Intel demonstrates that the Penryn is mightier than the Conroe

Lost Circuits gets quite technical about the whole thing, going into details about the metal gates that are being put back into Intel's Penryn Core. PC Perspective takes a look at the capabilities of this new processor, with both a simpler take on things and a more technical look at it as well, in its look at how Intel Updates their 45nm Production Plans. HardOCP has its take on the whole event and a thorough explanation of the new process here and AnandTech's take on what all the fuss is about can be found here.

The Penryn debate rattled Charlie's age too, here. While Nova chips in his two-penn'orth, here.

For those of you not interested in the details of Intel's demonstration, XSReviews has reviewed the Antec Nine Hundred Gamers Case. This is one of those products that has come up several times in this roundup, but this is one of the first review that doesn't wax lyrical about it, in fact although the overall tone is positive it does have a point that the case is kind of over the top with five 120mm fans and a 200mm fan as well.

Laptop Logic has been racing around with the Acer Ferrari 1000 12-inch notebook. Whilst it certainly looks good and packs a processing punch, the hefty price tag and poor graphics and battery life detract heavily from the overall impression.

PC Perspective has taken a long hard look at the Windows Vista Installation Process - Upgrade and Clean and at first glance the overall impression is very promising. Both a clean and upgrade installation are relatively painless, the initial impressions of the OS itself is good and it looks like the review answers the much debated question regarding OEM licences compared with Retail versions when transferring to new hardware.

Madshrimps brings us its Thermalright HR-07 Memory Cooler Review. You'll need to make sure you have plenty of space for these rather large passive coolers, but if you're serious about pushing your memory as hard as you can then these may be worth the rather steep price.

Rbmods has reviewed the GoldenMars Turbo SD card which lives up the Turbo part of its name with some impressive benchmark speeds, fortunately it seems to perform a lot better than the GoldenMars USB Flash Drive reviewed previously.

TweakTown has been testing out the ATI Catalyst 7.1 for Vista - Software improvement and Crossfire!. Although there is still a way to go for AMD's new graphics driver department this is certainly an encouraging step for gamers thinking of moving over to Vista. µ