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AMD APU: How Much Progress Has Been Made?
Introduction Cast your mind back to mid-2011 when AMD released its first “APU”. Back then “APU” (Accelerated Processing Unit) was a term not many of us were familiar with, although the concept wasn’t alien as we’ve had it for quite some time: a CPU that also provides a GPU. Up until the…
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Enermax’s LIQMAX 120S Liquid CPU Cooler Series Announced
ENERMAX announced a new LIQMAX 120S series composed of the ELC-LM120S-HP and ELC-LM120S-TAA, which features a patented Shunt-Channel-Technology to improve thermal conductivity, a unique 3D extruded cold-plate structure designed for better stability and rapid heat conductivity. The HP variant has a high-pressure airflow fan while the TAA variant comes with…
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Kotetsu CPU Cooler Released by Scythe
With the announcement of the new Kotetsu CPU Cooler, Japanese cooling expert Scythe is going forth to offer a 120 mm tower model with an aggressive pricing and great cost/performance ratio. With the Kotetsu CPU Cooler, Scythe is able to prove that great performance does not necessarily require the heatsink…
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Viper 3 Low Profile Series Memory Kits Revealed By Patriot
Patriot has revealed its latest memory which is dedicated to overclocking and extreme gaming. The Viper 3 series is about 3cm tall, providing clearance for large CPU coolers. Its heat shield does not limit CPU cooling options and provides thermal dissipation to extend the lifetime of the modules. Those who are…
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AMD Super Pi Performance Fixed With Patch, Benchmark Record To Be Smashed
AMD has always been very poor at Super Pi test scores since the Bulldozer architecture was released. You only need to take a quick glimpse at the graph below to see that both Bulldozer and Piledriver based AMD CPUs flat-out suck, there is no other way to put it. The…
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AMD Cutting Desktop CPU Prices
AMD have a tradition of cutting their prices down incrementally over time. Not only does it help them shift a few more units but it also allows them to keep “old tech” attractive even when they release new models. Their latest round of price cuts is no exceptions and we…
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AMD Richland APUs Pictured, Arriving In June
AMD’s next generation of accelerated processing units (APUs), codename Richland, are set to arrive this June. In the run up to their release next month they have been pictured by the media. The three models in question are the AMD A10 6800K, A10 6700 and A4 4400, which will be…
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