Intel has finally released a CPU worthy of its premium Extreme Edition brand - the first six-core desktop processor. Previously known as Gulftown, the Core i7-980X Extreme Edition is not only brutally fast out of the box but also a fantastic overclocker thanks to its 32nm transistors.
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We’ve finally got our hands on an Eyefinity Edition card from ATI, and six screens to use it with. We take the kit for a test drive to see how good it is for 6-screen gaming and whether the future is multi-monitor.
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For our March 2010 PC Hardware Buyers Guide we’ve seen a few subtle changes in among our recommendations, but most notably we’ve had to accommodate price fluctuations in places. How has this changed our five PCs? Check in to find out.
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This ASRock micro-ATX LGA1156 motherboard is one of the cheapest we’ve seen, and it has some odd but novel features: a Good Night LED? With a loaded BIOS loaded and some interesting overclocking results, we show you what the H55M Pro can do.
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We’re here at CeBIT in Germany to see all the hardware, gizmos and gadgets you will be buying in the next few months. Check out Asus’ new £1,000 graphics card, a 4GB card from XFX, more Fermi details and new cases from Antec and a mecha-spider PC from Lian Li.
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We take a look some of the best projects on on our forum that we’ve seen throughout the month of February. Make sure you vote for your favourite in this latest instalment of Mod of the Month.
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Now that motherboard BIOSes have matured for Intel’s latest Clarkdale CPUs, we taken a return visit to Intel’s cheap and cheerful Core i3-530, turn up the voltage and really see what it can do! Inside we’ve included a step-by-step guide on exactly how to overclock it on a couple of popular motherboards too.
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We delve into Nvidia’s ‘Next Generation Ion Platform’, formerly known as Ion-2, to see how Optimus technology and numerous other tweaks hope to give a better graphics experience for Intel’s latest Atom ‘Pineview’ CPUs.
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AMDs newest chipset boasts integrated DX10.1 graphics with many HTPC features, native SATA 6Gbps support, and plenty of PCI-Express lanes - but might be missing the ability to unlock extra cores on certain Phenoms.
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AMD’s latest chipset is the first to bring SATA 6Gbps support, but it also seems to bring massive overclockability. We look at the first board from Asus - priced at around £120, it looks like a bargain for getting the most from your Phenom II or Athlon II CPU.
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