NCIX School Sale, Part I: Sony Clock Radio $20, Acer Home Server $380, $7 Shipping

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It's getting to be that time of the year again, when all the back to school sales start and this week NCIX.com is having their go with it in the Back 2 School Sale, Part I. There's over 80 of their limited quantity Surprise Specials and it's just a big sale overall. Couple that with $6.99 flat-rate shipping on orders under 100lbs. and this is a great opportunity to pick up the computer gear you need for school. A few of the deals we saw include:

• Acer Aspire Easystore H340 Home Server Intel Atom 2GB 1TB GBLAN 4 Bay Hotswap Windows Home Server - $379.99, (compare prices)
• Thermaltake BlacX S 2.5/3.5" SATA Hard Drive USB2.0 eSATA Docking Station - $18.99 after $10 rebate, (compare prices)
• BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC MAXCORE55 590MHZ 896MB 1.998GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I Video Card - $149.99 after $25 rebate, (compare prices)
• Ideazon Reaper Optical Gaming Mouse 1600DPI 6 Programmable Buttons USB - $24.99
• OEM Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 1TB 1000GB 7200RPM SATA2 16MB Terabyte Hard Drive OEM w/3 Yr Warranty - $69.99 after $10 US rebate, (compare prices)
• Refurb. XBox 360 Wireless Controller White - $19.99
• Sony ICFC180 Clock Radio with Auto Time Set W/ Internal Lithium Battery - $19.99, (compare prices)
• BenQ E2200HD 21.5" 16:9 Widescreen Black LCD Monitor 2MS 1920x1080 10000:1 Senseye HDMI DVI VGA - $178.99, (compare prices)

The Acer Easystore Home Server looks like a great value at under $380. Here's a review from DigitalTrends.com which gave it 9/10. It's mostly what you expect - an affordable way to back up and serve media through your network, but be forewarned that it isn't compatible with Macs.

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