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If you are looking for a portable gaming PC with a large 17.3” LED screen and all the latest technology (including Blu Ray and e-SATA) then the Asus N71JQ Notebook PC is the quad core powered monster PC you are looking for.

As you might expect such performance comes at a price however with a complementary 2 year warranty included Laptops Direct (link) still manage to keep the price down to £118.96.

Core features include the powerful Intel i7 Quad Core processor, dedicated ATI gaming graphics and 4GB of high speed DDR3 RAM making this PC designed for the world of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 and future games like Crysis 2.

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With a 2 year warranty and a £495.85 price tag the Asus K52F-SX065V Intel i3 processor powered notebook from Laptops Direct (link) is a great example of a PC that features modern technology but isn’t over priced.

With 4GB of DDR3 RAM sitting inside its 2.6kg case this PC is also by no means slow and comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit which lets you run all the latest programs at top speed every time (no matter how many you have open).

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With a price tag of only £409.99 you might expect the Asus X5AE-SX002V from PC World (link) to be a little under powered, however with ATI graphics and a powerful AMD Turion dual core processor this PC is fully capable of handling all your photos, videos and internet browsing needs.

While not suited to gaming this PC is certainly the one for the average home user, it even comes with a 320GB hard drive giving you all the space you need to store weeks worth of music. What’s more is this PC only weights 2.6kg even with its large 15.6” widescreen.

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With a Blu Ray disk drive, power saving or high performance switchable graphics and they very latest Intel i5 dual core processor the Asus N61JV is quite simply one of the most powerful mobile entertainment PCs that Asus has produced to date.

With a respectable price tag of £898.87 from Laptops Direct (link) this notebook also comes with a 500GB hard drive which is more than enough storage space for hours of HD video and weeks worth of music.

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Some time ago I decided that the standard case my HP PC came in was a little too dull for my tastes so I started a search for something that met the following criteria-

• Compatible with both uATX and full sized ATX motherboards
• Had a side window/grill
• Used at least 2x 120mm fans in a intake/exhaust setup
• Had some kind internal of lighting system
• Was fully compatible with all the component parts of my current PC
• Under £50 without a power supply

Eventually I ended up (and bought) at the Asus TA-M11 Vento case from CCL (link) for about £45. The case arrived in good time; ordered on the Saturday, shipped on the Monday and delivered on the Tuesday (which I was pretty happy with).

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With a 17.3” HD widescreen and powerful dedicated graphics processing the Asus K70IO-TY014Y notebook PC is certainly something not be missed if your interested in a affordable desktop replacement PC.

With Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit edition pre installed and with a Intel Core2Duo processor this PC is capable of taking on the very latest applications and games.

Priced at £549.97 from Laptops Direct (link) this PC also comes with a 2 year warranty (as a testament to the reliability of Asus PCs).

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With a Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit edition the Asus K50IN-SX149V is a perfect example of a well balanced notebook that can be used for practically anything.

Priced at £535.97 from Laptops Direct (link) and with dedicated nVidia graphics powers the 15.6” LED widescreen which is more than enough to take on HD video and photo editing.

If you can’t stand a hot mouse pad then you’ll be happy to hear Asus have integrated their IceCool technology into this PC to keep at a low temperate even during extended periods of use.

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Thought it might be interesting for everyone to hear which PCs I use at home so here goes-

HP m9365 – Desktop PC My year old Desktop PC that I use for practically everything, its got a Blu Ray Disk Drive and first generation AMD Phenom Processor. I swapped out the case fan and the CPU fan a while after I got it to improve the cooling and then installed a RAID card to get the best performance out of the hard drives. Its nVidia 9800GT graphics card is great, it plays Crysis at pretty much full detail.

HP dv2-1125 – Ultralight Notebook PC Replaced my aging HP ze2355 a few months ago, runs on the second generation AMD Athlon Neo X2 processor. Runs Adobe Photoshop CS2 perfectly and even a few of my older games. Its got a 12.1” screen and weights 1.7kg. Certainly not the fastest PC on the planet but it loads all the applications that I use regularly fast and is 64bit compatible.

Custom built – Desktop PC I built this PC out of spare components and use it for playing around with the latest software, right now its running the evaluation version of Windows Small Business Server 2008. Inside is a AMD Athlon II Dual Core Processor that supports Hardware Virtualisation; a while ago I bought a WD VelociRaptor off eBay which loads Windows 7 in 20 seconds flat.

Asus R2H – Ultra Mobile Tablet PC I bought this PC to use at college, its a first generation Ultra Mobile Tablet PC that runs off a Intel Celeron 900mhz processor. It has a 7” touch screen and weighs just under 1kg with a 4 hr battery. Runs Photoshop well and was greatly useful in ICT lessons to.

With a AMD Turion Ultra dual core processor and dedicated ATI graphics the Asus X5DAB-SX028V notebook is the perfect demonstration of a high performance notebook at a reasonable price.

Currently selling from Laptops Direct (link) for £499.97 this new PC is fully capable of modern HD gaming on its 15.6” widescreen.

As with any performance notebook you get 4GB of RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit edition to make sure your PC stays speedy and stable even when blasting your way through missions on Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.

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The new Asus EEE Top ET2203 PC is a full Media Centre PC in a compact space saving design, priced at £799 from Simply Asus (link). This PC comes with a Blu Ray disk drive and full HD 21.6” touch screen along with premium HD ATI graphics and a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor.

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In previous years a touch screen PC could cost £1,000+ however that is rapaidly chaning as touch screens become more and more common. To help you find which touch screen PC is right for you Laptops Direct (link) have set aside part of their website for these ultra interactive PCs.

Some of the best options include-

Asus EEE T91 (link) – £366.96
Quite possibly the lowest price for a Touch Screen PC ever the Asus EE T91 is based upon the Intel Atom processor and runs Windows XP. Certainly not the most powerful touch PC ever but fun all the same.

HP Touch Smart TX2-1340 (link) – £735.97
With multi touch technology, a powerful AMD Turion dual core processor and 4GB of RAM this entertainment PC come fully loaded with all the latest technology.

Acer Aspire 5738PG (link) – £679.97
Featuring both a multi touch screen and a multi touch track pad Acer couldn’t of done better with this full sized touch powerhouse. With the perfect combination of a high performance Intel dual core processor and ATI Radeon HD 4570 graphics this PC is also fully capable of HD gaming on the 15.6″ widescreen.

Its rare to see any large screen notebook PC have a battery life over 4 hours and almost impossible to find one with a stated 12 hour battery life! However Asus like the impossible and that’s just what they have achieved with the Asus UL50AG for £657.23 from asuslaptop.co.uk (link).

Inside this modern marvel is a ultra low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo processor (which explains the extended battery life), while not the fastest processor at 1.3ghz you do still get the power required to run Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit and any reasonable number of applications at the same time.

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