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    £100 to spend on notebook accessories

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Ali Nield, Apr 14, 2009.

  1. Ali Nield

    Ali Nield Notebook Guru

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    I'm ordering a Acer Aspire 6930g later on this afternoon and I have about £100 left over to spend on accessories

    http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/product/519340/ACER-AS6930G-744G32

    So far I have chosen a mouse: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Razer-RZ01-...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1239703879&sr=8-1 £36.00

    So I have around £65 left to spend on accessories.. I don't really need a laptop bag but I would like a sleeve. So if anyone can recommend one that would be great.


    Also, if i have some money left over... Would a external HDD be of any use as I don't have one at this moment in time. Either that or I buy myself a bigger internal HDD to stick in my pc.

    So give me some advice.. thanks :)
     
    Ali Nield, Apr 14, 2009
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  2. Persnickety

    Persnickety Notebook Evangelist

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    I consider an external harddisk a must. You need somewhere to back your stuff up.
     
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  3. Ali Nield

    Ali Nield Notebook Guru

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    can you recommend any good external hdd's that's around the 500gb mark?
     
    Ali Nield, Apr 14, 2009
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  4. TonyZ

    TonyZ Notebook Evangelist

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    I'd recommend a Seagate.
     
    TonyZ, Apr 14, 2009
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  5. snu_d

    snu_d Notebook Enthusiast

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    wow...money burning a hole in your pocket? i would consider getting a notebook cooler....
    are you going to have primarily stationed on a desk somwhere? (i ask this because you don't need a laptop bag)
    If so, then invest in a cooler...it should prolong the life of your laptop and keep things cool while gaming
     
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  6. Persnickety

    Persnickety Notebook Evangelist

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    That too, but I'll widen the recommendation to include anything but a Western Digital.
     
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  7. Ali Nield

    Ali Nield Notebook Guru

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    Why, what's wrong with WD.. i thought they made good hdd's.
     
    Ali Nield, Apr 14, 2009
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  8. Persnickety

    Persnickety Notebook Evangelist

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    Most propably have no problems, but I haven't had a WD drive that didn't -up.
     
    Persnickety, Apr 14, 2009
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  9. Ali Nield

    Ali Nield Notebook Guru

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    Ah i see. I will investigate external HDD's to see which is best for me..

    Anyone recommend a nice cooler?
     
    Ali Nield, Apr 14, 2009
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  10. poliuy

    poliuy Notebook Evangelist

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    I dunno every review i've read of coolers arn't so great, they usually just dim the degrees down from 3-4, which isn't that big a deal unless your laptop is spewin off heat waves like a walrus during mating season. Anyway, just have a nice wood surface and plenty of room for venting on all sides of your laptop and you should be good. I would suggest a good laptop board though, in case you want to game or w/e in bed/couch/place other then desk.

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    Also for notebook sleeve, I just bought the Zeroshock III and it has gotten great reviews from here and everywhere else i've looked and its pretty cheap, bought mine for 44 bucks (I went amazon, but shiza.com i think its called has em for 29 bucks).
     
    poliuy, Apr 14, 2009
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