ADIC Scalar 100 100 GB 200 GB

Advantages: Worth for value of money. Suitable for students
Disadvantages: nothing but a bit heavy

...memory will reduce the available for RAM. For better performance I would choose 256MB ATI® Mobility™ Radeon® X1400 HyperMemory™. As the Screen is 15.4" 1280x800 or 1440x900, there are about 1 200 000 pixels on your screen. For that amout of pixels ( I think not so many), the ATI® Radeon® X1400 will rock. I would rather sacrify 1gb of ram and take this Graphic card than go for 2Gb of ram but having an Intel onboard one. Gaming experience will not able to be maximised, however, you will save lots of money. Hard Drive : 80gb at 5400 rpm, 100 gb at 7200 rpm or 120 gb at 5400 rpm. If I was about to buy this laptop, I would choose to have the 12gb one raher thn the 100 gb one. Speed will be reduced, however, you get up to 20 gb more of memory and save £35.25 ( worth for money) Very portable with 4x USB 2.0 4-pin connectors (non-powered); 2... Read review

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Advantages: Good quality
Disadvantages: Abit old now as only on Pc100 Ram

...The Gigabyte motherboard is super quality, i've had no problems when trying to install new components. Initial setup was comprehensively documented and was clear enough to allow anyone to instal it into their computer. The four Dimm slots are a bonus and come in useful for upgrading with smaller dimms when you can't afford to do an all out purchase of larger ones. All connections are well fitting and jumpers are easily accesible and clearly marked. I would recomend this motherboard if you are trying to set up a mid range Pc, but i definately recommend the Gigabyte range for any computer.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Decent frame rates, unlockable pixel pipelines and vertex shader, Silent cooling
Disadvantages: Heat

...heatsinks connected by two heat pipes to distribute the heat. This is a very smart idea by Gigabyte due to it giving silent cooling for those who cant stand the noise of fans but also makes the card idle at a rather high temperature of 60C Extras: The Geforce 6800 can be overclocked to a fair amount but not as much as some would like, it can overclock by about 100mhz core and 200mhz memory on stock cooling. It all depends on the batch the card was made in and the quality of the cooling on the card to gain more overclockability. Another extra is that the Geforce 6800 has four unused pixel pipelines and an unused vertex shader which can be enabled to provide more of a boost to the graphics card. Combined with overclocking this can save a fair amount of money instead of buying a 6800 ultra and provide the same quality of gaming as the ultra... Read review

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