**TODAY ONLY! 23/04/2014** Gigabyte Z87X-OC Force motherboard & Asus Xonar DS 7.1 PCI soundcard

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Gigabyte Z87X-OC Force Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard @ £199.99 inc VAT

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GIGABYTE 8 series motherboards debut a number of exclusive new and improved features that are esigned specifically to help enthusiasts and overclockers not only get the most performance from their hardware, but also the absolute most enjoyable OC experience.


CPU
- Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/ Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1150 package
- L3 cache varies with CPU
- (Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

Chipset
- Intel® Z87 Express Chipset

Memory
- 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
- * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR3 1600/1333 MHz memory modules
- Support for non-ECC memory modules
- Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
- (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics Integrated Graphics Processor:
- 2 x HDMI ports, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160
- * Support for HDMI 1.4a version.
- 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 3840x2160
- * Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version.
- Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

Audio
- Realtek® ALC898 codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- Support for S/PDIF In
- Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN
- 2 x Intel® GbE LAN chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
- Support for Teaming

Wireless Communication module
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
- Bluetooth 4.0, 3.0+HS, 2.1+EDR

Expansion Slots
- 3 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1~3)
- * For optimum performance, if only one expansion card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16_2 slot.
- 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1~2)
- * The PCIEX8_1 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_1 slot and the PCIEX8_2 slot with PCIEX16_3. The PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_3 slot will operate at up to x8 mode when the PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2 is populated.
- (The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
- * The PCIEX16_2 slot will become unavailable when an expansion card is installed in the orange PCI Express x16 slot.
- 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
- (The PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

Multi-Graphics Technology
- Support for 4-Way/3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ technology

Storage Interface
Chipset:
- 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5) supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Marvell® 88SE9230 chip:
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3 6~9) supporting up to 4 SATA 6Gb/s devices
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10

USB
Chipset:
- Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (available through the internal USB header)
- Up to 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
Chipset + 2 Renesas® uPD720210 USB 3.0 Hubs:
- Up to 8 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)


Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x PCIe power connector
- 10 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
- 1 x CPU fan header
- 1 x water cooling fan header (CPU_OPT)
- 7 x system fan headers
- 2 x heatsink fan connectors
- 1 x front panel header
- 1 x front panel audio header
- 1 x S/PDIF Out header
- 1 x S/PDIF In header
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 headers
- 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
- 1 x serial port header
- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x power button
- 1 x reset button
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x Gear button
- 1 x OC Turbo button
- 1 x OC Tag button
- 1 x OC Trigger switch
- 1 x OC Ignition button
- 1 x OC PCIe switch
- 1 x CPU BCLK Down button
- 1 x CPU BCLK Up button
- 1 x CPU Ratio Down button
- 1 x CPU Ratio Up button
- 1 x onboard voltage measurement module
- 2 x BIOS switches

Back Panel Connectors
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
- 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
- 2 x HDMI ports
- 1 x DisplayPort
- 6 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
- 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 2 x RJ-45 ports
- 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)



Only £199.99 inc VAT.

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Asus Xonar DS 7.1 PCI Sound Card OEM @ £29.99 inc VAT

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Feel enemies crawling behind you and hear voices echo in dungeons with Xonar’s immersive GX2.5 audio engine. Enable latest EAX gaming audio and restore surround sound gaming in Windows Vista without additional software. Xonar DS’s 192kHz/24bit playback support let you enjoy all music files converted at highest quality without any sample rate downgrade. Consisting of DTS Neo: PC and DTS Interactive technologies, DTS Connect brings the world’s most welcomed Hi-Fi surround sound to your PC and turns it into a powerful multi-media center and game console.

- 192k/24bit true PC Hi-Fi audio presentation
- Immerse yourself in 3D gaming sound with GX2.5 audio engine
- Enjoy lively home theater audio through DTS Connect technology



Only £29.99 inc VAT.

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I highly doubt it.

That is a tempting price anyway! Buy one, wait a couple of months and slap a Devil's Canyon CPU in there. Not sure what features it will be lacking from Z97... If any?
 
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