The Ultimate Gift Giving Guide 2009

The Gift of Giving:

Everyone knows that a geeks favorite things are gadgets, gizmos, and pizza pockets. In fact its a well known fact that we geeks are all competing for who has the most and best gadgets.  In the spirit of the holidays we have put together a Gift Giving Guide that should help you in making some choices for that geek in your life, even if that geek is you.

These are our picks for top gadgets and accessories to have for  2009 and is sure to bring the look of blissful joy that only a true gadget lover can know.

Processors:

As the heart of your system the CPU is all important in making things happen on the screen. There are only two real competitors in the hot field of processors, Intel and AMD.  Here we have our picks for both.

In the High End Performance Category it has to be a quad core and it has to be fast:

AMD Processor

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Quad Core Processor – 3.40GHz, Socket AM3, 6MB Cache, 2000MHz (4000 MT/s) FSB, Retail, Processor with Fan $189.99 Click Here

Intel Processor

Intel Core i7 920 Processor BX80601920 – 2.66GHz, LGA 1366, 4.8GT/s QPI, 8MB L3 Cache, Quad-Core, HyperThreading, Bloomfield, Retail $289.99 Click Here

In the Mid Range Performance category:

AMD Processor

AMD Phenom II X4 810 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor $159.95 Click Here

Intel Processor

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Processor BX80570E8400 – 3.0GHz, 6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB, Wolfdale, Dual-Core, Retail, Socket 775, Processor with Fan $179.99 Click Here

In the Budget Performance Category:

AMD Processor

AMD Phenom II X3 710 Triple Core Processor HDX710WFGIBOX – 2.60GHz, 6MB Cache, 2000MHz (4000 MT/s) FSB, Deneb, Retail, Socket AM3 $109.99 Click Here

Intel Processor

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 / 2.8 GHz processor $179.99 Click Here

Your choice of processor is really more dependent upon preference and your spending budget. It is obvious that AMD is the cheaper option to go with and despite the heavily debated topic of which performs better pricetag speaks volumes in the current economy.