Intel Announces Xeon 7400 Series CPUs

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Intel has launched a new processor series in its Xeon line called the 7400 Series. The CPUs have up to six processing cores per chip and 16MB of shared cache. Intel says that applications built for virtualization and applications with demanding workloads can see up to a 50% increase in performance in some cases on the new processors.

Platforms using the new processor series can scale up to 16 processor sockets and can deliver servers with up to 96 cores inside. The 7400 series offers frequencies up to 2.66GHz and power requirements as low as 50W. Intel also offers the first six-core, x86 compatible CPU needing 65W of power. Read more

Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:14:36 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Intel Core i7 is Nehalem Bloomfield CPU Brand

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Intel Core i7 brand name leaked on HKEPC through what seems to be official Intel logo graphics and slides. The Nehalem based Bloomfield CPUs are supposed to carry the Intel Core i7 brand.
The Intel Core i7 CPUs would start shipping in September, but could be actually be delayed to October as motherboard vendors are supposedly not ready with X58 motherboards.

Update:
Intel Core i7 official
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Posted on Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:55:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel Nehalem Bloomfield CPUs already coming in September

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Digitimes reports that Intel is supposedly launching the Nehalem-based Bloomfield processors earlier than planned.

Intel was scheduled to release the Bloomfield CPUs in December. Now the rumored launch date is September with CPUs and motherboards actually appearing in the channel in October. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CPU Cooler Roundup - 22 Models Tackle an Intel QX6850

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Techgage published a comparison of 22 CPU coolers. They tested each cooler on an Intel QX6850 CPU.

Quote from the round-up: "What better way is there to find out which CPU coolers excel than to throw them at our ultra-hot Intel QX6850? We took 22 different models and did just that. Some surprised us, some didn't. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Overclocking the Intel E7200 low Budget 45nm CPU

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Madshrimps published a report about overclocking the Intel E7200 low budget 45nm CPU.

Quote: "The release of the Intel Core 2 Duo E8x00 series caused a lot of overclocking records to be broken. Now we have a light version of those processors, Intel Core 2 Duo E7xx series. Read more

Posted on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

VIA demos Crysis on Nano 1.8GHz CPU in Mini-ITX Board

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Tweaktown reports from a VIA demo from Computex 2008. VIA showed Crysis running on the new VIA Nano on a Mini-ITX board.

Quote from the report: "Now that VIA has officially announced its codenamed Isaiah processor called Nano, it can begin showing off just exactly what it is capable of doing. Read more

Posted on Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:05:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Computex 2008: New Intel Atom CPUs

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Intel announces new Intel Atom CPUs and exhibits more than 100 products at the Computex 2008.

Intel executive Sean Maloney today said more powerful microprocessors and high-speed WiMAX wireless networks will usher in a new era of the full Internet on mobile devices. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

VIA Nano CPU revealed

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Today VIA Technologies announced the new VIA Nano processor family based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture. The VIA Nano is aimed to compete with the Intel Atom CPUs.

The VIA Nano processor family offers as much as four times the performance within the same power range of the VIA C7. The VIA Nano is pin compatibility with VIA C7 processors, which will ensure a smooth transition for OEMs and motherboard vendors, and provides them with an easy upgrade path for current system or board designs. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 May 2008 03:46:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Coolermaster Aquagate Mini R80 Watercooling CPU Heatsink Review

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FrostyTech published a review of the Coolermaster Aquagate Mini R80 Watercooling CPU Heatsink.

Quote from the review: "The Coolermaster Aquagate Mini R80 is a self contained watercooling system designed for a broad range of Intel and AMD processors. Unlike a lot of CPU watercooling systems which can be complicated to install, fill, bleed and monitor, the Aquagate comes pre-plumbed and pre-filled with an ethylene glycol based coolant. Read more

Posted on Sat, 10 May 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nexus XiR-3500 Copper Edition CPU Cooler Test

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Tweaktown published a review of the Nexus XiR-3500 Copper Edition CPU Cooler.

Quote from the review: "Recently I took the Nexus XiR-2300 for a spin and found it to be a very good CPU cooler. Actually, it was the second best we have tested thus far. Today we are going to take the sibling of the XiR-2300 for a spin, the XiR-3500; an all copper cooler that uses the same design. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 May 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cooler Master Z600 and Sphere CPU Cooler Review

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Bigbruin published a review of the Cooler Master Z600 and Sphere CPU Cooler.

Quote from the review: "Everything is big with the Z600.... The height, width, weight, heatpipes, and even the thickness of the fins. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 May 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nexus XiR-2300 Aluminum Edition CPU Cooler Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Nexus XiR-2300 Aluminum Edition CPU Cooler.

Quote from the review: "The founding fathers of Nexus had a dream, a dream that one-day end users could use powerful computers without the need for earplugs. While it may seem as a play on words and a couple of phrases from famous speeches, the statement holds true, Nexus is all about quiet computing. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New 45nm AMD Phenom X4 CPUs rumored in 2008

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AMD announced new Phenom X4 CPUs of the end of March. Digitimes cites Motherboard sources that there are two new 45nm Phenom X4 CPUs (codename: Deneb) coming in 2008.

The new rumored AMD CPUs include the 125W Phenom X4 9750 and the 95W Phenom X4 9850 will appear before January of 2009. There is supposedly also an updated version of the upcoming Phenom X4 9950 (June) at the end of the fourth quarter. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:28:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Thermaltake DuOrb CPU Cooler Review

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3dGameman published a review of the monsterous Thermaltake DuOrb CPU Cooler.

Quote from the review: "The Thermaltake DuOrb CPU Cooler is an all around winner. This is not surprising considering the combination of two 80mm fans, many copper and aluminum fins, 6 heatpipes and solid smooth copper base. Read more

Posted on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New AMD Phenom X3 8750, 8650 and 8450 Triple-Core CPUs

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AMD announces three new AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core Processors. AMD first announced triple-core X3 CPUs in March.

Combined with the AMD 780 series chipset, the new Phenom X3 CPUs can give you a full HD experience and visually stunning gaming and digital performance on you PC. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:31:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA Gets Aggressive, Dismisses CPU-GPU Fusio

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HotHardware reports about about NVIDIA Financial Analyst Day that took place this week.

Quote: "NVIDIA held a Financial Analyst Day yesterday, where representatives spoke about the company's strengths, market share, technology, and direction. There was a lot of discussion regarding current products and competition, which seemed to get NVIDIA's CEO Jen-Sun Huang fired up in a way that's not often seen publicly. Read more

Posted on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Best CPU Cooler is OCZ Vendetta 2 according to Comparison

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Benchmark Reviews published a comparison of several CPU Cooler products and identified the OCZ Vendetta 2. I just installed this week the Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B and I'm totally happy with it. My system runs much more silent now than before with the Intel packaged CPU cooler.

Quote from the review: "Benchmark Reviews strives to offer the overclocker and hardware enthusiast community solid evidence reflecting the true performance of computer products through rigorous testing and evaluation. We understand that many of our readers have been involved with other community websites for years, and take our test results personally; this was made clear to us when we released our 33-Way Thermal Interface Material Comparison article. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AMD Phenom X4 B3 Stepping CPU Analyzed

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Tweaktown published a review of the AMD Phenom X4 B3 Stepping CPU.

Quote from the review:"It has since taken some time for AMD to come up with a new addition to its CPU portfolio. Already attempted once, AMD had to re-design some of the CPUs due to a hardware problem that results in errors if the additional cache memory is used; today AMD has corrected this and released what is now known as the “B3” stepping revision of its Phenom Processors, the first series of CPUs to support the K10 architecture. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel announces Z510, Z520, Z530 and Z540 Atom CPUs

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Intel Corporation today introduced five new Intel Atom processors and Intel Centrino Atom processor technology for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and embedded computing solutions.

The 45nm Intel Z5xx series includes the Intel Atom processor (formerly codenamed "Silverthorne") plus a single-chip with integrated graphics called the Intel System Controller Hub that enables PC-like capabilities and long battery life in smaller devices that can fit in your pocket. Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:43:04 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition CPU Review

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Futurelooks published a review of the AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition CPU.

Quote from the review: "The Phenom launch was not without its bright spots. First and foremost was the fact that the Phenom would be the first true quad core processor, with all four cores being on the same die. Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AMD Phenom 9850 X4 Black Edition CPU Review

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Motherboards published a review of the new AMD Phenom 9850 X4 Black Edition CPU. AMD introduces the 9850 X4 CPU last week.

Quote from the review: "One thing AMD is stressing is the upgradeability of their older motherboards to support their new Quad Core CPUs. AMD sent a list of compatible motherboards that are on AMD’s Recommended List and it includes older motherboards including the nForce 570 chipset M2N-32-SLI and the AMD 690 boards that were prevalent a couple of years ago. Newer boards like the AMD 790FX and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 and presumably the upcoming 780a are being tested and qualified but few if any are on the list at the moment. The other consideration is for the home builder wanting to build an inexpensive motherboard+CPU combo. The 9850 is retailing for $235, add a 780G motherboard from AMD or an equivalent NVIDIA integrated board like the 8300 and you'd have a system that'd be hard to match on the Intel side dollar for dollar, especially with the state of Intel’s graphics drivers not even supporting DX10 as of yet. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr