsung 1.5TB External Hard Drive Hi Speed USB - Retail Story Station - Ebuyer

£10 more than the OEM Drive seems like a brilliant price to me.

 

[Kryten]

And this stonker courtesy of Starman:

Netgear RND2000 ReadyNAS Duo 2-Bay NAS Enclosure - CHRISTMAS SALE - Ebuyer

 

[Starman]

or Amazon if you prefer.

 

[Kryten]

Cracker of a screen with a stonking resolution:

Samsung SM2343NW 23" TFT Monitor 2048x1152 300cd/m2 20000:1 5ms VGA Black 3 Years Warranty - Ebuyer

 

[Jupitus]

This is pretty cheap, no?

Cheap 3.5" SATA Hard Disk Drives best offers

 

[Kryten]

ruddy hell, aye that's good

 

[Ch3tan]

What about the retailer though, anyone ever used them?

 

[Ctuchik]

Cracker of a screen with a stonking resolution:

Samsung SM2343NW 23" TFT Monitor 2048x1152 300cd/m2 20000:1 5ms VGA Black 3 Years Warranty - Ebuyer

that one gotta come with a catch

 

[MYstIC G]

What about the retailer though, anyone ever used them?

A long time ago when they were called something else as well but yeah, they were ok. Nothing special so basically use a credit card.

 

[dysfunction]

that one gotta come with a catch

It might be because it doesnt have an HDMI or DVI port...

 

[soze]

This seems like a good price for DDR3 look like it has good timings.

Patriot Sector 5 Viper II 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-12800 1600MHz Dual Channel + 3D Mark Vantage (PVV34G1600LLKB) [PVV34G1600LLKB] Memory DDR3 Dual-Channel - PC3-12800

 

[Killswitch]

I've just ordered one of these and it looks like a steal at £690...seen mixed reviews of the retailer, but they've been excellent for me. Of course, I've not got it yet...

Acer Aspire 5740G 15.6" laptop (1366x768)
Core i5-430M CPU @ 2.26GHz
4GB DDR3 RAM
Radeon Mobility HD5650 1GB DDR3 GFX Card
BD-ROM/DVD-RW Combo Drive
500GB 5400RPM HDD

Acer Aspire 5740G LX.PMB02.093
Notebookcheck: Intel Core i5 430M Notebook Processor
Notebookcheck: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650