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Lab Update: AMD Athlon II X4 620 and Lynnfield Memory

Posted on 9th Oct 2009 at 11:17 by Richard Swinburne with 14 comments

Richard Swinburne
This week I have been mostly testing AMD's Athlon II X2 620 CPU.

Yes, we're a bit behind, but the Radeons arrived and deciding between a £75 quad core or the latest and shiniest DirectX 11 graphics cards is like wondering whether we'd rather eat out at Marcus Wareing, or go to a burger van at a motorway lay-by.

For the record, The Berkeley is fantastic.

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Custom PC Issue 101

Custom PC Issue 101

We take Intel's new brutally fast 6-core processor out for a spin. As it uses the new LGA2011 socket we also Labs test seven new motherboards, seven coolers and seven memory kits to find out which should accompany your new CPU.

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PC Hardware Buyer's Guide September 2011

PC Hardware Buyer's Guide September 2011

Our monthly guide to getting the best components for your PC build,...
Hardware 29 – We are not Server Admins

Hardware 29 – We are not Server Admins

Now that both Intel and AMD have released their next-gen, super-fast...
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