TechLife_Australia_Issue_63_May_2017

BUYER’S GUIDE

READY RECKONER

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[ BEST BUDGET ]

Logitech G402 Hyperion Fury

$49 | http://www.logitech.com

A hybrid-sensor gaming mouse with

optical, gyro and accelerometer

tracking, this one doesn’t skip a beat.

[ BEST BUDGET ]

ASUS DUAL-GTX1050TI-4G

$245 | http://www.asus.com/au

You’ll get respectable 1080p/Normal

gaming performance from this

affordable GeForce GTX 1050 Ti card.

[ BEST VALUE ]

Razer DeathAdder Chroma

$65 | http://www.razerzone.com/au-en

This super-comfy ergonomic mouse

for right-handers has a great,

organic-feeling sensor.

[ BEST VALUE ]

Gigabyte N1060WF2OC-3GD

$310 | http://www.gigabyte.com.au

If you want 1080p with all the bells

and whistles, this 3GB GTX 1060

is the card to go for.

[ BEST AMBIDEXTEROUS ]

SteelSeries Sensei RAW

$80 | http://www.steelseries.com

Ditching unneeded features, this is a

lean, mean headshotting machine

that’s good for lefties and righties.

[ BEST PREMIUM ]

Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX

480 4GB

$380 | sapphiretech.com

AMD’s made VR a little more affordable

with its new RX 480 — this is one of

the cheapest variants.

[ BEST WIRELESS ]

Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum

$200 | http://www.logitech.com

It ain’t cheap, but this is the best

wireless gaming mouse we’ve used;

surprisingly light and well balanced.

[ BEST EXTREME ]

ASUS DUAL-GTX1070-O8G

$625 | http://www.asus.com/au

One step down from the new king,

this card is a little more affordable

and beats the last-gen leaders.

PC GAMING

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PC GRAPHICS

CARDS

[ BEST BUDGET ]

ASUS B150M Pro Gaming

$145 | http://www.asus.com/au

A great companion for the Pentium

G4400; this has everything you need

for under $150.

[ BEST VALUE ]

ASUS Prime Z270-P

$220 | http://www.asus.com/au

This low-cost Z270 board has all the

basics you need, including Intel LAN

and 7th-gen Core i support.

[ BEST PREMIUM ]

Gigabyte Aorus Z270X-

Gaming 5

$320 | http://www.gigabyte.com.au

A great match for the i5-7600,

with lots of useful features

at a fair price.

[ BEST EXTREME ]

ASRock X99 Taichi

$390 | http://www.asrock.com

This (slightly) cheaper X99 board is still

feature-packed and a good match

for the i7-6800K CPU.

PC

MOTHERBOARDS

[ BEST BUDGET ]

Canon Pixma MG2960

$49 | http://www.canon.com.au

An inkjet that can print, scan and copy

in colour, send faxes, has Wi-Fi and

can AirPrint and Google Cloud Print.

[ BEST VALUE ]

Epson WorkForce WF-3620

$189 | http://www.epson.com.au

This inkjet prints, copies, scans and

faxes in colour and B&W, has inbuilt

Wi-Fi and an Ethernet connection.

[ BEST PHOTO PRINTER ]

Epson Expression Premium

XP-720

$230 | http://www.epson.com.au

Creates fantastic-quality photo prints

at a relatively affordable price.

[ BEST SMALL-BUSINESS LASER ]

HP Colour LaserJet Pro

MFP M277dw

$450 | http://www.hp.com/au

Built-in wireless, duplex print and

scan, cloud and mobile print,

and great print quality at a fair price.

PRINTERS & MULTIFUNCTION CENTRES

[ BEST BUDGET ]

Intel Pentium G4400

$85 | http://www.intel.com

An extremely overclockable dual-core

Skylake CPU for those looking to

build budget rig.

[ BEST VALUE ]

Intel Core i5-7600

$320 | http://www.intel.com

This new 7th-gen Core i5 chip

offers great performance

with low power use.

[ BEST PREMIUM ]

Intel Core i7-7700K

$520 | http://www.intel.com

The top chip from Intel’s new 7th-gen

Core i series offers lots of speed

for those who need it.

[ BEST EXTREME ]

Intel Core i7-6800K

$580 | http://www.intel.com

This new six-core ‘Broadwell-E’ chip

offers top-shelf performance

(at a top-shelf price).

PC

PROCESSORS

[ BEST BUDGET ]

SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB

$70 | http://www.sandisk.com

If you just need a basic SSD,

this 120GB model does the job

for not much cash.

[ BEST VALUE ]

Samsung 750 EVO 500GB

$210 | http://www.samsung.com/au

500GB is the sweet spot for

cost-per-gig and this SATA model

from Samsung is a great choice.

[ BEST PREMIUM ]

Samsung 850 EVO 1TB

$425 | http://www.samsung.com/au

This successor to the 840 EVO offers

the best mix of speed, capacity and

price for those with big needs.

[ BEST EXTREME ]

Samsung 960 Pro M.2

(512GB)

$470 | http://www.samsung.com/au

It’s pricey, but with 3TB/s read

and 2TB/s write speeds,

this M. 2 drive is stupid-fast.

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