Core i7 en masse

WHETHER INTEL chooses to ignore the low-end yet high-performing world of AMD’s dual-core offering is up to them, but when it comes down to putting out the fastest thing on 4 cores… they are still kings. Lo and behold our gathering of reviews…

Tweak Town

Hot Hardware

PC Perps

Guru of 3D

Xbit Labs

Anandtech

Driver Heaven

Extremetech

Hexus.net

Firing Squad

PC GHX

Techgage

Tom’s Hardware

But we still have plenty o’ reviews.

XS Reviews is hosing down its processors with an AMA Aragon 900 liquid cooling system. It’s a dual block kit that will keep your CPU and GPU in check. If you consider the price of two premium coolers for CPU and GPU, it might just well be worth it.

TweakTown tests their first Core i7 975EE gaming system, the Cyberpower Black Mamba Venom. 25,500 points in 3DMark Vantage (performance) tests makes a pretty bold statement. Strictly for the well-to-doers.

Techware Labs has the Thermaltake BigTyp 14 CPU cooler on test. The massive 140mm fan on top of the cooler has no clearance issues as the heat pipe design puts it well away from your system’s power circuitry…

Thrusted Reviews takes a look at Asus’ Eee Top All-in-One PC. The principle of the device is sound, but insufferable performance tells us a lot more about what type of CPU it sports… maybe sometime it will grow up into something useful.

Thinking of stuffing an HTPC case with a Core i7? Well, maybe, just maybe, this will do the trick for you: the CoolJag Falcon II low-profile Core i7/Core 2 cooler that performs much better than most full-sized tower coolers…

Asus has come forward with a very nice little HTPC motherboard named the Asus M4A78-RC. The micro-ATX-sized mobo includes a PCIe x16 slot as well some audio extras to improve playback quality. At Silent PC Review.

The Phenom IIs greatest disappointment was the migration to DDR3.It took long enough, but didn’t bring the big improvement that had been expected. See Tom’s Hardware Store on DDR3 scalability under Phenom II.

OCIA has a new SSD in the lab. It’s a PATA- based KingSpec 32GB 2.5drive. Should make a great upgrade for sooo many laptops.

UPS’ are invaluable devices that will save you from more than one occasional disaster. PC Power & Cooling (OCZ) has a Pro-Source 1500VA UPS. Some unique techs give it a performance edge and it lives up to its promise. Get a free backache with every unit you carry. µ