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This is another good deal on a Graphics Card. I just wrote a discount graphics card post yesterday and I found this one today. This deal is available at Compusa. EVGA Geforce 9800GTX PCI-Express Graphics Card is priced at $270 at compusa. You can get even further discount if you use a paypal account to pay for it. Using a paypal account to purchase the EVGA Geforce 9800GTX PCI-Express Graphics Card will drop the price down to $250. The $20 paypal discount offer can be applied on any item on Compusa provided the product costs is atleast $200.

Well back to the EVGA Geforce 9800GTX PCI-Express Graphics Card. This NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX based Graphics card provides gamers with lifelike graphics at the same time, providing optimal power management with the use of HybridPower technology. When the graphics card is not in use, it shuts down which in turn lowers the power consumption and noise.

Here are some of the specifications and features that are available in a EVGA Geforce 9800GTX PCI Express Graphics Card.

• NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX Graphics Processing Unit
• 675 MHz processor clock frequency
• 512MB of Video Ram with a memory bandwidth of 70.4GB/sec which runs at 2200 MHz.
• 256-bit GDDR3 memory interface
• Has a maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600 (Digital)
• PCI Express 2.0
• Supports Multiple monitors
• Supports Microsoft DirectX 10 & Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.1
• NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface)
• NVIDIA HybridPower
• NVIDIA Unified Architecture
• NVIDIA Lumenex Engine
• NVIDIA Quantum Effects Technology and a whole lot more technologies.

EVGA Geforce 9800GTX Graphics Card specs are a lot similar to 8800GTX but EVGA Geforce 9800GTX Graphics Card runs a lot cooler. Because EVGA Geforce 9800GTX Graphics Card uses a PCI express 2.0, it is about 10% faster than even 8800Ultra. This is the graphics card to go for if you are looking a Tri-SLI (three graphics card) as it costs a lot less than other high end graphics cards. 9800GTX even very gets close to 9800GX2 specs which is a much more expensive card (around $500). EVGA Geforce 9800GTX Graphics Card provides awesome performance in this price range.

I wish I could have EVGA Geforce 9800GTX PCI-Express Graphics Card. It has a huge amount of Video Ram and could run any games that are on the market right now. $250 is a bit off my budget for a graphics card but I think some hardcore gamer would appreciate the EVGA Geforce 9800GTX PCI-Express Video Card for $250.

Two good deals at the same time. If you are looking for some quality Graphics card for your PC, this is one of the best deals you will ever find. This post includes two different deals on two different Graphics Card which should be perfect for any kind of budget. Here is the first and the cheapest one on offer.

Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2600XT at Buy.com can be purchases at just $30 after rebates. New Google Checkout users can get an additional $10 discount which drops the price down to $20. If you have received a $25 coupon for Google Checkout, you can get Diamond Viper Radeon 256MB Graphics Card for just $5. I have published a post a deal on Diamond Viper ATI Radeon X1650 PRO Graphics Card before but this a lot better deal that that one. Here are some of the specifications for Diamond Viper Radeon Graphics Card. (BTW shipping is free)

• Radeon 2600 XT GPU, 800 MHZ Clock Frequency
• 256MB of Video Ram which has 128-bit GDDR3 memory interface
• Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
• Supports Microsoft DirectX 10 & Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.0

This deal includes two products, a XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB PCI Express Graphics Card as well as Company of Heroes Game for $150. This deal is offered by Newegg. Buy a XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB PCI Express Graphics Card and get a Company of Heroes game for free (while supplies last). The price is dropped to $150 for XFX GeForce 8800GT 512MB PCI Express Video Card after a $30 mail-in-rebate. Here are some of the specifications for XFX GeForce 8800GT Graphics Card.

• Nvidia GeForce 8800GT GPU, 600MHz Clock Frequency
• 512MB Video Ram which has 256-bit GDDR3 memory interface
• Supports Microsoft DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0
• Maximum Resolution of 2560 x 1600
• 2 DVI port and 1 HDTV Out port
• PCI Express 2.0 x16 interface

I wish I had a PCI Express slot. I would have surely bought the XFX GeForce 8800GT Graphics Card for my PC. It is quite hard playing games on my Laptop which has a lot better Graphics Card than my desktop and can’t run most games on it because of that.

Building a PC is not that big of a deal if you know what you are doing. For this you need some experience with hardware and software installation. Well to do this you need to buy all the different parts you would need to build your own PC from scratch. This simple step can be quite confusing if you don’t know what you want and what best works with what as there are lots and lots of hardwares available for PC. So you will need some information and some experience to build you own PC. There are some upsides to building your own PC, you could get a high end system for a very low price. A pre-assembled PC of the same configuration would cost much much more than if you build your own PC.

How to Build a Computer? Well for a novice it can be a very confusing and hard task but there are some sites that offer their expertise in building your own PC. Not only that, they will provide you with all the parts and instructions to do so. This way, you won’t have any problems with different parts not being compatible with each other as sites like Easy AS My PC that sell PC building kit would have tested the compatibility of all these parts. These kind of Build your own PC kits are much more cheaper than a pre-assembled ones. Easy AS My PC will also give all the instruction you would need to build your own PC with a very detailed illustration. Besides the kit, you would need only a screwdriver to do so. Doesn’t matter if you are a novice as the instructions are very easy to read and follow.

The best kit found at Easy AS My PC costs $1,199 which is a lot cheaper if you get a pre-assembled PC with the same configuration. This Build your own Gaming PC kit has:

• Fully illustrated assembly guide
• 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 2GB SDRAM (2 x 1GB)
• 250GB Hard Drive
• GeForce 8600GTS 256MB Video
• 16X DVD-ROM
• 750W ATX 12V power supply
• Keyboard and mouse
• Choice of operating system

It is not the best available configuration by far but it is not that bad either. For the best configuration, you would want to get a quad core processor and a bit more of RAM plus a Video Card with at least 512MB of Video RAM. I would also get a DVD Writer or even a BluRay optical drive if you want to go state of the art but it would cost you considerably much more money. Power supply and Hard drive looks good but you could get a bigger hard drive, maybe a 1TB hard drive. Thats just me though. This system should be enough for a regular gamer. Well, if you know what you are doing, you should get your own parts and customize it to suit your needs. This system is geared towards novices for building their own PC and save some money doing so.

As we depend more and more on technology and specially computers, we should be always on the safe side as it can fail. We store a lot of valuable data and other stuffs like pictures and stuffs on our computer’s hard drive. Hard drive is liable to fail at any moment as it has a lot of movie parts. This has happened to me a couple of times. The hard disk just crashed without notice and I lost a lot of media files that I had collected. I didn’t have any knowledge of Data Recovery at that time and I just threw the hard disk away. It would have been very useful for me as I could get back almost all the files I had on the crashed hard drive.

Well, professionals can recover almost all the data from a crashed hard drive if you do it in time. Don’t try to run the hard drive if you hear any odd noise and it might damage the hard drive even more. Leave it for the professionals. Dtidata.com is just one of those sites that offer data recovery services for customers. They provide data recovery services of all kind, for servers, for laptops, for desktops, for Mac computers and anything you can think of that has a hard drive. They also provide valuable raid data recovery service. You could use a data recovery software and do it yourself but for a bit complex situations, you will have to get professional help and dtidata.com provides just that kind of service. You might want to look at their data recovery blog if you want a bit more information on data recovery. Their blog has a lot of valuable information on anything that has to do with data recovery. If dtidata.com can’t recover your lost files, they won’t charge you a think. They are a Microsoft certified partner so expect quality work from them. All the softwares found on the site was developed by them and they also offer a class 100 clean room which you won’t find on many data recovery companies so you will get quality for your money. You can ask for a free data recovery quote for single hard drives if you need to know the charges.

To prevent logical damages, you might want to use NTFS as it provides more protection because of its encryption process. To prevent physical damage, there is almost nothing you can do. Well don’t let your hard drive get too hot and handle it with care. Don’t let it endure shocks. Thats it, nothing more you can do for physical hard drive crash so it is best to backup your important data to another hard drive or DVD’s. Prevention is better than cure.

Everyone wants to make their operating system their own and to do this you have to either use a skin which will take up lot of memory as you will have to install some third party software (Wincustomize of some other similar softwares). The easiest and the fastest way to customize your computer is to place a set of icons which doens’t need any special software. Just download the set of icons you like and set them as you might want to. Downloading a free icon is not that hard, there are lots of sites that offer free download of icon packs and also some paid ones. Apart from using these icons in your computer, you can apply it to your own software, websites or anything whatsoever you want to do.

FreeIconsDownload is one of the free icon downloads sites and there will be no legal issues if you want to use it in your software or websites as all of the icon sets found at FreeIconsDowload are royalty free. Free Icons download has very exclusive collection which you can not find on the popular icons website and most of the all the quality of icons are really great. There are more than 15 categories in which icons are divided as well as you can also list icons as most download icons. They have a huge collection free icons on offer. I searched around this site for quite a while and I really liked the Social Bookmark Icons. I think I am going to use these icons on this blog. I am thinking of removing the big one that I have right now and use the Social Bookmark Icons set I found at Free Icons Download.

Ok, here is another great deal I found. First deal in available on BestBuy. They are having a sale on Seagate 1TB Internal SATA Hard Drive for $190. Shipping is free if you choose in-store pickup. The cost is still a bit high but look at the bright spot, you will have 1 TB of storage space. Well, you could get another Seagate hard drive if this one breaks as it has a 5 years parts and labor warranty. I could use this much space. Both my Hard Drives are almost full (80GB and 160GB). Here are some of the specs for the Seagate 1TB internal SATA Hard drive.

• Obviously, 1TB of storage space
• Data transfer speed of up to 3 Gbps
• 32MB of cache for faster data access time
• Spins at 7200 rpm
• Compatible with both MACS and PC

Another store called ZipZoomFly has a Samsung Spinpoint 750GB SATA Internal Hard drive on sale for $113 after $47 instant rebate. Shipping costs an additional $7. This SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB SATA Internal Hard Drive has the same specs as the seagate one I posted above except for the warranty part. SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB SATA Internal Hard Drive only has a warranty on parts and labor for 3 years. The Samsung Spinpoint Hard Drive has some other technology like the Advanced dynamic FOD control which helps keep your data’s integrity to its best possible quality. It also has a new dual-ARM firmware that helps increase the hard drives performance.

lol this is a very very cheap deal. $5 for a Ethernet switch is a very low price. Well actually the price is set at $15 on Newegg for SMC105DT Fast Ethernet Switch. You will need to use a $10 off coupon code (EMCADCFCH) to get the SMC105DT 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch for $5. There is nothing special on this SMC Ethernet Switch but for $5 its a cheap ethernet switch and will work as advertised. Nothing more to it. I almost forgot, this SMC Network’s Ethernet Switch’s shipping is free so for a total cost of just $5, you will get if right on your doorsteps. The price of this SMC Ethernet Switch elsewhere is:

• CostCentral.com $32.90 + $8.06 shipping
• POWERMAX $34.88 + $7.05 shipping
• PC Connection $35.28 + $9.49 shipping
• TheNerds.net $36.99 + $9.99 shipping
• Super Warehouse $37.99 + $6.99 shipping

So considering the price of the SMC105DT 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch on other shops, $5 is a great deal. Well this SMC SMC105DT 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch has 5 x RJ45 Ports. It is built on IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u and IEEE 802.3x standard. It also has a 4K Mac Address table and 1MB of buffer memory. The size of the SMC105DT 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch is pretty small ( 4.3″ x 2.8″ x 0.8″ ). Here are some of the features of this SMC Networks’ Fast Ethernet Switch:

• Auto-negotiation of half or full duplex
• Auto-sensing of transmission speed on all ports
• Auto configuration for MDI/MDI-X cable connections
• ANSI/IEEE 802.3u compliant

Apple only produce quality products. I love what they have done to the portable music player industry. I have an iPod which I bought about a year ago (iPod Video 5.5 Gen). I have never been so satisfied with any other technological gadget. A friend of mine owns an Apple AirPort Extreme and he is more than satisfied with its performance. It is slick, small and does the job perfectly well. Apple AirPort Extreme is a wireless base station which is good for both personal use, business use and even for schools. Fifty users can connect using the AirPort Extreme Base Station using Wi-Fi technology (using IEEE 802.11 n standard). Apple AirPort Extreme also has three ethernet ports which can be used to connect computers to the network using Wires (using IEEE 802.3 standard). IEEE 802.11n is still on its development phase but it doesn’t pose a problem at all. EEE 802.11n is a good option because it can be used with all EEE 802.11a, EEE 802.11b and EEE 802.11g standards.

Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station also has a USB port which you can use to connect printers and hard drives. You can plug-in your external hard drive and share the space with all the computers connected to this network. For sharing your printer, you can use the USB 2.0 port and use AirPort Extreme Base Station power to print documents wirelessly. from any computers within your network. You won’t have to worry about any computer other than in your network connect to your network as the AirPort Extreme Base Station uses the industry standard encryption technologies such as WPA/WPA2 and 128-bit WEP which will secure your wireless network from intruders. You will have to use a AirPort Extreme utility software to configure your Apple Router which is very simple and easy to use and after you have configure your AirPort Extreme, no one can connect to your network without entering the correct password.

Apple’s AirPort Extreme also includes a built-in firewall which will keep you safe from the dangerous world of the World Wide Web. AirPort Extreme’s built-in firewall is automatically turned on. This Apple Router works with both Mac’s and PC’s so there won’t be any compatibility issues with the computer platform or your WiFi card. The cost of an Apple AirPort Extreme is not that high, you can buy an AirPort Extreme for $180 plus there is no shipping cost. You won’t be disappointed at all, it works flawlessly. Here are some of the features found on an Apple’s AirPort Extreme Base Station:

• 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking
• MIMO (Multiple In Multiple Out) smart antennas
• dual-band antennas for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies
• three 10/100 Ethernet LAN ports
• one 10/100 Ethernet WAN port
• one USB port
• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA-2), 128-bit WEP encryption
• a built-in NAT firewall

You will find these items inside your AirPort Extreme box.

• AirPort Utility for Mac and Windows
• AirPort Disk Utility for Mac and Windows
• 802.11n Enabler for Mac³
• Bonjour for Windows
• Power cord
• Printed and electronic documentation

View Apple’s AirPort Extreme Router from all angles.

Technology is advancing daily, this is specially true for computers. Processor are getting faster and faster every day and engineers are trying to cram in more cores into a small processor. You can never stop upgrading your computer as an existing one will be obsolete in no time at all. Some years before, two core processors were the top of the line and now there are processor with eight cores. Well they costs a huge amount of money now, but the price will drop dramatically in due time. If you are looking for a cheap multi-core processor, Fry.com is selling a Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 for $180. This is the lowest price of this Intel Core 2 Quad Processor. Other shops are selling this same Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor for a lot higher price.

• Buy.com has it for $257.99
• CostCentral.com is selling the Intel processor for $268.99
• Directron has it for $278.00
• CompUSA charge $279.99 + $8.49 shipping fee
• TECHONWEB sell it for $286.50

The best price for the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor other than fry.com is at Buy.com which costs $78 more. This is the best deal on the whole web for a Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600. Well you will have to pay a $6 shipping fee. So the total price will come down to $186. It is not the best processor you can find on the market when you talk of speed and performance but it is a great deal when you consider the price. Well here are some of the specifications for this Intel Processor:

• Made using 65nm, LGA775 architecture
• Total 8MB of L2 Cache, 4MB of L2 Cache per core
• Clock Frequency of 2.40GHz
• 1066MHz Front Side Bus

Not a bad deal for a relatively mid ranges processor. Get if before Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 is out of stock on Fry.com (Formerly called Outpost).

As the days and months passes by, there is always some innovation be it in an existing technology or a totally new one. Well, about a decade ago, I had a PC that had a 100MB Hard Drive. At that time, I thought it was a huge space (we used 1.44 Floppy Drive). When you think of it now, it is a really low space. Back then, a game would fit in a couple of floppy drives and now it has started to even outgrow DVD drive’s space. A couple of years back, I got a new PC and it had an 80GB PATA Hard Drive, I thought that was more than enough space but now that hard drive is full and even my Laptop’s hard drive is about to reach its limits (160GB). I will be buying a new internal hard drive for my desktop soon.

Well, here is a great deal on an internal hard drive. Fry.com has a Maxtor 500GB Serial ATA Internal Hard Drive for just $90. It is a great deal if you consider the space and the speed of the Maxtor Serial ATA Internal Hard Drive. Here are some of the features included in the Maxtor Serial ATA Internal Hard Drive:

• 500 GB of storage capacity
• Spins at 7200 RPM and has 16MB of cache for fast data access
• Ultimate drive performance with SATA/300
• Whisper-quiet FDB motor
• Seek Time of <9.0ms

This Maxtor 500GB Serial ATA Internal Hard Drive has a thin-easy plug cable for improved airflow so it will help keep your hard drive cool even while in heavy use. It is also very easy to install this hard drive as it offers easy, no-jumper installation. You will find a MaxBlast software (for intelligent formatting and partitioning), SATA cable, power adapter, screws and a guide inside the box. Also comes with a three years manufacturers warranty which is another plus. The Maxtor Serial ATA Internal Hard Drive are in limited quantity so you might want to hurry up and grab yours and also one person will only be able to purchase one Hard drive.