Intel Talks Six-Core Processors, Future @ TechReport
“In a press conference earlier today, Intel provided a sneak peek at some of the papers it will present next week during the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco. The chipmaker revealed a few juicy details about Gulftown, its upcoming six-core, 32-nm processor, as well as some interesting research prototypes kicking around in its labs.”
Crucial RealSSD-C300 SATA-III 6Gbps SSD @ Benchmark Reviews
“Solid State Drive technology has helped transform computers into high-performance machines. Adding to the mania, 6.0-Gbps SATA-III bandwidth has cleared any bottlenecks that may have previously limited SSD speeds. Based on the Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 SSD processor, the 256GB Crucial RealSSD-C300 becomes the industry’s first SATA-6G consumer Solid State Drive. Likewise, the C300 is also the first SSD to use ONFI 2.1 synchronous NAND flash.”
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB @ TweakTown
“At this point do we really even need an intro for the Crucial RealSSD C300? For months Crucial has taunted us with videos, screen shots and snippets of information. At Storage Visions just days before CES we met with Crucial and they were waving a drive around; our eyes were like a dog fixated on its master swinging around a fresh piece of bacon.”
AMD Athlon II X4 635 @ Legit Reviews
“The AMD Athlon II X4 635 is the latest and greatest quad-core Athlon II processor to be released. The AMD Athlon II X4 635 comes priced at a low price of $125.99 plus shipping. Based on the Propus Die, the Athlon II X4 635 has a clock speed of 2.9GHz with a 2000MHz HT link and memory support for both DDR2 and DDR3. The chips overall clock frequency is just 100MHz faster than the AMD Athlon II X4 630, which costs $108.99 plus shipping.”
ECS H55H-M @ Motherboards.org
“ECS is known for having less expensive products than their competition and the ECS H55H-M motherboard is a perfect example of using a mainstream chipset without all of the bells and whistles of the competition to deliver a motherboard that costs less than $75. The ability of the H55 chipset to use the Clarksdale CPU for integrated graphics means that you can have a real system at a very low cost of ownership…”
Jetway NC63-330-LF @ eTeknix
“This motherboard sports an Intel Atom 330 dual core CPU, has 2 DDR2 800 memory slots and is perfect for an array of different applications, including as a Media Centre HTPC with it’s VGA, DVI and HDMI outputs as well as HD sound.”
ECS A785GM-AD3 @ OC Club
“Unfortunately, there is not much here for high-end gamers, as CrossFire is not supported by the A785GM-AD3 and graphics cards with large dual slot coolers will block the top two SATA ports, leaving only the three bottom ports available. Let’s face it though – this board is not a high-end model and if issues like these bother you, I am sure you are willing to shell out the extra cash necessary to avoid them. In the end, the ECS A785GM-AD3 did exactly what is supposed to do.”
ASUS P7H57D-V EVO Motherboard @ Bit-Tech
“Asus’ current style of P55 motherboards have gone down well with PC builders worldwide, with sharp looks and reliable performance. While we’ve generally had a very good impression of the range to date, each board has had little niggles that have drawn then away from excellence. When we looked at the sub-£100 P7P55D-LE and P7P55-M in CustomPC issue 77, they were good but each lacked in different areas compared to the excellent Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2.”
ASUS Maximus III Gene @ HardOCP
“The ASUS Maximus III Gene comes from an increasingly long lineage of ROG boards. Specifically it comes from an ever increasing amount of boards using the Maximus name. Like the Maximus III Formula the Maximus III Gene is based on the Intel P55 Express chipset. Unlike the Formula, the Gene is a uATX form factor based board rather than a full sized ATX board.”
MSI P55-GD85 @ Hardware Secrets
“P55-GD85 (a.k.a. MS-7585) is the most high-end motherboard for socket 1156 processors from MSI, featuring USB 3.0 and SATA-600 ports plus a lot more goodies like points for measuring voltages from components, two Gigabit Ethernet chip and a PLX PCI Express switch chip to make sure your system will keep up its performance even when you try to use all of its features at the same time.”