Hardware Roundup: Friday Edition

Category: Affiliate News
Posted: November 14, 2008 04:56AM
Author: Nemo

AMD made lots of headlines yesterday with the release of its 45-nm Shanghai server CPUs, the release of its FireStream 9270 GP-GPU processor for high performance computing and its announcement concerning stream computing support in its upcoming Catalyst 8.12 drivers due out in December. Today we get a chance to delve a little deeper into the stream computing initiative with two articles. To top off the AMD side of graphics news our roundup also offers a pair of reviews on AMD videocards. Power supplies also were a popular topic with reviews of units from OCZ, Glacialtech and ABS Tagan. Nothing catches the eye more than a case with the Smooth Creations name associated with it and today we get a look at a complete gaming system housed in an acrylic case with that killer Smooth Creations paint job.

CPUs
The Intel Core i7 Memory Bandwidth and Desktop CPU Comparison Guide Rev. 6.2 @ Tech ARP

Gaming
Eagle Neptor ET-NPWG100 @ Bjorn3D

Memory
G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-4GPI-B DDR2 Memory @ Virtual-Hideout

Prebuilts
Smooth Creations LANShark Gaming System @ Legit Reviews

Power Supplies
OCZ 700W ModXStream Pro Power Supply @ [H]ardOCP
GlacialTech GP-AL 650A Power Supply @ RBMods
ABS Tagan BZ1300 Modular Power Supply @ TweakTown

Storage/Hard Drives
Sans Digital MobileNas MN4L+(B) Four Bay NAS @ Tweaknews

Video
AMD counters CUDA with renewed ATI Stream initiative @ Tech Report
AMD Announces Stream Computing Will Be Mainstream @ Legit Reviews
Diamond HD 3650 PE 512 Radeon HD 3650 Videocard @ PCSTATS
MSI R4870 T21G ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB @ Motherboards.org

Miscellany
Your Mail in Rebate May Be In Jeopardy @ [H]ardOCP