Hardware Roundup: Thursday Edition
Category: Affiliate NewsPosted: March 27, 2008 04:53AM
Author: Dale Shuck
In our tour of the web today we unearthed some gems in the form of several reviews of the long awaited Phenom processors from AMD. For those of you who don't know, the original Phenoms encountered delays and when they finally did appear last November their performance wasn't quite what enthusiasts were expecting. To top it all off, the processors had a bug known as the TLB erratum that could cause errors in certain specific scenarios, which led AMD to stop shipments. The latest chips are out with the B3 stepping which fixes that problem. You'll also notice a new nomenclature for these chips using the 9x50 moniker to denote the new stepping. That's not all we have today as Fudzilla and TweakTown both have laptops up for review along with several cases including two small form factor cases from MetkuMods and Virtual-Hideout. There's plenty more as well so get started by clicking the links below.
Cases
Antec Mini P180 @ MetkuMods
Ultra m998 Computer Case @ RBMods
bgears b-Envi Gaming/HTPC Enclosure @ Virtual-Hideout
Cooling
Thermaltake Bigwater 760i Water Cooler @ Legit Reviews
NorthQ Siberian Tiger CPU Water Cooler @ 3dGameMan
CPUs
AMD Phenom X4 9850 Processor @ PC Perspective
AMD's Phenom X4 9750 and 9850 processors @ The Tech Report
AMD B3 Phenom X4 9850 @ HotHardware
AMD Phenom X4 9850 Processor - B3 Stepping @ Legit Reviews
Gaming
God of War: Chains of Olympus Walkthrough @ OCModShop
Notebooks
Asus Eee PC at first glance @ Fudzilla
On The Move Media Center with Toshiba @ TweakTown
Networking
ASUS WL-520GU Wireless Router @ ThinkComputers
Storage/Hard Drives
Raidsonic Icy Box IB-3218StU-B @ RBMods
QNAP TS-109 Pro NAS @ Techgage
Video
ASUS Radeon HD 3870 X2 Graphics Card @ TweakTown
Miscellany
How To Take Great Photos With Your Mobile Phone @ Tech ARP
