AMD flagship FX62 CPU tested

PCPOP TESTS the AM2 Athlon 64 FX62. It's in Chinese, but for those with converters on there's some data to grab. Like the fact that it is a Windsor core, 90nm chip that uses SOI. It runs at 2.8GHz and has a 2MB cache, half for each core.

The benchmarks were run on a nForce 570 SLI motherboard with Windows XP SP2. Superpi managed 31s. Not as impressive as one might hope. Benchmarks include PC Mark 05, 3DMark, CPU Mark and SISoft Sandra.

VR-zone tests some Omni-antennas from Planex. They radiate energy equally in all directions, it seems, along a vertical axis. As you will find out, the bigger you are the better it is. The antennas do not consume external power yet can significantly increase your coverage. The Antenna is quite cheap which means that you won't have to invest in a new Wireless AP should you want to get a wider coverage.

Trusted reviews reports on the NEC PlasmSync 42XR4 42-inch Plasma Screen. This is not cheap. A growing number of displays of this size are victims of Tunerlessness, whereby they experience a removal of their TV Tuner to reduce the price, or so that it can be offered as a very expensive add-on later. This model does not have a SCART for a start, but supports two HDMI - can I shout conspiracy? It is HD compatible and of course, it is not a TV. Still, it is full of marketamins, like Crystal Clear Driving, Advanced Intra Field Noise Reduction and Bonded Colour Filter.

T-break reviews the I-Mate Jamin PDA or rather Smartphone. T-Mobile users will recognise the familiar design. The I-Mate comes with a stylus, a charger, a USB cable and some driver CDs. It is a Windows Mobile 5 device. Features include a 2.7-inch screen with a 240x320 resolution, and a digital camera. There's no slide-out keyboard oddly, only an on-screen touch-board. Definitely not enough to outdo the Crackberry. The camera is a 2MP model which is fine but the CPU is a tad too slow, according to Abbas.

Adrian RP looks at the OCZ 1GB Mini-Kart USB flash drive. It is possibly the smallest USB drive available on the market. Anything smaller and you might well lose it quickly. ARP found found it to be a very good memory card to read from but definitely not to write to. The Samsung Flash memory used suffered bad performance, apparently. It still gets a Reviewer's Choice award though, which means that it may be worth your money.

A1electronics.net tests the Thermaltake Purepower, a 600W model with active PFC. It has separate 12v rails - a must for power systems. It is multi-GPU, multi-core compatible, with gold-plated connectors and comes with a 120mm cooling fan. What more to say? Benchmarks suggest it haandles well under load and you can control the fan speed as you like. Its leads are even long enough for most cases. µ