AMD Athlon 64 has to be one of the most diverse CPU platforms when it comes to its socket layouts. Originally starting off as a Socket 754 single channel memory design for the desktop and a Socket 940 ...

Ask AMD why launch Socket AM2 -- the hub of a platform shift that sees them standardise on a socket for their CPUs across their entire desktop product line -- now, and they'll largely lay it at the ...

ASUSTeK announced today their first motherboard with support for the new AMD AM2+ CPU. Through cooperation with AMD the ASUS M2A-VM series will be the first of more to come to offer AM2+ support. "As ...

AMD has revamped its processor lineup from top to bottom, moving 13 CPUs to the new Socket AM2 architecture and releasing two brand-new Socket AM2 CPUs. The Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and the Athlon FX-62 are ...

The upcoming AMD 45nm Phenom™ quad-core processors are due to arrive at the end of the year. Today, in order to try push clock performance and low power consumption, AMD have brokenthrough the 65nm ...

When AMD released the Socket AM2 platform during May of this year, many expected it to be a huge hit - after all, it supported DDR2, sporting a 30% increase memory bandwidth, and introduced new ...

If you buy an expensive, powerful CPU, you need to pair it with a quality cooling system. A modern system, designed specifically for that processor. Otherwise you risk melting your pricey new build.

How low can you go? You're building that super slim HTPC for the living room because the wife's fed up with the big ugly computer case sitting next to the TV and has threatened to take the china and ...

Hey all,<BR><BR>I am looking at upgrading my Dell to help with video encoding. It has a 3200+ single core processor in it and I am looking at getting something along the lines of a X2 5000 – 6000+. I ...

AMD's Athlon 64 FX-62 was launched in May 2006 and still remains the fastest AM2 processor around. We took a look at it and surmised that whilst it was fast, Intel's Core 2 Extreme X6800 was better.

Today AMD launches its fastest CPUs to date: the 955 Black Edition and 945 CPUs, which are built using 45nm Phenom II (K10.5) technology, running at 3.2GHz and 3.0GHz respectively. Unlike the 940 and ...

Page 7: Gaming: Crysis and F.E.A.R. Page 8: Power Consumption Page 9: Our Summary and Conclusion Like its predecessors, the AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition looks just like the original Phenoms, due ...