Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 - Budget Penryn Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 (Budget Penryn).

Quote from the review: "The original Core 2 Duo based on Conroe architecture had 2MB of shared Level 2 cache. Whole Penryn based CPUs came with 6MB. This is a huge jump in size, but what about a cheaper option? Well, Intel has now come out with its latest addition to the Core 2 line; welcoming the Core 2 Duo E7000 series. Read more

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

ASRock Penryn 1600SLIX3-WiFi 680i Motherboard Review

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ThinkComputers published a review of the ASRock Penryn 1600SLIX3-WiFi 680i Motherboard.

Quote from the review: "ASRock came on board in 2002, not long after I started building my own rigs. In those six short years, they have come up with some remarkably innovative designs for economy motherboards. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 May 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AMD Puma based MSI Notebook verus Intel Penryn G35

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Hexus published a video the had the chance to film behind closed doors that shows an MSI notebook with AMD PUMA platform compete with then Intel Penryn G35.

Quote from report: "Pat Morehead, AMD's VP for Advanced Marketing allowed the HEXUS.tv film crew behind the scenes at CeBIT 2008 to shoot a PUMA-powered MSI notebook taking on an Intel unit head-2-head. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:21:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Adds 45nm Intel Penryn CPUs to X205 SLI Notebook

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Toshiba announced today that it has added the Intel 45nm processors to its Satellite X205-SLI notebook computer. The X205 still uses a pair of NVIDIA 8600M GT graphics cards in SLI and has optional dual hard drives.

The hard drives are full 7200 rpm units for faster access time. The notebook also incorporates Toshiba’s HD DVD drive for watching HD movies. Buyers can also get five free HD DVD films with the purchase of the X205-SLI notebook. Read more

Posted on Tue, 5 Feb 2008 07:52:15 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Intel 45nm Penryn CPUs for Notebooks to launch in January 2008

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On January 6th Intel is supposed to reveal their new 45nm Penryn Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme Dual Core processors for mobile computers.

Of course this date is very close to the start of CES 2008 and MacWorld 2008 is also not far away. Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Dec 2007 10:01:26 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel Core 2 Evolves: QX9650 45nm Penryn

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Intel introduced the first 45nm CPUs yesterday. Tweaktown takes a closer look at the new QX9650 45nm Penryn.

Quote: "It’s now been a generation on and Intel has pushed the Core 2 series into quad core variants, something AMD is yet to achieve. While Phenom is on its way, Intel still have the crown for the first quad core CPU to the market; and while technically not a true quad core, it still has four processors working on a single CPU package, just not on a single die. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel to start Penryn Production

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp will start production this week at a new $3 billion factory in Arizona that is its first to mass-produce microchips with circuits almost a third smaller than before, the company said on Wednesday. Read more

Posted on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Intel Offers Information on Next Gen Penryn CPUs

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Intel is making some information about the upcoming Penryn family of CPUs known. Intel says to expect performance increases of about 15% for image related applications, 25% for 3D rendering, more than 40% increase in video encoding speed and a whopping 40% increase in gaming performance from Penryn.

These indicators are based on a pre-production 45nm Hi-k Intel quad core processor running 3.33 GHz with a 1333MHz FSB vs. the beastly Intel QX6800 Extreme Core 2 Processor introduced last week running at 2.93 GHz with a 1066MHz FSB. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:33:19 CDT | by Shane McGlaun