Hardware Roundup: Thursday Edition

Nemo - February 19, 2009 05:40AM in Affiliate News

AMD's latest round of processors for socket AM3 support DDR3 memory, but are also backward compatible with AM2+ boards. Today we get another look at the Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition and its quad-core counterpart, the Phenom II X4 810 (check out the OCC review here). You can also read about the Xigmatek Thors Hammer CPU cooler along with OCZ's triple channel 1600MHz DDR3 memory kit and a HD 4870 videocard from HIS.

Cooling
Xigmatek Thors Hammer S126384 H.D.T. CPU Cooler @ TweakTown

CPUs
AMD Phenom II X4 810 & X3 720 Black Edition @ Techgage

Memory
OCZ Tri Channel 1600 Platinum @ Bjorn3D

Operating Systems
Linux: A Complete Overview @ [OC]ModShop

Video
HIS Radeon HD 4870 IceQ4+ TURBO Graphics Card @ TWeakTown