Win A Free Laptop!

Hey hey!  As some of you know, Fast-teks is giving away free every month this year.  This month we are giving away a free laptop!  All you have to do is enter to win.  It doesn’t get much easier than that.  Go to our home page or click the picture below to enter!

Cool Desktop Wallpapers

Hey everyone.  Are you in the mood to change up your tired, wore out desktop wallpaper?  How long have you been staring at the same picture anyway?  Lets face it, you need something new.  My friend Ben over at Blank Sketch Studios has some great recommendations on some desktop wallpapers.  Just look for his Wallpaper Wednesday (WW) posts.  He has even made a few awesome ones himself.  If those aren’t enough for you, I have another friend (that’s right, I have friends) with a website that has tons of high quality images to choose from for your wallpapering pleasure.  His website is socwall.com.

   

If you don’t like the random ones I’ve posted here, then go check out socwall.com for some more awesome wallpapers!

$300 Computer Deal!

So maybe you missed the last computer deal.  Well, here is another chance to redeem yourself.  I found an HP Desktop over at Sellout Woot for $300 and only $5 for shipping.  This one is not as powerful as the last but, it’s a pretty good little machine.  And I do mean little.  There are smaller computers out there but, this one as you can see in the picture isn’t even as tall and wide as the keyboard.  It’s part of the HP Slimline series designed to be powerful yet space savers.  Great for home theaters or just someone that doesn’t want to take up a lot of space.

Now for the nerd specs.  It has a AMD Phenom II X2 511 Dual-Core Processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 64-bit Windows, SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe technology, Wireless b/g/n, 5.1 Surround, 750GB Hard Drive, and a ATI Radeon HD 3000 graphics card.  For a $300 computer, this is all pretty good.  If you are looking for a small computer to do everyday tasks on a budget, then this would be a good choice.

I always look at reviews so here is a link to Newegg.com to check out what some users have to say about it.  They no longer sell this desktop but they still have the reviews from users that purchased one when they did sell it.  The reviews are looking good but, check them out for yourself to get an idea if this would be a good purchase for you.

Like some of the other deals, keep in mind that this one is also a refurbished desktop. That’s why it is such a great price. But don’t be scared of refurbished. They usually still come with some kind of warranty. And just because it’s refurbished doesn’t mean it’s going to give you problems forever that you just have to put up with. It just means there was a faulty part that they replaced, tested everything, then reboxed it back up. Or maybe someone bought it and didn’t want it anymore so they sent it back. The company then tests the machine to make sure it works properly and boxes it back to as refurbished because they can no longer say it is new even though it is. So check it out if you need a new little computer.

Great Computer Deal! Only $550.00!

Hey everyone!  I am a little late on this post but, today only Woot.com has an HP Elite Six-Core Desktop with Blu-Ray for only $550!  This is a great deal for this computer!  Let me throw some nerd specs your way and see how they tickle your fancy.  This thing has a 2.7GHz AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 6-Core Processor, 8gb of DDR3 RAM, 1gb ATI Radeon HD 5570 Video Card with HDMI, HD 7.1 Surround Sound, 1TB Hard Drive, Wireless b/g/n, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, and MORE!  Now if you don’t know what any of that means,  just know that it is all good stuff and it will be FAST!  If I could convince myself I needed another computer, I would buy this in a heartbeat.

This is a refurbished computer.  But all that means is HP went through the machine and replaced the bad part, tested everything else and boxed it back up.  If anything, this is better than brand new because it has been tested to work.  I love buying refurbished stuff because of the great discount.  It’s pretty much brand new they just can’t legally call it new.  Get on over to Woot.com and get yours before they are gone.

Even if you were holding out thinking your old, slow computer will last another couple of months, just do it. Imagine, with this things power and Blu-ray, you could hook this up to your nice flat screen TV and have a pretty awesome media center.  And if you really want to make this a Media Center, you could add a TV Tuner of your choice and use this as a DVR too.  No more paying monthly for that Tivo or DVR box from you cable company.  With a TV Tuner card you can make your own DVR.  Here are some TV Tuner cards from Newegg.com if you are interested.