****Round 11 - Asus Motherboard & Sound Cards****

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Asus Xonar DS 7.1 PCI Sound Card (90-YAA0F0-0UAN00Z) @ £35.99 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

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Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card (90-YAA055-1UAN00Z) @ £84.99 inc VAT

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With the introduction of Windows Vista, the whole audio architecture landscaped has been changed. This has resulted in teething problems for gamers - with the possibility of losing all surround sound or hardware accelerated Direct3D and EAX while gaming in the Windows Vista environment. To circumvent this problem, the Asus Xonar family of audio cards utilizes an Asus exclusive technology - the new DS3D GX extension in the Xonar D2X driver; to provide full support for surround sound and hardware accelerated features by translating DirectX to the DS3D GX. While other solutions like OpenAL requires special installation and game support, DS3D GX doesn't. Gamers can enjoy DirectX gaming with hardware enhanced surround sound and EAX effects automatically and immediately after installation. Asus Xonar D2X audio card, dedicated to be the best audio card for gaming and home entertainment, provides unprecedented 118dB In/Out SNR audio quality and features for games, music, and movies. Combining 192k/24-bit ultra fidelity input and output with a suite of Dolby and DTS sound technologies and abundant valuable software, the Xonar D2X is well designed to upgrade your PC to a powerful and high-quality Home Entertainment Centre, which you will never have with onboard audio or other sound cards.

- PCI-Express Interface
- Vista Gaming with DirectSound & EAX support
- Hi-Fi class audio quality with SNR up to 118dB
- Dolby HomeTheater Technologies & DTS Connect
- Valuable Cakewalk and Ableton Live music production software bundled
- Unprecedented SSNR NR Up to 118db reaching the limit of PC audio sound quality clarity
- Full duplex High-definition audio processing at 192KHz/24Bit for all Input and outputs and Inputs
- Versatile Dolby/DTS Audio Technologies for Game, Music, and Video
- Accurate 3D sound positioning and hardware acceleration for PC gaming
- Real-time DDL and DTS Connect encoders for amazing gaming and surround sounds over your Home Theater System
- Requires floppy power-connector
- Vista Ready

Was £93.99 Inc. VAT

Only £84.99 inc VAT.

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Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) DDR2 Motherboard @ £84.99 inc VAT

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The P5Q Deluxe is an Intel® P45 chipset-based motherboard that combines powerful performance with great energy efficiency; and supports DDR2 1200MHz dual-channel memory architecture and Three PCI Express 2.0 x16 lane for extreme graphics performance. It also comes with the world's first ASUS EPU-6 Engine, allowing the CPU power supply to be digitally monitored and fine-tuned with improved VRM efficiency in heavy or light loadings – attaining the best possible power efficiency and energy savings to help save the environment. The P5Q Deluxe also supports ASUS Express Gate a Linux OS bootup for instant access to the Internet in 5 seconds.

- LGA775 socket for Intel® Core™2 Quad/Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo/Pentium® dual-core/Celeron® dual-core/Celeron® Processors
- Compatible with Intel® 05B/05A/06 processors
- Supports Intel® 45nm Multi-Core CPU
- Intel P45/ICH10R with Intel® Fast Memory Access(FMA) support.
- FSB 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
- 4 x DIMM, max. 16GB, DDR2 1200/1066/800/667MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Dual channel memory architecture
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots, support ATI CrossFireXTM technology, at x8 speed
(PCIe x16_1 blue, PCIe x16_2 black*)
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot at max. x4 link(black)
- 2 x PCIe x1
- 2 x PCI
- Support ATI CrossFireXTM technology, up to Quad CrossFireX
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support
- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
- 1 x External SATA 3Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
- 2 x SATA 3Gb/s Supports EZ Backup and SuperSpeed functions
- Dual Gigabit LAN controllers
- ADI® AD2000B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Support Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking
- Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
- ASUS Noise-Filtering
- LSI3227 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
- Max. 10 USB2.0/1.1 ports(4 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
- ASUS 16-Phase Power Design
- Express Gate SSD
- ASUS AI Direct Link
- ASUS EPU-6 Engine
- ASUS AI Nap
- ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution
- ASUS Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2
- ASUS Fan Xpert
- AI Audio 2
- ASUS Noise Filtering
- ASUS Drive Xpert
- DieHard BIOS
- ASUS Q-Shield
- ASUS Q-Connector
- ASUS O.C. Profile
- ASUS EZ Flash 2
- ASUS AI Booster
- Precision Tweaker 2
- SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Was £99.99 Inc. VAT

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Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard @ £105.99 inc VAT

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This motherboard supports the latest Intel Lynnfield and Clarkdale processors, which have the memory and PCI Express controller integrated to support 2-channel (4 DIMMs) DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 2.0 lanes, enabling higher graphics performance. Supporting the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface with onboard Marvell controller, this motherboard delivers up to 6.0Gbps data transfer rates. Experience ultra-fast data transfers at 5Gbps with USB 3.0 - the latest connectivity standard. Built to connect easily with next-generation components and peripherals, USB 3.0 transfers data 10 times faster and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 devices. Turn on IO Level UP to boost the USB 3.0 or SATA 6Gb/s data transfer rate to up to 500MB/s. Users can flexibly switch between full-speed PCIe x16 mode for their graphics cards and IO Level UP for rapid data throughput.

- CPU: Intel Core i7/Core i5 Processors (Socket LGA1156)
- Chipset: Intel P55 Express
- Memory: 4x DDR3 DIMM 2200(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz (Max. 16GB) / Dual Channel / Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Expasion slots: 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 Slots, 3x PCIe x1 Slots & 2x PCI Slots (Supports ATI CrossFireX Technology)
- Storage: 1x Ultra DMA 133/100/66, 7x SATA 3Gb/s (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10), 2x SATA 6Gb/s & 1x eSATA 3Gb/s
- LAN: RTL8112L Gigabit LAN
- Audio: VT1828S 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- 2x IEEE 1394a
- 12x USB 2.0
- 2x USB 3.0/2.0
- 1x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1x PS/2 Mouse
- 1x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
- TurboV EVO
- T.Probe Technology for Active Cooling
- ASUS 12+2 Phase Power Design
- Quad-GPU CrossFireX Support!
- MemOK!
- EPU

Was £112.99 Inc. VAT

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Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard @ £145.99 inc VAT

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This motherboard supports the latest Intel Core i7 processors in LGA1366 package with integrated memory controller to support 3-channel (6 DIMMs) DDR3 memory. The P6X58D-E breaks the boundaries to bring you the multi-GPU choice of either SLI or CrossFireX. The motherboard features a dedicated graphics engine on the most powerful Intel X58 platform to optimize PCIe allocation in multiple GPU configurations. Supporting next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to 6.0Gb/s data transfer rates. Additionally, get enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems. Experience ultra-fast data transfers at 4.8Gbps with USB 3.0 - the latest connectivity standard. Built to connect easily with next generation components and peripherals, USB 3.0 transfers data 10X faster and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 components. 16+2 phase power design, 16-phase for vCore and extra 2-phase for QPI/Memory controller inside CPU, can provide the highest power efficiency, and hence generates less heat to effectively enhance the overclocking capability.

- CPU: Intel Core i7 Processors (Socket LGA1366)
- Chipset: Intel X58 Express
- Memory: 6x DDR3 DIMM 2000(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz (Max. 24GB) / Triple Channel / Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- Expasion slots: 3x PCIe 2.0 x16 Slots, 1x PCIe x1 Slots & 2x PCI Slots (Supports ATI CrossFireX & NVIDIA SLI Technology)
- Storage: 6x SATA 3Gb/s (RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10) & 2x SATA 6Gb/s
- LAN: Marvell 88E8056 Gigabit LAN
- Audio: ALC889 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- 8x USB 2.0
- 2x USB 3.0/2.0
- 2x IEEE 1394a
- 1x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1x PS/2 Mouse
- 1x S/PDIF Out (Optical)
- 1x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial)
- 16+2 Phase Power Design
- TurboV
- MemOK!
- EPU
- Express Gate
- Fanless Design
- Stack Cool3+
- CrashFree BIOS 3
- EZ Flash 2
- MyLogo 2

Was £152.98 Inc. VAT

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Good price on the P6X58D-E!
Agree, i thought about getting one of theese after selling my p6t dlx v2, (fancy the usb 3 and sata 6gbps), however though i discovered that the pcie slot spacing is very close,(few mm) compared to just over an inch on my current board, really helps with sli gpu's.
 
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