ADVANTI® Online Blog

ADVANTI launched the world’s first Facebook Auction initiative today, aiming to promote the spirit of giving back to Bahrain’s gaming community.

With a joint initiative from our partners, we have begun our exclusive Facebook Auction to only the members of our ADVANTI Facebook page. The inauguration of this event was the auction of the fastest Graphic card in the world, the Sapphire ATI 5970 2 GB, which began at a stunning $635 price tag, while it retails currently at $699 on most leading e-retailers such as NewEgg. The highest bidder and lucky winner, pictured below, won the above card along with a FREE Cooler Master V8 and Sapphire goodies for $715; which are worth a grand total of $780 without shipping or surcharges from other retailers. 

ATI 5970 Auction Winner

Sapphire had earlier given the go ahead to ensure a low bidding price for such a hi-end and hard to procure product. We are privileged that they share our vision and the urge to provide such exclusive initiatives to support the local community of gamers, and promised it to be the first of many such exciting rewards to come. ADVANTI will now extend it’s periodic auctions to all brands and products, to fulfil its obligation of supporting it’s core fans and supporters, and adding this amazing premise to an already impressive catalogue of competitive retail price offers and bundles.  

2 GB Graphic goodness and a V8!

So hurry and join our Facebook Page today to win exiting products galore! Remember, these astounding low cost auctions only take place on facebook, and only members can bid on facebook threads. Good luck!

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It brings us immense pleasure in announcing our official partnership with Danger Den, US. As their exclusive distributor, we are now entitled to their extremist enthusiast and liquid cooling products that will take gaming in the region to new and unprecedented heights.

Danger Den Comes to Bahrain

By incorporating them into our existing exclusive distributor portfolio of several hi-end brands such as Cooler Master, Sapphire, AMD, ATI, Mushkin and Asus, we can deliver exceptional and industrial grade computing solutions and empower overclockers, gamers and enthusiasts in attaining the highest level of satisfaction in their hobbies.

Avast! 5.0 Antivirus - The Next Generation

As the proud and accomplished Silver Partners and authorized resellers of Avast! Antivirus in many GCC countries, it brings us great pleasure in introducing the next innovation in Internet Security.

Over 100 million users worldwide have safeguarded their systems, data and identities from the fraudulent reaches of the internet by using Avast! 4.8, which was considered revolutionary even in comparison to it’s contemporaries. Now, they are at it again: the new Avast! 5.0 will not only add several improvements and enhanced security features, but will also provide a one-stop solution for both home and corporate users. Already an award winning performer in several categories, this significant milestone will be celebrated by ADVANTI by press releases, promotions and reviews against other offerings in the market.

Head over to their website to attain a free home edition, and gear up for complete control over the internet!

www.avast.com

New mainstream models in HD 5000 series enhance graphics experience

Sapphire HD 5670

SAPPHIRE Technology is now shipping a new family of graphics cards in the highly successful HD 5000 series. The SAPPHIRE HD 5670 is a new low power model aimed at the mainstream market, whist sharing many of the exciting features of the latest high end series.

The SAPPHIRE HD 5670 is based on the latest graphics architecture from the ATI division of AMD, the second generation of GPU to be built in its 40nm process. It supports the advanced graphical features of Microsoft DirectX 11, and delivers spectacular video clarity, speed and visual effects, whilst consuming very low power levels.

SAPPHIRE will offer several variants of this product. All of them have 400 Stream processors and support Microsoft DirectX 11 as well as ATI Stream. As the core technology is low power, no external power connection is required, making this series ideal for system upgrades or mainstream PCs that do not have high end power supplies.

The two top models of the SAPPHIRE HD 5670 series offer a choice of 1GB or 512MB of DDR5 memory, with clock speeds of 775MHz core and 1000MHz (4GHz effective) for the memory, and a specially designed cooler from Arctic Cooling to keep noise levels to a minimum. The output configuration on the bracket is Dual-Link DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort. In addition to a DVI to VGA adapter, an HDMI to DVI adapter is included, allowing two DVI monitors to be supported, and these models will also support three monitors in ATI Eyefinity mode with a suitable DisplayPort monitor or active display adapter. Native CrossFire support allows two or more cards to be used together for additional performance on a suitable CrossFireX compatible mainboard.

Two additional models will again offer a choice of 1GB or 512MB of memory, but will be configured with the popular output configuration of DVI, HDMI and VGA on the bracket, allowing a choice of monitor types without the use of adapters.

The SAPPHIRE HD 5670 series not only boosts performance in current DirectX10.1, DirectX 10 and DirectX 9.0 games and applications, but will support stunning new levels of detail, transparency and lighting effects in newer releases of software using DirectX 11. All of this comes with low active power consumption and Dynamic Power Management delivering super low-power operation in 2D or idle.

This series of cards supports the latest features demanded by Microsoft DirectX 11, including DirectCompute 11 instructions, hardware Tessellation and multi-threaded communications with the system CPU. These combine to provide new capabilities for the interaction between transparent objects, new lighting and accelerated post processing effects as well as physics calculations and accelerated video transcoding. They also support ATI Stream, accelerating supported applications such as video transcoding and rendering tasks by executing instructions on the GPU architecture rather than the system CPU.

Like the previous generation, the SAPPHIRE HD 5000 series has an on board hardware UVD (Unified Video decoder) considerably reducing CPU load and delivering smooth decoding of Blu-ray™ and HD DVD content for both VC-1 and H.264 codecs, as well as Mpeg files. In the SAPPHIRE HD 5000 series the UVD has been enhanced to be able simultaneously to decode two 1080p HD video streams and to be able to display HD video in high quality with Windows Aero mode enabled. HDMI capability has also been upgraded to HDMI 1.3a with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio support.

The SAPPHIRE HD 5000 series is supported by AMD’s DirectX 11 WHQL certified graphics driver which delivers support for all of the key DirectX 11 level features required for new gaming experiences and acceleration of next generation high performance applications.

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For more details please visit www.sapphiretech.com

It’s the end of the year again and as usual, in upholding the true spirits of our committment to gaming, we present the ultimate gaming package/offer of the decade! We call it the ADVANTI Alpha Dragon..

Who ever said a gaming rig costs you big bucks and can otherwise not deliver? We have managed to create a machine of pure style, substance and performance, for as little as BD 399.000!! Not only does it include the latest and greatest components in CPU, GPU and Memory processing, it also comes with Windows 7 preloaded for the Christmas gaming fun ahead! Rush now, to avail limited offers of this amazing bundle!! 

Amazing end of the year offer for gamers!

Head over now to http://www.advantionline.com/ADVANTI-SYSTEMS/ to ogle at the incredible set of components; tested, caliberated and caringly assembled into this beast, without extra charges, to fuel your gaming desires for the christmas!

Mushkin XP3-12800 CL6-7-6-18 6GB Kit REDLINE (998691) :

Mushkin Award

The Mushkin Redlines are part of the companies extreme series. It stands for exceptionally fast settings right out of the box, but it also stands for a high price tag. A 6 GB kit will set you back at least around 200 US Dollars, while a 2000 MHz kit with CL9 from competitors costs only around 160 US Dollars. The one big and exclusive upside is the fact that these modules manage an extremely tight 6-7-6-18 at 1600. You have to ask yourself if such a guarantee is worth the price premium, which I am sure it is for some of you. For those looking for the highest speed to overclock the rest of their system to the max may want to take a look at the Mushkin 2000 MHz 8-9-8 kit for a mere 45 US Dollars more. That said, the Mushkin Redline is a great kit, with plenty of headroom using relaxed timings, good for those who want the best of both worlds – tight CL at good speeds now and high overclockability at higher CL for future overclockability. The question remains if you are willing to spend money on that or buy a new faster kit up the road.

MUSHKIN PR

Introducing the soon newest members of the ADVANTI stronghold..

From the Cooler Master Storm Series..

The CM Storm Scout Series

This rugged looking soldier will bring you to any place you want to battle on. With its perfect hands on handle, it’ll make LAN party easier than ever, it armors an solid steel body, arming it along with a 140mm intake fan, 140mm on top and 120mm on the rear, so no problem for a blind spot there. The attention grabbing side panels and with a dark automotive tint which also allows to at least arm it with another 2x 120mm fans. If that info for this one man army is not enough then, visit www.cmstorm.com for more jaw dropping specs.

The CM Storm Sniper AMD Dragon Edition

It’s Dragon, AMD Dragon Edition… this rapid looking military weapons designed case is a perfect chassis for those who likes something extra in their case. The unique side panel with a dragon image just boosts its exciting livery to date to bolster it along with its unprecedented airflow from up to 2 huge fans and also a next generation control center for the tuning of its lights and fans. Also introducing Stormguard™, a ground breaking security system for your gaming peripherals. Lastly, the convenient handle and foot stand to make efficient relocation whenever, wherever.

So there you go… 2 great looking, best performance cases waiting to be grabbed and played on.

And did I mention, that ADVANTI is the first one to have it here in the region? That’s right! Here only..in ADVANTI

Look Out..

There’s a Storm Coming ….

GAME ON!

*For Info about stocks and to reserve for one before it sells out please contact us for more details

Hey there, I’m your new resident blogger

Whew! It’s Hot indeed, but with the new summer stocks from Cooler Master coming, it’s going to be really cold here in ADVANTI.

So, no worries, with the new CM supplies coming in, unlimited choices ranging from power supplies to the Cases and even heat sinks, it will surely cool off your summer like never before.

Let me start off with the PSU’s, Cooler Master have already stamped their names as to one of the best suppliers of PSU all over this round thing we call Earth, and here in Bahrain, there is only one place where it is guaranteed to be sitting on a shelf…ADVANTI.

With choices from 500, 600, 700, 1000 and 1100w, it doesn’t matter if you’re a high end gamer or just an average gamer, if you want power.. We have it here.

Next up.. the heat sinks, we all know what the V8 is all about..if you’re a tech/hardware enthusiast and you haven’t heard of a V8, then you must be living under a rock. Because Cooler Master V8 heat sink is without a doubt if not the best heat sink there is then, one of the best there is, anyway.. for more info about the V8, just click on the link right here –} Cooler Master V8 .

Apart from the V8, have you ever wondered what’s a truck going to look at inside your system, then if you really are curious then check out our newest member in the heat sink family, the Cooler Master V10. It is large and in charge when it comes to dissipating heat, just a simple cool kick ass info, it generates 200w of cooling power, yep! I think it can actually challenge my refrigerator at home already. The V10 is a good choice for over clockers out there who wants an impressive cooling performance

And to the finale, the cases..it’s pretty simple, without a good case, performance wise or to just show off , then there is something wrong, you can’t play good high end games on an crap stone age case/chassis, come on..that’s just wrong.

So ADVANTI brings you solutions..as usual J, and with the new cases coming up, you can now have a gaming/workstation system that you can actually be proud of, but then..question is, what are the new selections we are having? Right there is where I’m going to leave you hanging…

So to find out the new cases/chassis we’ll be having, keep in touch with the blog or to make it a lot more challenging, just visit ADVANTI showroom located in Gudaibiya, it’s not that really hard to find

Till next time..

GAME ON!!

p.s. My Name is Aren

Most of our regular visitors were caught unawares today with an unprecedented price slash on all of our elite gear! So, how low are we talking, exactly?

Well, how about an ASUS Rampage II Extreme for BD 150? Or.. a.. Mushkin DDR3 Triple Channel 1333 MHz for BD 50? A GTS 250 for BD 65?! No way!! Yeah, we did! Now add ADVANTI’s famed customer relations and outstanding service to that; and you get pure computing heaven! We want to share our success with our customers, provide them with even greater deals and prices, and to set an example in this industry dominated by deceptive retailers. As we head into our 4th year of establishment, we wish to show everyone the power of customer transparency and good business ethics. The NewEgg of Bahrain? We’re getting there.. 

Along with the price drops, we have made wonderful offers for budget customers out there, in our systems section. Also, we proudly present: ADVANTI Online’s brand new look and interface.

NEW ADVANTI ONLINE

 So com’on over! Let’s make that dream PC you’ve always wanted ; )