**Today Only 21/12/2010** OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB SSD & Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card

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Today Only, we have 10 units of OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive for only £317.24 inc. VAT. Enhance your PC's performance with a quicker boot up time, insanely fast transfer speeds and instant media browsing. Waiting is a thing of the past.


We also have 20 units of Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp for just £17.61 inc. VAT. Immerse yourself into true 5.1 Surround sound. By enhancing the clarity of audio, you can hear like never before.


OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE240G) @ £317.24 inc VAT

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Based on a cutting-edge new architecture, Vertex 2 Solid State Drives raise the bar once again and deliver unprecedented performance for the complete gamut of gaming and professional multimedia applications. OCZ designed the Vertex 2 to surpass the competition where it counts most, pushing the limits in both sequential and random read/write rates. With spectacular performance in 4k file writes up to 50,000 IOPS, these latest drives take productivity to the next level with over ten times the performance of the previous generation. Using the latest controller technology, Vertex 2 not only provides a faster, more responsive PC experience, but promotes cooler, quieter, and more energy efficient conditions compared to traditional mechanical hard drives. OCZ Vertex 2 SSDs come backed by a 3-year warranty and 2 million hour MTBF for ultimate peace of mind.

- Capacity: 240GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-1200
- Maximum Read: 285MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 275MB/sec
- Sustained Write: 250MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 50000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-II
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 Years

Only £317.24 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW


Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM @ £17.61 inc VAT

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The Xonar DG sound card combines Dolby Headphone 5.1 high definition surround with Asus’ own GX 2.5 gaming audio engine and an on-board headset amplifier. These result in accurate and deep audio that brings every nuance and sound across fully, making the new Xonar DG an ideal sound card for gamers who want to remain totally aware of their play environments.

- Built-in Headphone AMP
- Powers up every sound detail in gaming
- 3 gain modes for different usage scenarios
- Dolby Headphone for an immersive 5.1 surround imaging
- GX2.5 for realistic 3D audio effects

**Supplied with Driver disk, Manual, Low profile PCI bracket and Xonar DG card - All thats missing is the box!**

Only £17.61 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
Wow, that DG is good value. I want one but no idea what for yet! I already have the X-Fi xtremegamer in my gaming rig and my HTPC uses onboard, but it's via HDMI or SPDIF.
 
I don't know wether this is the place or not, but what is the advantage of this sound card over what is already on my motherboard? I've been thinking about getting a 5.1 headset to replace the Logitech Stereo one I've been using for a while. Would it be worth getting a sound card and/or the headset or spend the money on something else?
 
Dedicated sound is always in most case's better than on board audio, you'll get no back ground noise (hissing & electro intferance) on dedicated cards. And they are tuned to do a specific job. Drivers are usually better too. not to mention the sound they output its a lot richer and fuller than onboard.

To be honest at the price OCUK have the DG at you'd be mad not to have a punt not just to cure your curiosity.

I've had soundblasters and xonar D2 DS etc so I'm looking forward to the DG arriving should be a good gaming card.
 
Cool Breeze said:
Dedicated sound is always in most case's better than on board audio, you'll get no back ground noise (hissing & electro intferance) on dedicated cards. And they are tuned to do a specific job. Drivers are usually better too. not to mention the sound they output its a lot richer and fuller than onboard.

To be honest at the price OCUK have the DG at you'd be mad not to have a punt not just to cure your curiosity.

I've had soundblasters and xonar D2 DS etc so I'm looking forward to the DG arriving should be a good gaming card.
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Ok then. Have MORE of my money. I would have only wasted it on presents or food or something.

Quick Q. What kind of PCI connector is that? I only have 1-2 slots left since my new GPU's fan covered one up.
 
There is only one type of PCI... usually a white connection on the mobo. PCI-E is usually smaller or in the case of a x16 slot, taken by the graphics card.

As for advantages, a dedicated card is much 'cleaner' and a fuller sound, if you're using headphones you'll also get the joy of Dolby Headphone which is itself worth the money.
 
Put it this way. The onboard on my mobo is good by general standards as it is a top of the line ASUS Crosshair IV.

The DG blows it away.

What a steal!
 
Auraomega said:
There is only one type of PCI... usually a white connection on the mobo. PCI-E is usually smaller or in the case of a x16 slot, taken by the graphics card.

As for advantages, a dedicated card is much 'cleaner' and a fuller sound, if you're using headphones you'll also get the joy of Dolby Headphone which is itself worth the money.
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So what does this fit into then?

Also I take it I'll need to buy headphones with the 3.5mm jacks rather than my current USB ones.
 
I think I may have to go for that xonar. Opinions here seem good but it's been a while since I've used anything other than onboard audio so I'm not really sure what to expect. I used to have a Creative x-fi xtreme game blah blah 1337 something or other that sounded OK but had patchy driver support - I'm assuming this will sound a little worse but be better supported?
 
Code13 said:
So what does this fit into then?

Also I take it I'll need to buy headphones with the 3.5mm jacks rather than my current USB ones.
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The white PCI slots, not the PCI-E slots... I think we're misunderstanding each other here :p

And yes, you'll require a standard jack set of 'phones rather than USB (as I believe they have an inbuilt DAC thus making the DG useless).


Geckovich said:
I used to have a Creative x-fi xtreme game blah blah 1337 something or other that sounded OK but had patchy driver support - I'm assuming this will sound a little worse but be better supported?
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You might not even notice the difference between the 2 cards to be fair, for both sound quality and driver support :rolleyes: I've found the Asus drivers work ok, but there were issues I had which the UNi drivers fixed for me (specifically stereo was 'upscaled' to my 5.1 system which sounded awful).
 
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