As the holiday season approaches, people start thinking about gift ideas. To help you give (or receive) the perfect holiday gift this year I've put together a list of five cool mainstream hardware tech gift ideas.
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Note: All prices are approximate. Shop around for the best deals.
Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 630
The AMD Athlon X4 630 is a 2.8GHz part that offers plenty of performance. Not only have you got a processor that can handle gaming, but also the heavy demands that multimedia encoding and decoding puts on a system.
Excellent processor for under $100.
Price: $90
Motherboard: ASUS M4A77D
The ASUS M4A77D is a rock-solid motherboard that offers great performance out of the box, but there's plenty in the BIOS to keep the experimenter happy.
Awesome board for under $100.
Price: $80 | Find out more: [Reviews]
Graphics card: EVGA 768-P3-1360-TR GeForce GTX 460
You also get CUDA and PhysX support, DirectX 11 support, and offers a mini HDMI and two DVI ports.
All this for $170.
Price: $170 | Find out more: [Reviews]
Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000CSRTL 1TB
The Western Digital Caviar Green WD10000CSRTL has it all - bags of capacity, good reliability, and to top it all off, reduced power consumption.
Not the cheapest 1TB drive out there, but certainly one of the best.
Price: $80 | Find out more: [Reviews]
Display: ASUS VH242H Black 23.6"
If you're in the market for a display, check out the ASUS VH242H.
Not only do you get a cracking good 23.6" display, with vivid colors, fast response time, and a good brightness and contrast range, but the display also comes with a great stand that offers both swivel, tilt and height adjustment.
Price: $190