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Budget conscious but need more horse power for you laptop? Affordable yet powerful and compact laptop. This is for you guys!

Core i5 330UM @ 1.2GHz (no Turbo Boost)
3GB DDR3 RAM (max 8GB)
320GB SATA HDD
Intel HD Graphics 128MB
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 3.0
Gigabit LAN
HDMI port
5-in-1 card reader
3 x USB 2.0 ports
Windows 7 Home Premium
Li-Ion 6-cell battery @ 5800 mAh
3.1lbs
Price: around Php26,400.

Good news budget conscious AMD enthusiasts, there are now three available socket AM3 boards that are out in the market. Yes it is indeed affordable because these three motherboards are all less than Php 3,400. These boards all supports up to 1333 Mhz of Memory of with a DDR3 interface.

ASUS M4N68T-M – PHP 2740.00
(For specifications click here)

ASUS M4A78LT-M – PHP 3180.00
(for specifications click here)

MSI GF615M-P33 – PHP 2680.00
(for specifications click here)

*all prices are based on PCHUB you can check their complete products here.

Finally a nettop that offer optical drive! But this time Asus is making sure we will all be happy by offering a Bluray drive in Asus Eee Box 1501 available in white and black. This will be also be released in Switzerland soon.
The Eee Box 1501 packs NVIDIA’s Ion chipset, an Intel Atom 330 dual-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, and an HDMI port for good measure. Can’t wait for this media box to arrive in the Philippine market. For those of you who can’t wait, place your order on Amazon now.

After being seen this EeeBox EB1012 in CES, it finally pops out in Amazon available in pre-order. This thing is what they called a low cost home theater PC with the following specs:
Intel’s 1.6GHz Dual Core N330 Atom processor, NVIDIA Ion, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Windows 7, HDMI out, 802.11b/g/n, and a sextet of USB 2.0 ports. You can place your order here.