AnandTech has done a bit of performance enhancing on AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 3800+ CPU. They managed to push the 2GHz dual core CPU to a peppy 2.6GHz which, not surprisingly, also improved application performance. A not so interesting set…
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Frosty Tech has a review of the EKL V8 heatsink/fan cooler. The heatsink can handle most modern Intel Pentium 4 and AMD Athlon 64 CPUs and has a very distinctive design with a huge mass of aluminum getting airflow from…
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AnandTech has a look at the ULi M1697 northbridge. The chipset is a single chip solution for AMD’s Athlon 64, which was the norm, but it doesn’t feature as many PCIe lanes as the two chip Nvidia solution. A good…
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HardOCP has a look at the PC Club Enpower Nitro Extreme computer. The system is pre-built offering up an AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 1GB of RAM, and Nvidia GeForce 6600 SLI graphics setup. It looks like a solid system for…
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Frosty Tech has a review of the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro Athlon 64 heatsink. The cooler mates an interesting fan onto an even more interesting heatsink and it all manages to provide good cooling results without the ear splitting…
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The Tech Report has a look at the DFI LANParty UT RDX200 CD-DR motherboard. DFI has been making a name for itself by creating a potent mix of hardware features and BIOS options which enthusiasts crave. This ATI CrossFire capable…
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Frosty Tech has a look at the Thermaltake Polo735 AMD Athlon 64 heatsink. The cooler uses a simple slab of copper with equally simple copper fins to cool your CPU, steering clear of fancy heatpipes which add tons of bulk….
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Trusted Reviews puts the Alienware Aurora 5500 through its paces. The system they tested comes fitted with an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ CPU, Nvidia nForce 4 SLI motherboard, and a single GeForce 7800GTX graphics card. No matter the brand the…
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hardCOREware has a look at the DFI NF4 Infinity motherboard. You won’t find SLI or many fancy features on this product, it’s a simple and inexpensive PCIe capable AMD Athlon 64 based board that happens to include a mound of…
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DigiTimes has the story on AMD’s latest CPU price cuts. The largest cuts come to their mobile Turion chips which see quite a drop in price and welcome cuts to their X2 dual-core chips and Sempron line. The Opteron, FX,…
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EPoX has a new toy on its hands labeled EP-8NPA SLI. The board is the first SLI capable motherboard for AMD’s single channel Socket 754 Athlon64s and Semprons. An interesting option for those that already own a 754 CPU and…
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