Pentium 4 660 and 3.73GHz XE get dissected

There are more reviews of the Intel Pentium 660 and 3.73GHz XE at PC perspective, beyond3D and tweaktown. They all highlight the fact that Intel's latest processors are a welcome addition to its line of products. Unfortunately it doesn't do much to improve Chipzilla's performance against AMD's Athlons and Opterons and its own existing processors.

A 680w Purepower PCI Express ready power supply is on review at Xtremeresources. The latest P4 consume 220w at full load. The PSU has ten power connectors plus four for SATA devices. On top of that, it is virtually silent at 17dBA.

If you're in the quest for a capable mid-range graphics card which won't cost you an arm, then have a look at this 26-page article on the AGP Geforce 6600GT graphic card.

XBitlabs explores in details the performances and specs of the latest DVD writer from BenQ. The DW1620A is probably one of the last traditional DVD writers to which nothing much can be added.

Another DVD writer review at CDRlabs as they uncover the latest from NEC, the ND-3520A which is the cheapest and nastiest 16x DVD writer in UK costing under £30+VAT somewhere on the interweb.

Two motherboard reviews from hardwarezone. First the Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Du which features the i915P chipset. Another member of the feature-ladden 8-sigma motherboard range. The second one also comes from Gigabyte but from its performance extreme series. The GA-8I915P Duo Pro has less features but concentrates more on performance.

Xbitlabs reviews the just-released Intel Pentium IV 6XX and the Pentium IV Extreme Edition 3.73Ghz under the same roof. As usual, a heap of information scattered over 21 pages. From overclocking to Audio and video encoding. Probably one of the more detailed reviews.

Foxconn has taken over the control of the Winfast brand which belonged to Leadtek before. Whether they will release some graphics cards is to be seen. For the time being, they are producing some pretty good motherboards according to a review from Xbitlabs which tests the Winfast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS based on the nForce4 Ultra.

PC Impact puts to the test six Radeon X700Pro graphic cards from Asus, Gecube, Mediamax, MSI, Powercolor and Sapphire. You will also find another group test of six Geforce 6600GT on the same website.

The most powerful SFF available to date, the iWill ZMAX dp is reviewed at SFFTECH. The Dual Opteron Rig is put to the test but even then, questions remain over its viability. Nonetheless as a collector's item, it is a gem.

Informanews is looking for some good newsers and at the same time, they have released a review of the Advance Desktop Optical Playgame which bears an uncanny ressemblance with my own wireless desktop combo except that it is spill proof.

Fancy a Dual Xeon processor rig? The Alienware MJ-12 7750 workstation, on loan at CGnetworks, will satisfy even your most pressing hardware needs - provided that you wear some kind of ear plugs.

Over at trusted reviews, there is a good review of a workstation notebook, the IBM Thinkpad T42p, one of those gadgets which one would buy given a lotto win. Superb finish, 1600x1200 pixel resolution and much more under the hood. A++.