GamePro's 2008 Back To School Gift Guide and Giveaway!

Falcon Northwest FragBox 8400
GamePro's 2008 Back To School Gift Guide and Giveaway!

A dedicated gaming rig might not sound like a must-have for students, but being in school can be insanely stressful and students definitely need a way to blow off a little steam every now and again. A powerful gaming system is the perfect way to relax: come home after class, nuke some food in the microwave, boot up your favorite PC game and you're good to go. Best of all, gaming systems are also powerful enough to handle resource hungry productivity apps like Premiere (for editing the videos that you shot for your film class) and Photoshop (for your graphic design class); they also make quick work of mundane tasks like word processing and web surfing. Falcon Northwest has been making quality gaming rigs for a long time and their FragBox line is perfect for students thanks to its small compact size. But don't think that the miniscule footprint comes at the expense of power: the FragBox 8400 comes loaded with an Intel Core 2 Duo proc running at 3.0GHz, 2 gigs of ram, a Radeon 4850 512MB vid card and a 500gig hard-drive. It's pretty much got everything you need to be productive and entertained and doesn't take up that much space, which is pretty important especially for college students who are stuck living in those cramped dorm rooms. Seriously, they pack you in like sardines in a tin can, don't they?

www.falcon-nw.com
$1495
WallCandy Arts Chalk Board
GamePro's 2008 Back To School Gift Guide and Giveaway!

We have a love-hate relationship with [chalkboards]. They bring back so many memories of our childhood, both good and bad. Still, there's nothing quite like putting a piece of chalk to that smooth surface and working out a math problem or spelling out a word. That's why we have WallCandy Arts Chalk Boards up on our walls. The graphite coated squares stick to the wall with an adhesive backing and gives you the awesome feel of writing on a good, old-fashioned chalk board; it makes writing things down on a dry erase board feel lame in comparison. And as an added bonus, it sort of makes you feel like you're back in grade school, except without any of the angst and bullying.

www.wallcandyarts.com
$58

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