Intel Pentium D 805 processor reviewed

WEBSITE Tentonhammer, a newcomer here, tests the Logitech G5 gaming mouse. It comes with a 2kdpi resolution and can process up to 6.4mpixels per seconds. It is a gamer's mouse whatever one says. The laser is supposed to be much more precise than the simple optical mouse, the G5 comes with a weight cartridge as well as PTFE feet for smoother control. The mouse is for righties only and some might be disoriented by the number of controls available.

The Foxconn 975X7AA motherboard is reviewed by overclockers online. It has an Intel chipset, supports 8GB and 1066MHz FSB. With HD Audio, dual GbE LAN, six SATA2, Firewire as well as eSATA ports, it will surely fit your bill as it is not that much expensive. The 975X7AA competes in the top league as it overclocks well and delivers a solid performance. Unfortunately, it won't support Conroe.

PCApex reports on the Extreme Cooling technologies Prometeia Mach II GT, quite a few photos and details, like the fact that not all casings are compatible with it. It is not cheap at more than nearly $1000, that's a real investment. You can reach very low temperatures and it is safe to use. Phase change technology is one of the most effective means around to cool your dear CPU. But way too expensive for most of us.

Lesnumeriques.com, a French website, has a roundup of six laptops at less than Eur 1000, roughly £700. Models from Aspire, Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, MSI, Packard bell and Toshiba are under scrutiny. Some of them come with a 17-inch monitor, while others have a Radeon X300 GPU. Those who want maximum autonomy can go for the Acer aspire which can go up to three hours. FS gets the maximum score.

German website PC Welt reviews the Intel Pentium D 805 processor. It runs at 2.66GHz running with a FSB of 533MHz and comes with 1MB cache per core. It has been overclocked to 3.4GHz. A small two-pages review, with quite a lot of benchmark results. Use Babelfish or Google to translate. Another advice, this times for PCwelt, it would be good if we could compare the performance of the D805 with other processors.

The world is ready for the 23rd of July it seems as even motherboards are being tested. Overclex previewed the Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard. The latter comes with a i975x chipset and all the goodies that you can find on a board with such a chipset. It is even compatible with ATI's Crossfire and comes with a heatpipe on top of Dolby Master Studio Dolby Prologic IIX support. Warranty is three years and the price is under Eur 259.