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HotHardware Holiday Buyer's Guide 2008

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News Posted: Thu, Dec 11 2008 12:53 PM

Each year we undergo a time-honored tradition of bringing you a few our picks for the hottest in computing gear for the holidays. This year, whether you're interested in a new graphics card for rendering 3D bump-mapped sugar plums in your head, a new CPU to crunch under the mistletoe or if you've been a really good geek, an entire new system, we have some suggestions for making your Yuletide a little brighter. Click the link below and take a look...

HotHardware Holiday Buyer's Guide 2008



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bob_on_the_cob replied on Thu, Dec 11 2008 4:20 PM

Noticed my case in there. I really like that case a lot. The moveable hard drive rack is a god send. Also love my Acer Aspire One. Good to see it in there as well. Great guide.

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3vi1 replied on Thu, Dec 11 2008 6:11 PM

A really nice article, thanks!

/agree Bob... your case looks like a good buy.

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Kiristo replied on Thu, Dec 11 2008 7:12 PM

 In my opinion this 24" acer monitor is a far better buy than the ones mentioned in the article: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009154

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amdcrankitup replied on Thu, Dec 11 2008 7:47 PM

Great guide nice toys! Merry Christmas everybody!

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AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition

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Der Meister replied on Thu, Dec 11 2008 10:36 PM

I love the P182

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Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz

Evga X58

Evga 275 FTW (SLI)

G.Skill DDR3 1600 6GB

Corsair 128GB SSD

Corsair 1000W PSU

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peti1212 replied on Thu, Dec 11 2008 11:08 PM

Thanks for the article. Some really nice products were mentioned, like the Cooler Master ATCS 840 case! :) I want to try that case out.

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tanka12345 replied on Fri, Dec 12 2008 2:23 AM

Great Guide! Well Done HH! Smile

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imAcpufan replied on Fri, Dec 12 2008 3:28 PM

Nice list! I'd love to get my hands on that 30" Dell monitor. But I have to be happy with what I've got. btw, I have the Corsair 750 TX power supply...it's worked great for me.

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Creative Audigy 2 ZS
WD SE16 250GB x 2 Raid 0
CM Cosmos S Case

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Dave_HH replied on Sat, Dec 13 2008 1:16 AM

All, we've updated the guide to include a Core 2 Quad chip, nForce 790i motherboard and a new Lenovo IdeaPad lappy. Check it out. We thought we had a couple of small holes to fill there. :)

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ice91785 replied on Sat, Dec 13 2008 11:26 AM

 Where's the love for HTPC/Media boxes? Stick out tongue jk jk.....you would probably be able to write a 20 page article if you appealed to all spectrums of the PC world hmm?

Lotsa fun stuff that I will definitely not be able to afford Cool good read though

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