Links
No site would be complete without a few links to other places on
the net, take a browse you never know what you might find, maybe
even something useful
When I'm not hard at work you may find me participating on the
forums at the following sites
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Futuremark - News
and information on computer hardware & software. Home of
3DMark
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Overclockers UK
- Plenty of forums to keep you occupied. Join in the
discussions on almost any subject
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NT Compatible -
News & information on Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP &
Windows 2003
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Matrox Users - News
& information on computing. Strong emphasis on Matrox
graphics cards
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ABXZone - Formally
asusboards.com, now forums on all hardware manufacturers
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Rage 3D - Information on software & hardware. Strong
emphasis on ATI graphics cards
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Webhosting Talk
- Discussion boards on all aspects of web hosting and domain
names
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ADSL Guide -
Plenty of talk about anything ADSL/ADSL2/Broadband and
Cable. UK bias (I'm pleased to say)
Personal Links, places on the web belonging to friends
UK Based computer component vendors, only places I've used will
appear here.
Click here to read my reviews on these vendors
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Komplett.co.uk -
Norway based but excellent service and prices, delivery
charges on par with true UK based vendors
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Dabs.com -
One of, if not the biggest UK vendor, good prices and good
service
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Scan.co.uk -
Good selection and good prices especially the
Today Only deals.
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CCL Computers -
A relatively small outlet but very technically knowledgeable
staff, great service and good prices too
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Crucial Memory -
Excellent memory manufacturers, sell direct and do so with
free postage
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Overclockers.co.uk
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Some very nicely priced hardware plus they have some good
forums too
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NexNix Ltd -
Very nice prices on monitors, both LCD & CRT also amazing
service
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EBuyer.com -
Excellent selection and great prices
Computer component manufacturers web sites, see their latest
products, get support, download drivers and manuals
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ASUS -
Manufacturers of great motherboards. They also have a nice
line in graphics cards too
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Gigabyte -
Manufacturers of well featured and stable motherboards
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Intel -
The CPU company. Also take a look at their motherboards and
networking equipment
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NVidia -
Manufacturers of great graphics chipsets. No longer the
fastest but very stable
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ATI -
Manufacturers of the fastest graphics chipsets, check for
regular driver updates
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Matrox -
They may not offer the fastest graphics chipsets, but they
offer the best 2D and image quality
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Creative Labs
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Home of the famous Soundblaster range of sound cards
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Promise -
Standard and RAID IDE & SATA Controllers
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Adaptec -
Some of the finest SCSI controllers come from these people
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Microsoft -
Take a look at their keyboards & mice
Computer Software Companies
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Microsoft -
Love them or hate them (personally I have no problems with
them) this is the home of the famous Windows OS
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Linux -
Enter the world of Linux. Find a link to your favourite
distribution here
- Eset - They release
the NOD32 Antivirus software. Small footprint, low on system
resources and very reasonably priced. Highly recommended
AntiVirus software
- Forté -
Creators of the excellent Agent Usenet readers for Windows
Online Games
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Anarchy Online -
MMORPG set in a sci-fi environment
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Ultima Online -
MMORPG set in a more classic "fantasy" era
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Star Wars Galaxies
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An MMORPG set in the Star Wars universe, how
could you resist?
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Everquest 2 - Follow
up to the incredibly popular Everquest - just better in
every respect and great fun to play
Web Related (Hosts, Domains & Templates)
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Art for the web
- Now offering free web templates. Never face a blank page
when starting a new site again
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Open Source Templates -
Free web templates, all Open Source for you to use & modify.
Just don't forget to give credit where credit is due
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123-reg.co.uk -
Great company to buy your domains from. Very reliable and
nearly unbeatable on co.uk prices
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Blurstorm Hosting -
The current hosts for this site and others I own. Great
server performance, fast loading and very reasonable prices.
Amazing support.
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Allabouthosting
- Until recently they hosted this very site. Due to an
increase in traffic I needed to move. Great hosts at a low
cost never the less.
- Photodisc -
A place to find your royalty free images for your site
- Freesitetemplates
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Fear starting with a blank page for your new site? Download
a free template from here
- Wrensoft - Writers of
the search engine used on this site. Free & professional
versions available.
- Hiveware
- Encrypt your website e-mail address so it cannot be
harvested by bots.
- Weblogs.com - Weblogs
ring. See who has updated their blog and have a read.
- phpBB - These people
write the forum software used on this site. Their software
is 100% free and very professional as I'm sure you can see
- Wordpress - The
writers of the Blog software used on this site. Totally free
software
Misc
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Amazon.co.uk -
Still one of the best places to buy DVD's, CD's and books
from
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Play.com -
Great online store for games and DVD's
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CD-Wow - DVD's and CD's,
excellent prices and good delivery times <1 week
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Movietyme -
Good game prices, most are US games (Check for compatability)
Searching
- Find-dvd.co.uk -
Find the DVD's you want at the cheapest possible UK price
- Find-cd.co.uk -
Find the CD's you want at the cheapest possible UK price
- Find-games.co.uk
- Find the Computer/Console games you want cheaply in the UK
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