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The biostar ta890gxe is the best board you can buy if you're on a budget but want to leverage on a whole new level of performance with sata 6gbps interface. Armed with amd's 890gx chipset, the ta890gxe allows you to run your phenom ii, athlon ii and any of the future amd processors, as long as they are of the am3 socket. Additionally, this motherboard supports the newest phenom ii x6 hexa core processors too. This motherboard is in a micro atx form factor and it is able to fit in any micro atx slim towers, making the board suitable for a home theatre pc as well. Another point to take note, I just said about a home theatre pc: with integrated ati 4290 graphics onboard, there isn't a need to get an extra graphics card to provide an video out to your tv as well. With a hdmi output, you're also able to get audio off your hdmi cable to your big screen television at home, just by one simple cable that transmit both your video and audio signal. Ati avivo technology with the 4290 will ensure that the image produced on your screen will be corrected and appear brighter and clearer. Together with ati stream technology, instead of rendering videos in hours inefficiently on the CPU, you can now do it efficiently on the gpu ( or the integrated igp in this case) without much stress on the CPU and finish rendering in minutes. That is what is all about ati fusion. Using an amd CPU with an ati graphics core. You'll get unbeatable performance for the price compared to competitors on the blue and green team. With ati hybrid crossfirex technology, adding on a hd5450 or 3200,4200 graphics card on your system will give 2x the performance on your igp. Certainly a plus points not only for this motherboard, but all the other boards that has hybrid crossfire technology with them. I give a thumbs up for ati and amd for such technology. Provided with this motherboard is a free home theatre remote. You now realise how much biostar wants you to use their board for a home theatre pc.

Talking about the board itself, it is a tad bit disappointing that biostar left out usb3.0 support as well as another pci-e x16 slot for you to support for crossfirex. However, the availability of a pci-e x1 slot on the board solves the problem. You can add on a usb3.0 expansion card on that slot to move on to an ultimate future proof computer system that can last you for years.

I'll talk a little about the features that the board is equipped with, with the innovation by biostar.

1) bio unlocker enables you to unlock you phenom ii dual cores into tri or quad core. Why was this extra feature so significant? Isn't it the same as advanced clock calibration? You need to know that amd left out advanced clock calibration feature for the new 8xx series of chipset. It is left to third party controllers to enable the extra cores or l3 cache on these amd processors. Biostar named it bio unlocker, and unlocking and unleashing ultimate performance of your processor is as easy as a few press of the keyboard into your BIOS settings.

2)GTO63
Ultimate automatic overclocking feature that pushes your phenom II x6 to its limits

3)BIOSTAR "GPU" Technology

BIOSTAR G.P.U (Green Power Utility) is a new function, it will enhance energy efficiency by disabling extra phases while CPU on light loading. It integrated a friendly GUI to monitor what's your CPU resourcing, response and optimized the power saving on your system. Such as Heavy 3D Gaming, Internet or MSN charting, G.P.U will always arrange the best power efficiency in your system.

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Using the Biostar TA785G 128M, I can unlock the AMD Phenom II x2 550 to enable the 3rd or/and 4th core on the processor.
With the 3rd or 4th core unlocked, you get a phenom ii x3/x4
+ a little bit of overclock you are about to get a processor that is almost as good as the phenom ii x4! best performance for the value!

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I got my chance to get hold on one of the 1000 limited edition Asus Ares available in the world. I believe that this is the first card to reach our tiny island shores (Singapore). Featuring a dual GPU solution, this card possesses two 5870 GPUs to provide ultimate performance for games. In fact it is the fastest graphics card on the market (actually not yet in the market at this point of time when the video is made) right now, even faster than the Nvidia GTX 480 as well as the ATI 5970. The 5970 is a dual GPU feature a GPU clocked between the 5850 and 5870, while Asus Ares is equipped with a full 5870 gpu. That also explains the high power requirements featured by 2 8pin PCI-e connector and a 6pin PCI-e connector.

This card boast airflow 600% more than the actual factory design of the 5970, performing 32% faster than a reference 5970. Despite the fact of a higher airflow, the high quality fan produces less noise than the reference 5970 at only 37dB, compared to 5970 at 44.5dB.This is a graphics card on drugs. 4GB of Super speed GDDR5 memory supersedes the entire range of high end graphics card on the market, undoubtedly the best graphics card on the market, scoring 15473 on graphics score while the 5970 only scored 11506.

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present you with the Asus Ares, a Dual 5870 graphics card.

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The Dell Vostro is an ultraportable and ultrathin and light laptop from dell. From the makers of Adamo and Adamo XPS, Dell has made those with a budget get the Dell Vostro V13 as a alternative. With Just 0.65" thick and 1.6kg light, this laptop is easy for you to bring around your school or your workplace for presentation. It will certainly amaze your colleagues and schoolmates as well.

Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 @ 1.3GHz
Intel GS45 mobile chipset
2GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM
Intel GMA4500MHD Integrated Graphics
13.3" Anti Glare 1366x768 LED Backlid Display
Full Size Keyboard
Full Aluminum body

You may be very interested in this model if you move around quite a lot.

I give it a 4.5/5.0 for the good pricing and especially for the lightweight and thin profile. Ultraportability and ultradurability for the win

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The Asus M4A88TD-V EVO USB3 is for someone who wants to be future proof, yet restricted by budget. When you go AMD, you are generally regarded as an AMD fanboy, or you know that AMD provides better value to Intel or you know that ATI and AMD goes well together.

AMD 880G Chipset
AMD SB850 Southbridge Chipset
EPU(energy saving processor)
Core unlocker
Turbo V key

THIS BOARD HAS ANTI SURGE PROTECTION! This is a really cool feature and one of a kind with innovation from ASUS.

Highly recommended that you pair this motherboard with an ATI graphics card because you can run Hybrid Crossfire on this motherboard with a 34XX series card.

Support for USB3 and SATA 6Gbps. Of course, you're sure that you're future proofed. It is compatible with all the future products using USB3 and SATA 6Gbps interface.

There is also another alternative of a similar board of micro ATX form factor. That board will be great for HTPC.

This board is priced more on the high side because you have all the features such as the Core unlocker and Turbo Key. Unleash the maximum performance from your processor with this motherboard.

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This is a pretty new case just released last week and I've got my hands on them. Introducing Cooler Master Elite 370 Mid Tower Case, this case is the choice for your new computer build if you want the full features of a computer case and also at a price deemed affordable.

Black front glossy panel brings out the futuristic looks of the case, together with the side window that you get, you can definitely show off your expensive hardware inside to people around you. You can't really get a case with a side panel at this price. The Cooler Master Elite 370 Mid tower Case is certainly a case worth noticing.

It supports 1 140mm fan at the front for intake, 2 140mm fan at the top for exhaust, 1 120mm at the back(provided) for exhaust and 1 140mm at the bottom for intake.

Tooless drive bays designs ensure system builders will get their build done in not time at all.

Support for 2.5" HDD and SSD- Also using the tooless design. You need not buy any adapter for your SSDs now.

7 Expansion slots for you expansion cards.

Bottom Mounted PSU ensures that cable management looks neater.

Overall, I would give this case a 4/5 for the perfect price for a good steel made chassis. I would have preferred a black interior instead. But for this price, there is nothing much you will want to ask for.

GOOD VALUE!

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ECS GTS250 Black edition has a 3rd party cooler from arctic cooling, and its box really has got a nice looking lady over there! Bought it at a local store in Singapore and the price is really low because Nvidia has already stopped making these cards and moving on to the fermi architechture.

You can call this a renamed 9800gtx, but comparing the price, it is still a lot cheaper. GTX9800 is quite a old card already. Nvidia improved power consumption on this card

It requires only a 6-pin pci-e power connector.
Outputs HD audio via you HDMI cable to your HDTV. You need to use the DVI to HDMI converter provided in the box.

Manufacturer: nVidia
Series: GeForce GTX 200
GPU: G92+
Release Date: 2009-03-03
Interface: PCI-E 2.0 x16
Core Clock: 738 MHz
Shader Clock: 1836 MHz
Memory Clock: 1100 MHz (2200 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth: 70.4 GB/sec
FLOPS: 470.016 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate: 11808 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 47232 MTexels/sec

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