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.”