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Computer Buyer Competition (Issue 207)

Expires: 6 Aug 08

This month we're giving you the chance to win a Fujitsu ScanSnap S300, Traxdata MultiMediaDrive, Microsoft Expression Studio, a Genius multimedia bundle, and many more prizes.

Ginger6 Ultra 500 Gaming PC

One PC with monitor worth £699

Is your PC off balance? Ginger6, specialists in gaming systems, reckon at least half the PCs shipped today have an underpowered graphics processor (GPU). For the best experience, you need the right combination of CPU (central processor) and GPU. Whether you're using the latest operating systems, editing photos, watching videos or playing 3D games, an nVidia GeForce GPU makes your PC run smoothly and delivers amazing visuals. Now you can play games the way they're meant to be played with Ginger6's Intel Ultra 500 Gaming PC, featuring a GeForce 8800GT graphics processor, an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, a whopping 4GB of memory, 500GB of hard disk space and 19 inch widescreen monitor on which to enjoy your hiccup-free gameplay. The whole package has been optimised to give you the best performance for the best price possible, so you know this machine will excel in whatever tasks you throw at it. We have one Ultra 500 Gaming PC complete with monitor to give away this month courtesy of Ginger6 (www.ginger6.com).

Fujitsu ScanSnap S300

Two automatic feed scanners worth £230

The ScanSnap S300 is the world's smallest duplex ADF (automatic document feed) scanner, designed for top performance inside or outside of the home or office. When connected solely to a PC's USB port it can process four pages per minute, and this rises to 8ppm when it's connected to the mains.

Whether you're at home digitising receipts, bank statements or course papers, or at the office capturing documents, ScanSnap takes scanning beyond the desktop and into your world. As well as importing your paper documents in seconds, the ScanSnap S300 allows you to view PDF and JPEG files; arrange files with simple drag and drop actions; easily insert and delete images; adjust thumbnail sizes; automatically create searchable PDF files; and quickly drag and drop scanned pages to email or to a printer. See www.fujitsu.com/uk/ for details.

Traxdata MultiMediaDrive

Two HD multimedia drives worth £149 each

Traxdata's MultiMediaDrive is a 500GB portable multimedia player that can be plugged into your TV for instant playback of movies, songs or photos. An HDMI connection, with upscaling to 720P and 1080i for legacy video footage, lets you make full use of your HDTV set. The MultiMediaDrive comes with full DVD menu support and extensive DivX subtitle capability. With a multitude of TV connections, and able to play MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DiVx, Xvid, MP3, WAV and JPEG files, it makes it easy to take your snaps, movies or summer soundtrack to the comfort of your living room - or anywhere else you want to enjoy it. Find out more at www.traxdata.com, and enter now for your chance to win.

Kingston Technology memory pack

Three flash memory bundles worth £103

Kingston is offering three lucky winners a memory pack containing a 2GB MicroSD card with two adapters for your mobile phone, digital camera and other devices; a 19-in-One Media Reader to enable your PC to work with memory cards; an 8GB DataTraveler 110 USB key; and a 4GB Compact Flash card for compatible digital cameras. The Micro SD card allows you to store music, movies, video clips, pictures and ring tones, with adapters allowing you to use it in a miniSD or full size SD slot. The 19 in-One Media Reader supports 19 types of memory cards, including five Memory Stick formats. Your prize will also include a 8GB DataTraveler 110 USB key, providing plenty of storage space and featuring a retractable USB connector. Finally, a 4GB Compact Flash card is ideal for everyday use in your digital camera, PDA or MP3 player. Visit www.kingston.com for more info.

Microsoft Expression Studio

Creative software worth £450

Microsoft Expression Studio takes your creativity to a new level. The professional tools and innovative technologies in this unique suite give you the freedom to bring your vision to reality, whether designing standards-based websites or rich user experiences for the desktop.

Within the suite, Expression Web enables the creation of modern, standards-based sites that deliver superior quality. Expression Blend creates engaging web-connected experiences for Windows. Expression Design is a groundbreaking illustration and graphics program to build compelling elements for the web and desktop user interfaces. Expression Media visually catalogues and organises digital assets. Find out more at www.microsoft.com.

PNY upgrade bundle

Selection of components worth over £200

PNY has put together a bundle of PC upgrade products specially for one lucky Computer Buyer reader. Big on performance and easy on the wallet, the nVidia GeForce 9600 GT XLR8 OC graphics card offers immersive, extreme HD video and gaming. To keep the rest of your PC up to speed, our winner can choose a DIMM memory kit comprising either DDR2 PC5300 (667MHz) or PC6400 (800MHz) units. DDR2 is the second generation of Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM memory, delivering higher speed, lower power consumption and heat dissipation. Supplied with a 10 year warranty,The PNY modules kits have been packaged to work with the Dual Channel System, so if your computer supports this it could work up to 30% faster. Finally, the Attaché Optima 16GB is one of the fastest and most capacious flash memory devices on the market, and also features Carry It Easy software, allowing you to encrypt and password protect your precious data. To find out more about PNY products, visit www.pny-europe.com.

Sony Creative Software bundle

Two software bundles worth £220 each

Sony Creative Software's new Home Studio applications are the best way to bring your music or home videos to life. ACID Music Studio is perfect for original song creation, multitrack audio and MIDI recording and includes over 3000 loops to use in remixes and mash-ups. Vegas Movie Studio Platinum allows users to import and edit video in nearly any format, including high-definition HDV and Sony AVCHD. DVD Architect Studio is also included for delivery to a DVD, PSP (PlayStation Portable), Apple iPod and other devices. Sound Forge Audio Studio is the easiest way to record, edit, encode, and master audio on your PC. Vinyl recording and restoration and a new Vocal Eraser plug-in are included.

Find out more about Sony Creative Software products at www.sonycreativesoftware.co.uk.



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