Presents for a hardware enthusiast?

Gundog48 · 27 Sep 2011 at 00:36

My birthday is coming up and I always struggle to think of things to ask people to get me. I was wondering if any of you could come up with some suggestions for ~£20 gifts with PCs in mind?

stulid · 27 Sep 2011 at 00:38

Lots of £20 OCUK gift vouchers so you can buy a single expensive item.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=253

olivier renault · 27 Sep 2011 at 00:43

£20? Not much to go for. And not knowing what you have already.

Some ideas for cheap tat

1 x Thermalright MUX-120 Black CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366) £26.99
1 x Roccat Apuri USB Hub with Mouse Bungee £22.99
1 x Logitech S-220 2.1 Speaker System - OEM (980-000022) £21.98
1 x Compro VideoMate DVB-T100 Digital TV Internal PCI - Retail £19.99
1 x Corsair Flash Voyager 8GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive (CMFVY3-8GB) £16.99
1 x Boogie Bug AimB.Pad XL Gaming Mouse Surface £15.98
2 x Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 1150 RPM - 3 Pin £11.99 (£23.98)
1 x Speedlink Vellu Gel Mousepad - Black £6.98

Ideas, not actual recommended items. USB3 stick, mouse pad, TV tuner, some silent case fans, a CPU heatsink, ect...

Reaper 392 · 27 Sep 2011 at 00:43

depending on what you have already then one of these might be the ticket:

gelid tranquillo (~£25 from here)
wired xbox controller - works great for some of the driving games on the PC if you cant afford a wheel. also allows use of the xbox mic in games (~£15 elsewhere for the controller)
other than that, the only obvious answer is PC games, such as:

crysis maximum edition (includes crysis, crysis warhead and crysis wars. may be cheaper to get separately on steam)
Just cause 2
dirt 3 (xbox controller works great with this apparently)
etc, etc

olivier renault · 27 Sep 2011 at 00:45

stulid said:
Lots of £20 OCUK gift vouchers so you can buy a single expensive item.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=253

Good point, I'd probably go with the vouchers. Better having something expensive like a mechanical keyboard or a nice mouse, than a bunch of gimmicky gadgets

Keyser Soze · 27 Sep 2011 at 00:46

It depends on what you use your pc for and what you already have, but it's going to be peripherals really at that price. (maybe a cheap soundcard)

USB Flash Drive
Media Centre Remote
Wireless Dongle/Card
a game
a payment towards any internet subscriptions you may have, (usenet etc)

just some random ideas.

nelviss · 27 Sep 2011 at 02:21

just £20 pound peices, and if they want to give you card then tell them to save on the environmental cost/waste and just give you the £2/£3, or a pay pall gifft?