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If you are in need of a basic PC that lets you browse the web, upload your photos onto Facebook and play the odd round of solitaire then have a look at the newly updated Home Office PC from PC Specialist (link).

With an AMD Athlon dual core processor at its heart (ideal for every day tasks) and Windows 7 Home Premium as standard this PC comes with all you need to get a head start when working with your new PC.

Office 2010 started edition is included so working with Word and Excel documents won’t be a problem.

Being a custom built PC you get a wide range of hard drive capacities to choose from so if you just need to hang on to a few music tracks or an entire photo album there is an option for you.

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Solid state disk drives are great if you want super fast storage but once you leave the 128GB mark they just get into silly money (at least for most people).
So what if you are a enthusiast PC gamer who wants the fastest load times but wants to keep the budget at around £1,000?

It must be time for the new and greatly improved 6Gb/s Western Digital VelociRaptors.

Available now from Computer Planet (link) in any compatible PC and from Novatech (link) as a upgrade to your PC these new hard drives have double the transfer speed of the previous generation and a capacity of up to 600GB.

So what makes the VelociRaptor so special?
While most normal Desktop PC hard drives would spin at either 5,400rpm or 7,200rpm the VelociRaptor spins at a massive 10,000rpm; furthermore it comes with the latest SATA-III connector (which is why you need to be sure your motherboard is compatible) allowing for up to 6GB/s of transfer speed.

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Have you ever wanted to build your own PC but didn’t quite know where to start? Maybe its time to have a look at the Zotac Z-Box ION D510 barebones bundle from dabs.com (link) for £189.96 ready to add your own choice of components.

Make no mistake, this PC comes with no hard drive, no RAM, no disk drive and no operating system pre installed (that’s the bit where you come in) lucky though Dabs has a wide range to choose from.

What you do however get installed is a Intel Atom dual core processor, HD nVidia graphics (a big step up from the standard Intel graphics), a stylish case and onboard N class Wi-Fi.

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Weather your a gaming fanatic or just interested in a casual round or two of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 CyberPower systems has the custom built PC for you.

This is especially true of the new Ultra Triton XT which comes with a massive range of customisable features and for around £640 you can pickup a Quad Core powered, ATI graphics crunching, Blu Ray playing monster PC.

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Many PC manufactures (like HP and Sony) generally opt to provide every new PC with a ‘free’ copy of Norton Anti Virus/another anti virus application which usually works for a few months before you have to pay to continue the subscription.
The problem is not very many people go for this essential anti virus protection after the trial period and thus leave their PCs open to all manner of problems.

It appears that PC Specialist (link) has clued into this and as such are now offering Microsoft Security Essentials (a truly free anti virus application) as standard on all their new PCs.

This is great news and I hope that more manufactures catch on with this to help make the world virus free!

To buy a customise your own PC Specialist PC visit their website at this link here.

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.

Although PCs now come in more colours than just beige the average case can look pretty boring, a blue power light, a small side grill that lets you see your processor fan and a few stickers is the most many people can expect.

Fortunately the people at Cyber Power Systems (link) think differently.
While specialising in high performance Gaming PCs Cyber Power system also have an impressive range of custom built PCs suitable for average home users who are looking for a bit more a lights show from their PC.

One such example is the Ultra Athena (link) which includes a AMD Quad Core Processor, ATI Graphics and Windows 7 Home Premium all in the CoolerMaster Elite 310 case for around £407.73.

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The components inside a modern PC generate a lot of heat which must be removed by fans; unfortunately these fans generate noise. Add on to that vibrations caused by hard drives and the sound of your PC can become one of the most annoying things in the house. Luckily PC Specialist (link) have introduced the Coolermaster Sileo 500 into their line which features noise reducing technology to make sure you can work/play uninterrupted by whirring fans.

Read on to see how it works!

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Its the first month of a new year and as such its time for a PC that’s great for the average man/woman/child who is looking to spend less than £500 on a PC that doesn’t leave you waiting for Windows to load and that uses the latest technology.

This month we are looking at a custom built AMD based PC from PC Specialist (link) for £430 which has the key advantage of 2GB of gaming speed DDR3 RAM which loads applications faster than ever before.

With an energy saving AMD Athlon II dual core processor, 350W power supply and well cooled case you can also be sure that your PC will save you money on your energy bills.

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Now that Intel are offering their high performance i7 Quad Core processor in a mobile form manufactures have been rushing to get it into their products but so far PC Specialist (link) are one of the few who are offering in it a custom built PC.

With a choice of i7 processors and nVidia graphics processors you can customise your owe 15.6” Vortex i7 PC from around £1,350.

Naturally both a choice of DDR3 RAM capacity and a Blu Ray disk drive are on the options menu.

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There is no escaping it, Christmas is fast approaching and while PCs make expensive gifts they do make very good gifts. So to make sure you don’t get the wrong PC for the wrong person take a quick look at some of the best options below-

Basic Home PC- HP P6206 - £379.99 – Blog Post It was the top PC in November and the same holds true in December, the HP P6206 is the perfect Home PC with its speedy Tri Core processor and massive 500GB hard drive.

Entertainment PC- Custom PC from Dino PC- £495.04 – Blog Post If you are looking for a PC with an extra performance boost that lets you play games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 at their very best then take a look at this PC from Dino PC. The combination of a Quad Core Processor, ATI graphics and high speed RAM is just fantastic.

Media Centre PC – HP S5229- £609.99 – Blog Post If you are looking to fully exploit your HDTV then you need something with a Blu Ray disk drive; quite by chance the HP S5229 has one – but this media centre PC does more than just play HD films. Its a fully loaded HD Media Centre PC with a 500GB hard drive, TV Tuner and Remote Control.

Ultimate Gaming PC- Novatech iRiss – £959.99 – Blog Post With one of the fastest graphics and processor combinations the Novatech iRiss is one of the most formidable Gaming PCs on the market today. Additional features on the inside include a massive 1TB Hard Drive, 4GB high speed RAM and a Blu Ray disk drive.

Windows 7 with Windows Live Essentials makes storing/editing photos and videos easy but you still need a place to keep all those memories. The new Cube247 Capella ST21 PC (link) can help you with that by coming with a 1TB hard drive and a performance AMD Athlon II Quad Core processor as standard.

Priced at £399 this desktop PC comes with everything you need work with multimedia pre installed including a HD ready ATI graphics card and ample USB ports to attach additional storage should you ever need it.

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