Week in Reviews

The big news this week for PC hardware was AMD's latest processor release along with the new chipsets to support it from ATI and NVIDIA. While the performance gains from the new processor aren't monumental, it is a significant shift for AMD who has relied upon older DDR memory for its processors. The new socket-AM2 designed chips are the first to use the faster DDR2 memory. Don't get too worked up though as the X2 and FX-62 processors most of the sites reviewed are not available yet. Most retailers only seem to have the budget Sempron and single core Athlon 64 socket-AM2 models currently.

Be sure to check out the various reviews on the other items as well.

• Falcon Northwest Mach V FX-62 Quad @ PC Magazine
• HP Pavilion a1330n @ HardOCP
• Monarch HornetPro SFF @ Tom's Hardware

• Cooler Master Centurion 532 Case @ Think Computers
• Cooler Master iGreen 430 Watt Power Supply @ Tweak News
• Enermax Whisper II EG565P-VE FMA 565W Power Supply @ Modders-Inc
• iStarUSA S-8 Storm Case @ Virtual-Hideout
• iStar STC-750PD2 750W Power Supply @ Virtual Hideout
• Thermaltake Armor Junior Case @ Big Bruin
• Thermaltake Armor Jr. Case @ Bjorn3D
• Ultra MicroFly SFF Case @ SFF Tech
• XG Viper 2 Case @ Techgage

• Corsair Nautilus 500 Water Cooling Kit @ Velcity Reviews
• Noctua NH-U9 and NH-U12 @ Overclockers Online
• Scythe Mine CPU Cooler @ Techgage
• Spire Verticool II and Diamond II Heatsinks @ 3DXtreme
• Zalman 9500AT Intel Socket 775 Cooler @ Techgage
• Zalman CNPS9500-AM2 Heatsink @ Frosty Tech
• Zalman VF900-Cu Ultra Quiet VGA Cooler @ PC Apex

• AMD Athlon 64 FX2 AM2 @ Hexus
• AMD Athlon 64 FX-62 and 5000+ @ Sharky Extreme
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and FX62 @ AMD Zone
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and FX-62 @ Extreme Tech
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ AM2 @ Hardware Secrets
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+/FX62 @ motherboards.org
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ neoseeker
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ AM2 @ t-break
• AMD Socket AM2 @ AnandTech
• AMD Socket AM2 Processors @ HardOCP
• AMD Socket AM2 @ Tom's Hardware

• Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB SATA @ GD Hardware

• OCZ 2GB Platinum PC4000 DDR @ Bona Fire Reviews
• OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 Gold GX XTC @ Hardware Secrets
• Super Talent T800UX2GC2 PC2-6400 DDR2 @ Legit Reviews

• ATI CrossFire 3200 AM2 and NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI @ The Tech Report
• Comparison of Six 975X Boards @ Tom's Hardware
• Foxxconn C51XEM2AA nForce 590 @ neoseeker
• MSI K8N Diamond Plus @ Viper Lair
• MSI K9N SLI Premium nForce 570 @ digit-life
• NVIDIA nForce 500 @ AnandTech
• NVIDIA nForce 500 Series Chipsets @ Guru of 3D
• NVIDIA nForce 590 MCP @ Bjorn3D

• AGEIA PhysX PPU @ ExtremeTech
• ASUS 7800GT Top Silent @ X-Bit Labs
• ASUS PhysX P1 GRAW Edition PPU @ Hardware Zone
• ATI Radeon Xpress 3200 @ HEXUS
• BFG AGEIA PhysX PPU @ GamePC
• Comparison of Fice GeForce 7900 Boards @ The Tech Report
• HIS X1300 IceQ Turbo AGP @ LAN Addict
• Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro CrossFire @ Bjorn3D
• Sapphire Toxic X1900XTX @ t-break
• XFX GeForce 7600 GT XXX @ The Tech Lounge