CPU
New Stock Cooler for Intel Gulftown CPU
Intel retail boxed processors always come packed with a heatsink and fan. While these heatsinks are normally adequate for normal use they are normally no use if you want to overclcock your system or run it as silent as possible. Those serious about keeping their hot chips cool will opt for aftermarket solutions. For the…
Read MoreAMD Hexa-Core Thuban CPU
No doubt an attempt to keep up with Intel and its Gulftown i9 CPU, AMD have just confirmed their Hexa-Core Thuban CPU which will be released next year. What most people were not expecting though was the fact that the new CPU will be backwards compatible with existing AM3 and AM2+ motherboards. An AMD spokesman…
Read MoreDell looking into 3D Gaming Laptop
With all the current hype on 3D making a comeback in the field of TV and film and with a few current games releases now in 3D, the future obviously looks like we’ll be wearing silly glasses to do anything. It’s all very exciting and there certainly are lots of rumours flying round about whats…
Read MoreIntel 32-nm Westmere CPU Wafer
It has only been a few days since Intel launched the new Lynnfield line of CPUs and now they are showing off the new Westmere CPU wafer. One of the main talking points about the Westmere chips is that they use the 32nm fabrication process which is an industry first, and Intel have had to…
Read MoreIntel Lynnfield LGA1156 Core i5/i7 Released
It has been less than a year ago since Intel launched the Nehalem-based LGA1366 Core i7 CPUs however most of these processors were far to expensive for your average consumer. The Lynnfield LGA1156 Core i5 & i7 are the processors that are designed for the mainstream market and will be the logical successor from the…
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