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19 articles tagged as core-2

The upcoming high-end CPU battle could depend on motherboard prices

With X570 motherboards demanding huge premiums, Intel's cut-price Cascade Lake-X could benefit from more affordable motherboards compared to 3rd Gen Threadripper.

October 21, 2019 | 14:00

Stormforce Crystal 3600 RX 5700 Review

Stormforce's £1,300 rig sports a six-core 3rd Gen Ryzen CPU, RX 5700, and NVMe PCIe SSD.

October 21, 2019 | 09:30

Video: Project Toreador (Bloodlines 2 Mod) Part 1: Intro and 500D Teardown

Alex is going to bring the Toreador clan from Bloodlines 2 to life - in case mod form!

October 18, 2019 | 17:00

AMD excited about competing with 'Goliath'

AMD defiant and optimistic about continuing battle with Intel.

April 11, 2011 | 11:25

Budget overclocking is back!

November 30, 2009 | 10:50

Intel predicts rise of the ultra-thins

Intel CEO Paul Otellini believes that the days of the netbook may be numbered, with enough consumers wise to the limited performance to give the ultra-thin laptops a chance.

July 17, 2009 | 10:05

Noctua NH-C12P CPU Cooler Review

The NH-C12P is a lower profile version of the fantastic NH-U12P from the Austrian company that oozes quality and great performance in its products. We've put it through its paces on LGA775 and Socket AM2+ to see if it can keep up with the strong competition it faces.

July 1, 2009 | 10:14

OCZ launches laptop XMP RAM

Memory manufacturer OCZ has announced a line of high-performance Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) SODIMMs for laptops that use the Core 2 Extreme processor.

April 13, 2009 | 09:17

Intel slashes quad-core pricing

Intel has announced a massive 40 percent price cut on its top-end mainstream quad-core chip, in direct response to the launch of the Phenom II X4 series from rival AMD.

January 20, 2009 | 13:23

Intel warns of revenue dip

Intel has released Q4 earning figures ahead of its appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show which reveal a massive 23 percent drop in revenue.

January 8, 2009 | 11:25

Apple Core Duo by Cyprio

It's been over a year in the making, but what can only be described as the G5 mod to which all others can be compared to is now finally complete! It's time to take a look at what Apple only wished it designed...

October 28, 2008 | 07:20

Intel announces Centrino 2

Intel has officially launched the latest version of its mobile platform, Centrino 2 - previously codenamed Montevina - and there are some impressive new features included.

July 16, 2008 | 14:53

AMD says no more price cuts

Are you looking forward to the new Intel price cuts happening on the 22nd? Yeah, we thought so - but don't look for more from AMD just yet.

July 18, 2007 | 15:00

Intel to add to CPU lineup in 4Q07

Intel has dropped another two processors into the line-up for 4th Quarter 2007 this week, including a new "Yorkfield" core.

June 15, 2007 | 16:42

Intel PC Mod Expo

Intel has invited four of bit-tech's top modders to come and talk to Chinese media to bring another country into the light of modding.

May 15, 2007 | 05:47

IDF Spring 2007: Benchmarking Penryn

IDF SPRING 2007: Intel showed off its 45nm upgrade to the Core Architecture, Penryn, in Beijing today. We have initial benchmark results -- click for details.

April 18, 2007 | 13:00

Episode 4 - Nehalem Core 2s, PCs vs next gen consoles and Vista

April 5, 2007 | 09:32

EVGA nForce 680i LT SLI

EVGA partners with Nvidia again to release a retro green "Built by Nvidia" motherboard based on the new nForce 680i LT SLI chipset. Think of 680i LT as the semi-skimmed version of the full fat nForce 680i SLI chipset: all of the taste with no need to exercise.

March 26, 2007 | 14:59

Inno3D nForce 680i SLI

We have a look at Inno3D's nForce 680i SLI board based on the reference NVIDIA 680i SLI design. We've had our fair share of problems with reference 680i boards, but we've found one that works. Let's find out if it has the potential to satisfy the enthusiast's needs.

February 17, 2007 | 10:05

AOpen XC Cube EU965

The AOpen XC Cube EU965 is an SFF based on Intel's G965 chipset that features support for Core 2. We were dying to find out if the XC Cube was capable of matching or even surpassing Shuttle's market-leading XPC products. Read on to find out if it was up to the task...

February 14, 2007 | 12:05

Vadim Cepheus Q80

Vadim's Cepheus Q80 is the ultimate customised rig that you can buy off the shelf. It's looks, build quality and personalisation comes at an eye watering price, but does it offer enough to hold its value?

February 9, 2007 | 15:23

Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6

The Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 is a P965 based motherboard wth all the bells and whistles. It's got four heatsinks on the board, hence the 'Quad' moniker - this is one awesome bit of kit.

October 4, 2006 | 09:46