Phenom II X4 950 at 3.1GHz to rise in Q2

AMD officially announced its 45nm processor Phenom II Series on January 8th, and there were only two models of CPU at that time, that is Phenom II X4 920 of 2.8 GHz and Phenom II X4 940 of 3.0GHz.
Expected to be released in Q2 this year, Phenom II X4 950 only offers 100MHz higher clock (improved from 3.0GHz to 3.1GHz). The other specs of Phenom II X4 950 are the same as that of Phenom II X4 920/940: 8MB total cache, 125W TDP and Socket AM2+. For now, the M.S.R.P of Phenom II X4 940 is $275. Considering changes of market condition, Phenom II X4 950 should be priced lower when it actually reaches store.

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Intel Core 2 Duo at 3.5 GHz priced at 260 Euro

The recently-revealed Core 2 Duo E8700 has actually become available in one belgian store. Clocked at 3.5 GHz, the dual-core LGA775 processor is priced at 259,90 Euro, some 25 Euro higher than the 3.33 GHz E8600. The E8700 is listed as 'out of stock' but that's to be expected as Intel will likely want to start shipping it closer to the debut of AMD's first AM3 quad-, tri- and dual-core processors.

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CPU cooler from Prolimatech

The cpu cooler comes from a company called Prolimatech and it’s avaiable in Europe, selling for 59.90EUR.This cooler features dual-tower design and six 6mm heat sinks. Total size is 130×74x158.7mm and weight of 790g, it doesn’t come with a fan but you can install a fan with 57CFM of airflow.


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AMD's Phenom II at 6.5GHz, smash 3DMark record

A team of hardcore speed freaks with access to liquid nitrogen and liquid helium created an environment for OC'ing one of AMD's latest Phenom II X4 chips in -232 degrees Celsius weather. Once the silicon was appropriately chilled, they proceeded to push the clock speed to a staggering 6.5GHz, which proved nimble enough to deliver a patently absurd 45,474 3DMark05 score.The adoring public was there to bear witness, and every nail-biting second of it is hosted up in the video just past the break.

AMD's Phenom II at 6.5GHz, smash 3DMark record

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Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 VS. AMD Athlon X2 7750

Kuma, 2.7GHz, 200MHz FSB, 13.5x multiplier, each core 64K L1 instruction Cache and 64K L1 data Cache, 2×512KB L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache and it supports SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A and X86-64. In AthlonX2 7750 black edition reviewed we contrasted its performances with Athlon X2 5400＋ black edition and it really improved a lot.

Currently, Core 2 Duo E7300 is about 110$ while Athlon X2 7750 is about 70$.AMD 790GX is about 85$ while NVIDIA MCP7A is about 100$.

Athlon X2 7750 black edition

Core 2 Duo E7300

PCMark Vantage focuses on the whole performances of the system and E7300 is a little better.


Athlon X2 7750 system is much better than E7300 system.

E7300 is about 110$ while Athlon X2 7750 black edition is about 70$, then the AMD system can save about 30$. The price of the 790GX is about 85$ while MCP7A is about 100$, and then AMD system can save other 15$.

The price and performance of Athlon X2 7750 black edition+790GX are both good

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AMD Phenom II pricing

It's been about a week since AMD officially launched its new family of CPUs: the Phenom II, so we thought we'd have a look at UK pricing and availability.

Unable to compete with Intel in the upper echelons of CPU performance, AMD is focusing on price/performance as one of the key selling points of its CPUs. As a consequence it's vital that its new Phenom II processors are priced competitively.

In the table below two new AMD CPUs cost at a selection of UK etailers. As their worth will inevitably be assessed in comparison to equivalently priced Intel processors, we've included three of those too.

etailer	Product	Availability	Price (inc. VAT)
SCAN.co.uk	Phenom II X4 940 BE	In stock	£220.73
	Phenom II X4 920	In stock	£189.74
	Core i7 920	In stock	£240.55
	Q9400	Pre-order	£195.47
	Q8300	In stock	£183.99
ebuyer.com	Phenom II X4 940 BE	In stock	£229.99
	Phenom II X4 920	In stock	£197.95
	Core i7 920	In stock	£239.99
	Q9400	In stock	£225.95
	Q8300	Not listed	-
dabs.com	Phenom II X4 940 BE	In stock	£218.76
	Phenom II X4 920	In stock	£186.24
	Core i7 920	In stock	£239.99
	Q9400	Not listed	£202.16
	Q8300	Not listed	£183.99
yoyotech.co.uk	Phenom II X4 940 BE	In stock	£230.23
	Phenom II X4 920	In stock	£196.08
	Core i7 920	In stock	£243.98
	Q9400	In stock	£209.45

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Intel's CULV to come in Q2

Vendors expect to ship 10 million units this year

Intel's new platform for thin and light ultraportables should appear as early as Q2 2009, according to Digitimes. The new platform, dubbed CULV for consumer ultra-low voltage, is a tweaked ULV Core series architecture, designed to take on AMD's Neo platform.

According to reports, the top three notebook vendors are working on CULV based products, and expect to sell as many as 10 million CULV based units before the end of the year. As the platform is scheduled for launch in Q2, this is quite an impressive number, but the $699-899 price tag of upcoming CULV notebooks is quite tempting.

Intel apparently plans to divide the notebook market into four segments. Everything above 12.1-inches will be traditional notebooks, it will have a Atom netbook segment, Menlow MID segment and the new, thin and light 11 to 13.3-inch market segment.

Intel's CULV platform should fill the gap between Atom based netbooks and ultraportables, or even classic 12.1-inch machines, mainly due to its competitive pricing. Intel's decision not to allow Atoms in machines over 10 inches also makes sense, as it would hurt its own upcoming platform and further lower the average selling price of its mobile CPUs.

AMD launched its Neo platform on CES, and at least on paper it is in the lead, but we have still to see actual product announcements or any word from AMD on the number of design wins. When Puma was launched some six months ago, AMD boasted 90+ design wins at launch day, and we all know Puma didn't manage to make much of an impact on the market. The only Neo based machine announced so far is HP's Pavilion DV2, which should be available in April.

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Intel's new release: Core 2 Quad Q7500

Intel is planning to fight back against AMD not only with price cuts but also with a new release, that of the Core 2 Quad Q7500. Made using the 45nm process, the Core 2 Quad Q7500 has a working frequency of 2.6 GHz, a TDP of 65W, a FSB of 800MHz and just 2MB of L2 cache, half the size of Q8000 series models and six times less than the Q9x50s.

The L2 cache size is small, the Q7500 may end up a very attractive part depending on its price tag which should be under $150. There's no info on its release date though so we'll have to wait for Intel to make a move.

AMD 3.1 GHz Phenom II for Q2

AMD will have a busy year, following the release of two 45nm desktop CPUs, the Phenom II X4 940 BE and X4 920, it will also introduce the first DDR3-supporting Phenoms - six starting February. Following the initial AM3 roll-out, in Q2 AMD is expected to up the ante and put more pressure on Intel's Core 2 Quads with the release of the Phenom II X4 950, an AM3 CPU that will be clocked at 3.1 GHz, 100 MHz more than the X4 940 and 945.

Likely to be priced close around the $300 mark, the Phenom II X4 950 will have a dual-channel DDR3-1333 integrated memory controller, 6MB of L3 cache and a TDP of 125W. The 950 certainly won't get AMD much closer to the performance crown but it should give us an alternative to Intel's Q9650.

AMD delivers Sempron 210U and 200U CPUs

AMD has now introduced two new processors , the Sempron 210U and 200U. Featuring a lidless Ball Grid Array packaging, the two new low-power 65nm CPUs are set to be used for anything from enterprise-class thin client systems to point of sale kiosks, digital signage and more.

"These new lidless BGA packaged processors can help customers significantly shrink their embedded design into new smaller, flatter form factors without having to sacrifice any computing performance," said Buddy Broeker, director, Embedded Product Marketing, AMD. "Retail touch screens, self-service kiosks and digital signage are a growing part of the consumer experience and thin client computing continues to play a strong role in helping businesses become more efficient. These new processor features will help our customers stay on the cutting edge of embedded system design."

Specifications: the Sempron 210U and 200U have 256kB of L2 cache, integrated DDR2 memory controllers, frequencies of 1.5 GHz and 1.0 GHz respectively and TDPs of 15W and 8W.