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    AMD Staring at 140W Barrier with Phenom II X4 965?

    there are a few things that core i7 users cant deny 1. they have to suffer the heat 2. they have to suffer the price which is higher than phenom 2 3. they cant deny that they need a high end cooler if they want to overclock 4. they cant deny that they need a well ventilated case which is...
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    AMD Staring at 140W Barrier with Phenom II X4 965?

    maybe if you use the crappiest parts available not everywhere, you cant deny that core i7 is more expensive if you use quality parts, and because is very hot you need a good cooler and a well ventilated case which make it more expensive. could you reduce the size of your post please?,
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    AMD Staring at 140W Barrier with Phenom II X4 965?

    phenom II is a power efficient architecture, instead intel's core i7 is a certified powerhog, temps under load are 80 c for core i7 with stock cooler and stock speed , while phenom II is just 45 c under load with stock cooler and stock speed. everybody that have core i7 has to suffer the heat...
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    Scimitar Computers Vertex Pyramid Case

    for the pyramid lovers, if you buy this pyramidal case, and you die, they can bury you there. :laugh:
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    AMD RS880 IGP 15 Percent Faster

    the AMD dragon platform is much better than what intel has to offer, the intel integrated video is a shame
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    BIOSTAR Introduces its G41 Chipset Family Motherboards

    poor intel users, they have to accept this outrageous integrated video. very sad.
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    Phenom II TWKR 42 Hits 7.00 GHz, New High for AMD

    i don't see core i7 reaching 7ghz, well that's probably because core i7 is too good to be overclocked.
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    Intel Clarksfield Mobile Quad-Core Chips Feature Low TDPs

    what a disastrous tdp, while AMD is about to release cool triple core notebooks a tdp disaster with fried socket
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    Intel Clarksfield Mobile Quad-Core Chips Feature Low TDPs

    tdp disaster 55 watts tdp for a notebook is a disaster according with fudzilla , 55 watts is ok for a desktp or a server http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/14530/1/
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    NZXT M59 Medium Tower PC Chassis Early Look

    well....is ugly
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    AMD Readying Low Cost ''Suzuka'' Opteron Processors

    not really, im just making a comment.
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    AMD Readying Low Cost ''Suzuka'' Opteron Processors

    btarunr are you implying that suzuka is not power efficient?, that's the whole idea behind this series. cost efficient. power efficient. fitted for cloud computing etc. ''The latest Opteron 1000 Series chip—code-named “Suzuka”—is designed for use in cloud computing environments, Web servers...
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    AMD Readying Low Cost ''Suzuka'' Opteron Processors

    these are 75 watts tdp not 115 watts btarunr. http://products.amd.com/en-us/OpteronCPUSideBySide.aspx?id=563&id=564&id=565 http://blogs.amd.com/work/2009/06/30/quad-core-amd-opteron%E2%84%A2-processor-codenamed-suzuka/
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    EVGA Intros X58 SLI Micro Motherboard

    this is a non retouched photo versus interesting, ah! if you buy a motherboard based only on looks, make sure you are not being photoshoped. the same goes if you are going to get married with a girl you knew on internet but never in person. ;)
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    HP Introduces First Professional Workstation with Six-core AMD Opteron Processor

    why hp don't use dual intel's xeons?, that would be 16 virtual cores, is unfair. maybe because virtual, and real are different things.
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