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AusPCMarket News 20th January 2012

Our regular reviewer, Richard from ClanCarnage, has a new full-length review for you - today he's done the Noontec N5 Gigalink 1-Bay Gigabit NAS.

From the review:

With mobile devices and computers constantly becoming cheaper, and the quantity of them per household on the rise, a NAS makes sense for people who constantly want to access data from different devices in different locations. I’ve tested the GigaLink N5 out for a few weeks now, and so far it has played nice with the 10 computers, laptops, phones and tablets that are used in my household.

The GigaLink N5 is jam-packed full of features, fulfilling the needs for the most basic of user who just wants to do weekly back up of their documents, to the more advanced user who will take advantage of dynDNS support so they can access their files at home whilst they are out and about.

In my testing it worked flawlessly, allowing me to browse pictures stored directly on the NAS from my phone, as well as uploading photos taken on my phone onto the NAS, which I could then browse through on my computer.

Just $99.00 delivered for the bare unit, it's also available in the following drive bundles, where you'll save a further $22 over the individual parts prices:

Mention you saw this newsletter offer when you order any of the media players below, and we'll include a 16GB USB drive, valued at over $30, for free!

Playon!HD Essential - Playon!HD Mini2 - Playon!HD2 - Playon!DVR

Playon!Optional Wireless Dongle can be used with these.

Models that take internal drives are bundled with the Wireless Dongle here: 1TB Playon!HD2, 2TB Playon!HD2 - 1TB Playon!DVR - 2TB Playon!DVR.

Sticking to the media player theme, Noontec has refreshed their popular A3 media player, with the new A3 II Version now supporting Blu-ray ISO file playback and more CODEC types, as well as a redesigned box.

Whilst stocks last, you can grab one here for just $88 delivered, bundled with a free 8GB USB drive and 1.8m HDMI cable, worth over $26, for no extra charge!

We're expecting the imminent arrival of a shipment of Das Keyboards on Mondayy, after a long drought - these are the original king of mechanical keyboards, with a USB hub built-in.

Reviewed at Overclockers.com.au: If you spend a lot of time typing at your PC, it's worth thinking about the quality of the chunk of metal and plastic you're typing on. People spend a fortune on fancy video cards and large hard drives etc, but the real hands-on interaction with your PC is via the keyboard and mouse.

As a fairly proficient typist already, switching to the Das Keyboard hasn't increased my speed after a week - or perhaps I'm just set in my ways. But for typing up reams of text, like this very review you're reading, it's genuinely a much more pleasant experience on a professional-level mechanical keyboard than on the cheapies I've been used to. I won't go back!"

We'll have the full range back in stock now, including both the silent and clicky models of the Professional and Ultimate - prices have been slashed, so you now get the cheapest delivered price in the country by far, with no hidden surcharges/insurances etc.

Backorders are being picked now, so please check your email for our order confirmation if you have had one of these on backorder for a while.

There's also another shipment of Filco 'boards due early next week.

Ready for a limited edition graphics card? The Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448-Core Limited Edition just landed at AusPC. Previously only released to selected overseas markets, we've managed to secure some stock today, and according to the reviews, it overclocks well.

Why is it different from other cards? Gainward's GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores Limited Edition GPU is outfitted with 448 CUDA Cores (instead of the standard 384) and is clocked at 732MHz while the shader and memory stores up at 1,464 MHz and 1,900 MHz. The memory interface is 320-bit bus wide (vs 256-bit) with 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory bandwidth of 152.0 GB/Sec. Gainward's card has synonymous performance to a GeForce GTX 570 at a cheaper price tag.

Grab one to get best-in-class gaming performance - run Battlefield 3™ at 46 fps in ultra settings, 18% faster than competitors in the "red" camp.

We've nabbed most of the importer's stock, and compared to other brands of 448-core cards we've seen selling for over $400, this one's a bargain - check it out here





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