Net Reviews: AMD Athlon 64 X2 and Opteron Dual Core

Last week, Intel unveiled their first dual-core processor that is now available for purchase. This prempted the release of AMD's dual core processors by a few days. Now AnandTech takes a look at the AMD Athlon 64 X2 and Opteron Dual Core. The Athlon 64 X2 is geared towards the consumer market while the Opteron Dual is geared towards the server and workstation market.

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Notebooks

• Toshiba Libretto U100 @ PC Magazine
• Toshiba Portege R200 @ PC Magazine

Cases and Mods

• Cooler Master Vortex TX Heatsink @ PimpRig
• Thermaltake Shark VA7000B Case @ Legit Reviews
• Thermaltake Tenor Case @ Legion Hardware

CD/DVD Drives

• Toshiba SD-R5372 16x DVD+/-RW DL @ CDRLabs

Cooling

• Corsair Cool Water Cooling Kit @ Extreme Hardware

CPUs

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 and Opteron Dual Core @ AnandTech
• AMD Dual Core Opteron @ ExtremeTech
• AMD Dual Core Opteron @ Firing Squad
• AMD Dual Core Opteron @ The Tech Report

Hard Drives

• Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 400GB NCQ @ AnandTech

Memory

• Crucial Ballistix PC2-5300 DDR2 @ Extreme Overclocking

Motherboards

• Epox 5LWA+ i925XE @ Hot Hardware
• Kloss KL-I915A SFF @ neoseeker

Video Cards

• ATI Radeon X850 XT-PE AGP @ HardOCP
• Gigabyte GV-3D1 6600GT SLI @ GD Hardware
• Gigabyte Radeon X800 @ Bjorn3D
• MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E @ Viper Lair