Net Reviews: AMD Athlon 64 X2

Dual core processors are going to be in the news a lot in the coming months. This is the direction that the industry is looking towards for increasing performance levels. Intel has already released their Pentium D processors to the market and AMD has launched it dual core Opterons as well. Now ExtremeTech takes a look at the AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD's desktop dual core processor being released next month.

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Notebooks

• Dell Inspiron 9300 @ CNet
• HP Tecra nx9600 @ CNet
• Toshiba Qosmio G15-AV501 @ PC World
• Toshiba Tecra M3 @ CNet

Cases and Mods

• Ahanix MCE601 Case @ AnandTech
• Asus Vento 3600 Case @ Hot Hardware
• Raidmax Virgo 811 Case @ Tweak News
• Sunbeam Samarai Case @ Bjorn3D

Cooling

• Thermalright XP-90C Heatsink @ OCIA

CPUs

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ ExtremeTech
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ HardOCP
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ The Tech Report
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ Techware Labs
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ and 4200+ @ AnandTech
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ @ Hot Hardware
• Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 840 @ The Tech Report

Memory

• OCX PC4000 Gold VX DDR @ ByteSector
• OCZ PC2-6400 Platinum DDR2 @ Adrian's Rojak Pot

Motherboards

• Asus K8N4-E Deluxe nForce4 @ PC Stats
• Asus AV8-E Deluxe K8T890 @ Extreme Tech
• Gigabyte 8I955X Royal @ t-break
• Skyhawk Media PC EchoQ SFF i865 @ Tom's Hardware
• Soltek EQ3501-300P SFF i915G @ Viper Lair

Video Cards

• Albatron GeForce TC6200Q @ Legit Reviews
• ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X800 XT @ Tom's Hardware
• Gigabyte X800XL @ Gamepyre
• Gigabyte GV-RX700P256V X700 Pro @ Hi-Tech Reviews
• HIS X850XT IceQ II Turbo VIVO 256MB AGP @ Bona Fide Reviews
• MSI NX6600GT-VTD128SP AGP @ PC Stats
• PNY Verto GeForce 6600GT 128MB AGP @ HEXUS