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[Blog] AMD Turbo Core
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Name: Christopher
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About: See Authors Posts (2) on August 31, 2010
With amd and intel having both added turbo with the last gen I thought that I would explain how amd turbo works.
To start, amd turbo works on all amd cpu’s that end in T with the parts ending in 0T having turbo go up to 2x extra (except black edition, but we will get to that later) and the ones with a 5T getting 2.5x. So if u have a 1055T then its a 2.8ghz cpu with a multi of 14x and turbo taking it to 16.5x and 3.3ghz, the 1090T is 3.2ghz with a multi 16x and turbo to 18x and 3.6ghz.Â...
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[Review] ASUS P7P55D-E PRO – A Step Above (UPDATE 8/11)
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Name: Kevin Marlin
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About: See Authors Posts (11) on August 9, 2010
Introduction:
A motherboard is probably the single most important component to the enthusiast. For a person in the know, this is pretty obvious, but for a newer user this may come as new information. Many forums as well as review sites fail to reveal the big picture, and there are a plethora of components used in the assembly of today’s motherboards that frankly most people don’t even understand. This hodgepodge of devices can range from cheap, make-shift components to high quality,...
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TechREACTION.net – Blog & Win – ASUS August Giveaway!
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Name: Alex Joy
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About: See Authors Posts (45) on August 1, 2010
All registered Bloggers have the chance to win free hardware at least once a month forever!
That’s right! FREE HARDWARE! Just for being a registered and active blogger of TechREACTION.net.
How do I sign up? Simple, first register at this page to become a TR blogger. Once you receive your account information, half the job is done.
Second, go to the TechREACTION forums and register there as well. You must be registered in both places to be eligible.
Bloggers are given s...
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|Slappa’s Slushbox| – |Phenom II X6 1090T|
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Name: Matthew Sembinelli
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About: Hardware Enthusiast, and OverclockerSee Authors Posts (10) on July 13, 2010
Long story short. Today I got pretty bored. I’ve been wanting to put my 1090T under dry ice for quite some time now. However, my bench partner has been busy with work so I could not obtain the dry ice pot.
So I was thinking of ways I could cool down my processor, in order to play around with my new 6 core. Since I own a Corsair H50 AIO Watercooling kit, I decided to have some fun.
I hung the radiator in an old lunch cooler and filled it to the brim with ice. I also threw a bit of water i...
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[Review] ASUS EAH5870 V2 1GB
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About: Just keeping it real for the average joe overclocker and computer user.See Authors Posts (49) on July 9, 2010
With the much anticipated release of the Radeon HD 5 series a success on many levels, the ATI crowd has much to celebrate. The new 5 series cards put ATI back on top of the video card market. They can now boast of the new DX11 capability and the Eyefinity technology introduced with the higher-end 5 series cards. The 5870 is almost at the top of the pack for the new generation of cards, with the 5970 in the lead and the 5450 bringing up the rear. All in all, ATI has to be loving the massive succe...
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Winner Announced! June AMD Phenom II Giveaway!
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closeAuthor: EnJoY
Name: Alex Joy
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About: See Authors Posts (45) on July 1, 2010
It’s the 1st of another month again, and as always, that means it’s time to pick a winner of our monthly blogging giveaway. This past months giveaway was sponsored by AMD with the prize being a brand new Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition processor.
The winner of the June Blogger Giveaway is…
Archer!
Thank you for all of the time you put into this website and this community! Enjoy your new processor!
Thanks to AMD for sponsoring the giveaway.
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[Blog] College-Kid’s-Budget Gaming PC Building – Things to Avoid and Things to Adore Like Your First Pony
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Name: Alvin Yan
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About: See Authors Posts (2) on June 30, 2010
Hello, everyone! My name is Alvin (a.k.a. TheDramaLlama) and I’d like to poke fun at all the old… er, say hi to everyone here at TechREACTION.
For my first blog, I’m going to do a rough overview on budget PC building. No, not your run-of-the-mill budget PC building, I’m writing about college-kid’s-budget gaming PC building, since college kids like me belong to a fantastic little niche, filled with people in situations I like to describe as, “Mommy, I have no...
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TechREACTION.net – Blog & Win – AMD June Giveaway!
5 Comments By EnJoY
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Name: Alex Joy
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About: See Authors Posts (45) on June 2, 2010
All registered Bloggers have the chance to win free hardware at least once a month forever!
That’s right! FREE HARDWARE! Just for being a registered and active blogger of TechREACTION.net.
How do I sign up? Simple, first register at this page to become a TR blogger. Once you receive your account information, half the job is done.
Second, go to the TechREACTION forums and register there as well. You must be registered in both places to be eligible.
Bloggers are given sp...
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Winner Announced! May AMD Phenom II X6 Giveaway!
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Name: Alex Joy
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About: See Authors Posts (45) on June 1, 2010
It’s the 1st of another month again, and as always, that means it’s time to pick a winner of our monthly blogging giveaway. This past months giveaway was sponsored by AMD with the prize being a brand new Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition processor.
The winner of the May AMD Phenom II X6 Giveaway is…
Krab
Thank you for your participation and contribution to this community. We hope you enjoy your new processor!
Thanks to AMD for sponsoring the giveaway. Stay tuned tonight ...
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[Blog] Kingston HyperX DDR3 ‘LoVo’ OC Testing
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Name: Robin Lindqvist
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About: See Authors Posts (4) on May 31, 2010
Kingston HyperX DDR3 ‘LoVo’ OC testing
Just a quick look at a memory kit from Kingston, namely a set from their somewhat new ‘LoVo’ series. Judging by the name its a low voltage kit, so not a kit directly aimed at the enthusiast market. But word has it they might be worth a look after all!
According to their site, Kingston currently offers three versions of their ‘LoVo’ kits, 1333, 1600 and 1866 MHz. But there also seem to be an 1800 MHz kit listed at some shops, possible a replaceme...
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DDR3 @ 2022MHz…pfft. CAS 6? Wow… AMD!?! No way!
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Name: Alex Joy
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About: See Authors Posts (45) on May 20, 2010
Chew* does it again! There I am, waiting for my eyes to bleed as I sit in my cubicle, and suddenly my old pal Chew* delivers this little gem. Apparently Brian has been very busy tweaking his Corsair GTX2’s on Asus’s new Crosshair IV Formula. While playing around with timings and ganged mode, Chew* was able to get his Corsair GTX2 2250MHz C8 sticks all the way to 2022MHz at CAS 6 with just 1.725v!
Additional important specs include an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T, air cooling on every...
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[Blog] AMD Phenom II Six Core 1090T vs Core i7 920 Full Comparison
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Name: Madhusudan Banik
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About: See Authors Posts (4) on May 6, 2010
Introduction
Eight months ago AMD introduced their 2nd generation of Phenom 2 X4 Processors that was designed to use the AM3 socket while remaining backwards compatible with previous AM2/AM2+ motherboards. Although the Phenom II X4 965 was AMD’s flagship desktop processor, it wasn’t the performance that glued users on to it but rather the value for money it brought to the table. Alongwith processors like X 2 550/555 which could be unlocked to 4 cores depending upon the combin...
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TechREACTION.net – Blog & Win – AMD May Giveaway!
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Name: Alex Joy
Email: alex@techreaction.net
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About: See Authors Posts (45) on May 2, 2010
All registered Bloggers have the chance to win free hardware at least once a month forever!
That’s right! FREE HARDWARE! Just for being a registered and active blogger of TechREACTION.net.
How do I sign up? Simple, first register at this page to become a TR blogger. Once you receive your account information, half the job is done.
Second, go to the TechREACTION forums and register there as well. You must be registered in both places to be eligible.
Bloggers are given special ac...
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Asus Crosshair IV Formula 890FX – Performance Review
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Name: Ashish Mehta
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About: See Authors Posts (18) on April 27, 2010
Introduction
Welcome to the performance review of the new 890FX chipset and more specifically, the Asus Crosshair IV Formula motherboard.
We have already done an extensive pictorial preview of the board and today we are going to concentrate more on the performance of this board. We are going to compare the board to the MSI GD 70 790FX board. As many of you know, the MSI GD70 was one of the best 790FX based boards and was regularly considered amongst the big boys.
The main focus of this review i...
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[Preview] Unboxing of the Asus Crosshair IV Formula 890FX
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Name: Ashish Mehta
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About: See Authors Posts (18) on April 22, 2010
Introduction
Asus launched the first of the Republic of Gamers (ROG) series for the AMD platform way back in 2007, calling it the Asus Crosshair for the AM2 platform, which was based on the Nvidia nForce 590 chipset. The second in the series was the Asus Crosshair II Formula, which was based on the Nvidia 780a chipset. The third in the series is the Crosshair III Formula and this time Asus did the smart thing and ditched the Nvidia chipsets. They went ahead with the brand new 790FX chipset and m...
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[Blog] 5770 CF vs. 5870 – Game Performance Comparison
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Name: Robin Lindqvist
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About: See Authors Posts (4) on March 20, 2010
A pair of ATI 5770 1Gb in Crossfire vs. a single ATI 5870 1Gb. One could call it a fair fight considering the price point of both setups. They will be put through their paces in some of today’s game titles…
Test Setup
Hardware
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4Â 965 BE (4,2GHz CORE/2,9GHz IMC)
RAM: 2x 2GB OCZ Platinum (1550MHz 6-6-6)
Monitor: LG W2600HP-BF 1920×1200 pixels
GPU: Two ATI HD 5770 1Gb (Crossfire) & one ATI HD 5870 1Gb
Software
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