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AMD Athlon II X4 630 Extreme Overclocking @ TweakTown
“For my first article here at TweakTown I am putting the mainstream AMD Athlon II X4 630 on the chopping block. How far can I push it with only a 14 times multiplier to play with? How will the CPU and motherboard hold up to minus 180 degrees celcius? And of course, there’s the all important benchmark numbers. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t hoping to see a 6 GHz screenshot.”
AMD Athlon II X3 425, 435 Processors @ iXBT Labs
“As we can see, Athlon II X2 250 can still compete with the E6300. So the rollout of new triple-core processors has consolidated AMD’s positions in the market segment of below $100. But apparently this was not the only goal. Note the nearly identical results demonstrated by Athlon II X3 435 and Phenom II X3 710, the latter being more costly to manufacture.”
AMD Sempron 140 2.70 GHz @ TechPowerUp!
“AMD’s Sempron 140 is here to seal the deal in the entry level market for $39. It offers all the features of the K10.5 architecture, but comes with only a single core at 2.70 GHz. Despite its single core it offers decent performance for every day office use, media PCs and casual gaming. If you get lucky you might even be able to unlock a second core.”
USB 3.0 and SATA 6G Performance Preview @ PC Perspective
“To be sure, 150 MB/s is a HUGE gain over current USB 2.0 speeds of 35 MB/s or so and anyone that is dependent on external storage or any streaming data over USB connections is going to love the bandwidth increase we are seeing today. Keep in mind that the USB 2.0 controller on the P55 chipset has had more than 9 years to evolve to where it is at today while this is the first publicly available implementation of USB 3.0.”
Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB SATA 6 Gb/s @ TweakTown
“A few weeks ago LSI sent over their first next generation SAS / SATA controller to review with a set of Seagate 15K.7 SAS drives that were also the first SAS 6 Gb/s products to hit the market. I think it is fair to say that Seagate is leading the charge when it comes to these next generation products that will improve the productivity of our daily computing experience for years to come.”
LGA1156 Plaform and DDR3 Memory @ iXBT Labs
“It apparently makes no sense to chase after higher-frequency memory for a processor running in the nominal mode: even upgrading from DDR3 1066 to DDR3-1333 yields almost nothing. DDR3 1600 will be even less beneficial. So what’s the target audience of DDR3 1600, 1866, etc? Why do motherboard manufacturers report so proudly about such support? They apparently focus on overclockers. By the way, maximum you can get from memory without raising the base frequency is 1600.”
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R @ PCStats
“The GA-P55-UD3R is the most affordable of the ATX motherboards that Gigabyte will be launching, cutting down on some the frills that you might find on its bigger brothers in favor of a better bottom line. We like affordable PC hardware just as much as you! Fortunately a slightly smaller feature set doesn’t affect its overall performance or compatibility. Gigabyte’s GA-P55-UD3R motherboard supports all of Intel’s socket 1156 Core i5 700-series and Core i7 800-series processors.”
eVGA P55 Classified 200 @ Guru3D
“Today we look at a P55 motherboard in the extremely high-end range .. it’s the all new eVGA P55 Classified 200. A board designed for the extreme overclockers a board for the uber enthusiast PC aficionado’s. The motherboard we’ll look into today is the absolute finest offering from eVGA … in all its ways a black and red colored motherboard with a very nice feature set and then some more in the form overclocking options, a tweakers wet dream really.”
ECS P55H-A Motherboard @ TBreak
“The ECS P55H-A motherboard offers a good range of features, the package is good enough to build up a system with it despite being simplistic, the onboard debug LED is an excellent addition to this motherboard and helps the user quickly troubleshoot any problems that may arise.”
Intel DP55KG P55 Lynnfield Motherboard @ PC Perspective
“Intel helped out their LGA 1156 product line a bit more through adding a few more power saving features to help increase the longevity of the CPU as well as ensure it performs at optimum levels under load conditions. The DP55KG posted the lowest power numbers, which really is a testament to Intel’s commitment to ensuring their cores run efficiently and effectively when they are needed most – during critical, CPU intensive applications or other multi-tasking operations.”