AMD holds garage sale of surplus kit

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Right on with the Wibble proper. And here's an interesting piece from Overclockers.com about how Intel's Hyperthreading technology may be demonstrated -- or not -- in benchmarking programs. Is Hyperthreading all hype? they wonder.

Meanwhile, cash-strapped AMD is holding a garage sale. The company's sale of "Surplus Assets" starts here. Wibble on over to see if anything grabs your fancy.

The VR-Zoners wandered over to an EPoX factory in Taiwan to check out the production process. The guided tour starts here.

The jet-setters also managed it over to Creative HQ for a demo of MegaWorks THX 5.1 550. Ths is a top-of-the-range pair of speakers meant for audiophiles, with 6-channel BASH amplification for a truly immersive gaming experience, they say. Wibble on over here.

On a cheaper tip, Monster Hardware shows how to build a pair of satellite speakers for your PC, to go with the Subwoofer they built last week. Wibble this way.

Sticking with the musical track, Keptech casts an aye over Sony's MZN1 Mini Disc Player over here.

Meanwhile, SubZeroTech has posted a review of ATi's Radeon 9700 Pro over here.

2CPU.COM has AOpen DX3R Plus-U dual PIII (Tualatin) motherboard up against MSI's E7500 Master LS dual Xeon and dual-channel DDR board over here.

And new site, Networkstoday.com, wants to usher you onto its pages. They've kicked off, they say, with a bunch of Networking 101 articles that start here.

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