Sony Alpha SLTA33 DSLR with Translucent Mirror Technology and 3D Sweep Panorama (Camera Body only) (Black) Price $543.99

Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect Price $269.99

4 Color Value Pack: Compatible Toner Set Replaces Canon 118 Cartridge Price $63.35

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Prices for SSDs tend definitely toward the bottom. The current PX-M2 SSD generation still uses MLC NAND Flash, but in 25nm manufacturing. Thus, costs were reduced and performance increased. A flash chip can now store twice as much data as normal MLC chips. The access time is 2 ms. The life of 1.5 million hours specified. If you shop around for a SSD hard drive, you will quickly realize that there are many models with different sizes and with different controllers. Prices also vary a lot when it comes to the calculated $ / GB goes. Plextor PX-M2 SSD is a real bargain. 
Features:

• Read: 420 MB / s
• Write: 210 MB / s
• Cache: 128MB
• Connection: SATA 6 Gb / s
• NAND-type: MLC NAND Flash
• Controller: Marvell 88SS9174-BKK2
• Warranty: 3 years
• MTBF: 1,500,000 hours
• Random 4k READ: Up to 15,000 IOPS
• 4K random write: 9,000 IOPS
• Access time: 2 ms

Plextor SATA 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive PX-128M2S-02 Price $214.99

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It looks like Samsung was finally able to make all preparation for seriously taking the tablet market by storm, having officially launched the Galaxy Tab 10.1, loaded with the most recent version of Android.
the 10.1-inch LCD touchscreen has a native resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels, while the NVIDIA Tegra 2 SoC provides the majority of all performance resources.
Samsung also threw in a 7,000 mAh battery (up to 9 hours of life) and a variety of connectivity and I/O capabilities (a 3 megapixel rear camera, a 2 megapixel front camera, WiFi, etc.), all in an 8.6 mm frame.
What's more, as consumers probably know or can guess, the feature set of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 includes Adobe Flahs support.
Finally, the Android 3.1 operating system from Google is loaded onto the device, for quick application transition and intuitive navigation. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Tab (Wi-Fi) Price $279.99

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Intel has cut prices on a range of mainstream and value-oriented Core 2 and Pentium processors. While pricing on higher-end quad-core Core i7 and Core 2 Quad CPUs carry over unchanged:

Intel's quad-core CPU's Q9400 and Q9300 had their prices reduced 14% and 10% respectively;

Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor New price $189.99

Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.50GHz Processor - 2.5GHz - 1333MHz FSB - Retail New price $209.49

Their entry-level the Q8400 quad-core CPU with 4MB of L2 cache saw a 11% cut;

2.66GHz Intel Coe 2 Quad Q8400 1333MHz 4MB L2 Cache Socket LGA775 AT80580PJ0674ML New price $174.95

The Core 2 Duo E7500's price is reduced to $118.50 , a reduction of 15%;

Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz 1066MHz 3MB Socket 775 Dual-Core CPU

Pentium CPUs - E6300 and E5300 saw cuts of 12% and 14% respectively, and are now priced at $78.78 and $66.00 respectively;

Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor E6300 2.8GHz 1066MHz 2MB LGA775 CPU OEM AT80571PH0722ML

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 2.6GHz 800MHz 2MB Socket 775 CPU

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Today we are going to test the Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition processor. The AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor 7850 Black Edition is now available for only $60 with free shipping! This CPU has a respective clock speed of 2.8GHz and 3MB of total cache, 512KB of L2 cache per core and 2MB of shared L3 cache per chip developed under ASIC name KUMA. Read on and you will find out if dual-core is still an interesting option. To top it off, this processor is a Black Edition chip which overclockers should like very much.

AMD Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition 2.8GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core Processor

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E6300 is a dual-core processor based on the 45nm 'Wolfdale' core that falls into the upper end of family. This 2.8GHz dual-core processor is in stock and available for $78.99 with free shipping, which puts it within only a of couple bucks of the slower Pentium E5400. What makes the E6300 special is a 1066MHz front-side bus speed, a notch above the 800MHz FSB Core-based Pentiums have toted for years. In fact, the Pentium E6300 would be almost identical to the $120 Core 2 Duo E7400 if you gave it an extra 1MB of L2 cache. E6300 supports VT-x instructions and this feature adds even more value to it.

With a TDP (thermal design power) of just 65W, Intel Pentium E6300 socket LGA775 processor is highly efficient 45nm CPU and coupled with a good motherboard should be able to provide exceptional levels of power savings and enhanced power efficiency. If you want great performance at a great price, this is the CPU you need. You can easily overclock the new E6300 CPU @ 3.5 ghz using the stock Intel air-cooler.

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The ASRock G31M-S is an Intel G31 chipset based motherboard from ASROCK which offers easy overclocking and very good performance at an affordable price of $42.99 so it could be used in a good budget system. ASRock G31M-S supports all LGA775 processors including Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors. This motherboard have some unique features like ASRock OC Tuner, Intelligent Energy Saver, Instant Boot and Hybrid booster.
With this motherboard you can easily overclock any LGA 775 processor. You can overclock CPUs with FSB800 MHz (e.g. E6000, E5000, E4000, E2000, E1200, E1000, Cel400 Series) to FSB1066 MHz in one second. Just short pin2 and pin3 for OC800 jumper, start your PC and voala - your FSB800 CPU is overclocked 33% above its nominal clock speed. You can overclock your CPU even further using the OC Tuner utility. I've managed to overclock Celeron430 1.8GHz CPU to 3.06GHz (FSB340 or 1360MHz effective) rock stable! Dude, it's 70% overclock! The ASRock G31M-S is indeed a hell of a board, and it did perform very well during testing. Paired with the Sapphire Radeon HD4650 512MB DDR3 PCI-Express graphic card I was able to play all new games at 1024x768, at max. quality settings with average frame rate of 30-50 frames per second.

Test Setup:
Motherboard : Asrock G31M-S
CPU : Intel Celeron 430 1.8GHz
Graphic Card : Sapphire ATI Radeon HD4650 512MB GDDR3 GPU 600@750MHz , MEM 700@830MHz
RAM : Hynix 1GB DDR2 800MHz

Below are some general benchmarks I have made:

Sapphire 100287VGAL Radeon HD 5670 PCI-Express Video Graphics Card Price $67.48
Gigabyte HD4550 512MB DDR3 PCIE2 DVI/HDMI/VGA LP RTL Video Card GV-R455HM-512I Price $26.50

(last updated: Friday, March 2, 2012)

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A pretty slow news-day today, so time for a nice phat weekend update of some good hardware deals. After all the processor releases I figured now is a good time to focus at a couple of popular processors and some good motherboards to go along with them.

AMD processors:

AMD Phenom II X3 710 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Processor
- this is probably my most favorite processor right now due to sheer performance and value. Next to that, some of you have been able to unlock the 4th core as well. Also, an overclock to 3600 MHz on air should not be an issue either. And it's selling for just $119 - really amazing value there guys.

AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz Black Edition Quad-core Processor - With the release of the new Phenom II X4 955 BE processor, the X4 940 dropped in price. Grab yourself a DDR2 AMD 790 based motherboard, and you have no idea what kind of performance you are looking at. Amazing value folks and it just dropped to $189.99 with free shipping and heck, it is a Black Edition, it overclocks to 3600 Mhz on just an air cooler really easily.

2.6GHz AMD Phenom X4 Quad-core 9950 4000MHz 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ HD995ZXAGHBOX
- Though I'm a fan of Phenom II more than Phenom I, this is among the cheapest of quad core processors you can purchase. Again a Black Edition which clocks to roughly 3300 MHz. Heaps and heaps of value at $150.16

Recommended motherboard for any of these processors:


ECS A790GXM-A (V1.0) Socket AM2+/ 790G/ DDR2-1066/ A&V&2GbE/ ATX Motherboard
, we reviewed this motherboard and it rocks, all processors above will run with it and this little gem of a motherboard sells for just $116.82 it's great value, as simple as that.

Intel Core 2 processors:

2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8200 1333MHz 4MB LGA775 EU80580PJ0534MN
- Intel makes some excellent processors, this is their budget quad core. Clocked at 2.33 GHz is delivers a good punch, we spotted it at $152.92

Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor
- This is one of my more favorite Intel quad core processors, it's 45nm based, clocked at 2.66 GHz and overclock pretty well. $214.99 is you price.

Recommended motherboard for any of these processors:

ASUS P5Q SE PLUS ATX Intel Motherboard is an Intel P45 chipset-based motherboard - of course the sky is the limit for Core 2 motherboards really, this one is great, has excellent features and is priced at just $96.99

(last updated: Sat, 06 Jun 2009)

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It's time for a new update on some good hardware deals. I figured this time arround we'd be showing some good deal on DDR3 memory. OCZ 2x1GB PC3-10666 DDR3 Memory Sticks spotted at Newegg for only $24 Original Price: $53.99 You Save: $10.00 $43.99 ($23.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate)

OCZ Special Ops 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

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It's time for a new update on some good hardware deals. I figured this time arround we'd be showing some good deal on graphics cards again.

NVIDIA GeForce

GeForce GTX 285 1024MB - the most high-end card, we spotted for $319.99

PNY GeForce GTX 285 1GB GDDR3 512-bit 648MHz PCI-E 2.0 Video Card

GeForce GTX 260 896MB - great value, and yeah the price just dropped, check it out at $204.99 awesome deal (!) = eVGA Superclocked Edition as well.

EVGA GeForce GTX 260 896-P3-1262-AR Superclocked Edition Video Card

GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB - the price is dropping due to the GTS 250 release, spotted now for $124.99

SPARKLE GeForce 9800 GTX+ SFPX98GTX+512D3H Video Card

ATI Radeon

ATI Radeon HD4870 1024MB DDR5, check it out .. spotted for $199.99

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4870 100259-1GL Video Card	GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4870 GV-R487D5-1GD Video Card

ATI Radeon HD4830 graphic card with 512MB memory. Good performance for a small price at $89.99

MSI Radeon HD 4830 R4830-T2D512 Video Card	HIS Hightech Radeon HD 4830 H483FN512P Video Card

So my personal recommendations would be either the GeForce GTX 260 or one of that Radeon HD4870 graphic cards really.

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