Intel reveals uptp 40% price cuts
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 19. Jan, 2009 | No Comments
Intel are planning to reduce their mainstream quad core processors upto nearly 40%, leaving extreme editions and higher FSB based processors prices static. Intel have stated that these cuts will be made on the 18th of this month.
Intel have strategically lowered their prices with relation to AMD’s Phenom II quad core processor release, not quite [...]
Intel prices are static!
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 28. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
Intel haven’t changed there pricing for sometime now, well virtually since launch! Now Intel have released their new core i7 processors, you would expect the company to re-price their stock and get some sort of return to research future products, may be they are keeping prices high because they need to!
With that said, AMD are [...]
Intel Core i7 & x58 Motherboards on SLI
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics, Microprocessors on 21. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
We all know the core i7 has been released but how does it compare within the graphics market? I remember way back when enthusiast started buying dual socket motherboards to find nothing near double the performance, now with core i7 with Intels threading implementation how will graphics perform under the pressure of three sli 280 [...]
AMD Phenom x4 processors promise high performance
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 21. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
Intel have released their Intel corei7 architecture last month. Intel have obviously moved into the high end bracket of the computer hardware market. A new corei7 system could cost around £1500 where the motherboard alone costs £200.
Intel Core 2 quad is now considered main stream along with amd phenom processors. AMD’s price bracket is alot [...]
Corei7 memory modules cannot exceed 1.65volts
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 06. Oct, 2008 | No Comments
Intel Corei7 technology has a sudden pitfall with its architecture. I’ve always had my suspicions that Intel had an issue with their memory! Taken that the new memory controller is not asynchronous and the fact that you can only run odd number of modules the voltage bottleneck didn’t come as a surprise.
Memory modules cannot exceed [...]
Asus Eee Box
Posted by Simon Whiston in Microprocessors on 12. Sep, 2008 | No Comments
So we had the EEE PC laptop that was fairly popular but then as technology moves on so would the eee pc/box specification. To those people who decided to get a asus EEE PC I would of personally waited for the release of Intels Atom processor. This could only result in more mobile technology, [...]
