Hardware Roundup: Wednesday Edition
Category: Affiliate NewsPosted: February 11, 2009 05:16AM
Author: Nemo
This past Monday AMD released its latest round of 45nm processors based on the new AM3 socket with support for DDR3 memory. Intel countered yesterday with some news of its own by announcing it would be investing $7bn in the U.S. to build 32nm manufacturing facilities. Along with that announcement, Intel released more information on the roadmap for its 32nm 'Westmere' processors. Along those lines, we have a review of the 45nm Core i7 Nehalem 965 Extreme Quad processor today (reviewed by OCC here). Keeping the Core i7 cool can be a chore and that's where the Noctua NH-U12P LGA 1366 heatsink comes in (recently reviewed by OCC here). Our roundup also features a pair of reviews on Nvidia's latest GTX 285/295 videocards along with a look at the Thermaltake Spedo Advance full-tower case (also reviewed by OCC here).
Cases
Thermaltake Spedo Advance Full-Tower @ Techgage
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler w/LGA 1366 Installation Kit @ ThinkComputers
CPUs
Intel Core™ i7 965 Extreme Quad @ RBMods
Intel 32nm Westmere CPU and Roadmap Updates @ PC Perspective
Intel 32nm Westmere Desktop Processor Roadmap Exposed @ Legit Reviews
Intel Announces 32nm Westmere Family Processors @ HotHardware
Intel Reveals Westmere 32nm Roadmap @ Techgage
Mobile
YUBZ Talk and YUBZ Talk Bluetooth Handsets @ Maximum CPU
Notebooks
MSI GX720 review, gaming portable with Turbo functions @ Madshrimps
Operating Systems
The Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Program Rev. 2.0 @ Tech ARP
Storage/Hard Drives
Western Digital's Caviar Green 2TB hard drive @ Tech Report
Video
EVGA GeForce GTX 295 Plus @ HotHardware
PNY GTX-285 Performance Edition (+ SLI 285 Testing) @ Bjorn3D
Miscellany
Death At A Funeral HD Movie @ TweakTown
