Q9400s and Q8200s are cool customers

ALTHOUGH YOUR attention has no doubt been centred on AMD's launch, Intel has been doing its own thing with the Q9400s and Q8200s low-power quad-core processors. These are cherry-picked parts which manage to operate at 65W TDP, but maintain the remaining specs of their non-S counterparts. Techgage has the skinny on them.

Legit Reviews is also testing the Core 2 Quad Q8200s. Its tests show that the processor doesn't fall short on its promise, but it's a lot more expensive than the standard 95W versions.

OCaholic has a Corsair TX850W in its rig. Despite being a heavy duty power supply, it still conforms to the standard ATX format. High efficiency, stable, OCaholic has good things to say about it.

Metku Mods is reviewing Gainward's 285 GTX. This is not a GS kit, but it overclocks like a bat out of hell, according to Toni.

As the GTX 260 becomes more affordable, newer overclocked versions pop up, like the Leadtek Limited Winfast GTX 260 EXTREME+. On display today at Big Bruin.

Techware Labs has a very unique case on review today. It's the NZXT Whisper, a silent computer chassis that combines sound proofing and all sorts of enthusiast goodies.

Small Net Builder is going about retesting some NAS as Tim has updated the test bed. Netgear's ReadyNAS Pro is the first to get the new treatment.

Silent PC Review, in its quest for the HTPC Grail, has come across the Powercolor SCS3 HD 4650, a passively-cooled card that'll let you squeeze some gaming frames at zero noise level.

XS Reviews has a Scythe Kama Bay, a cheap all-in-one control console that includes FireWire, USB, SATA (not eSATA), all types of memory cards, two fan controllers, front audio, in a 3.5-inch format.

Our namesake phone is on review at ITPro. The Inq1 social networking phone has Facebook, Skype and instant messaging included.

Phoronix is comparing AMD's Shanghai Opteron on Ubuntu Linux and OpenSolaris. Ubuntu takes the cake, but OpenSolaris is making a comeback.

Hardware Secrets has published a reference chart to all Nvidia cards since the 440MX onwards. Just desktop versions.

Notebook Review has Asus' latest eeespawn, the Eee PC 1000HE, sporting the new N280 Atom processor. Battery life is great and the processor does deliver some improvements. µ