Smaller transistors means more leakage current, so the wattage drop might not be as big as it has been in earlier process transitions. But, we'll see soon. In this thread you can read about the power consumption (and my optimistic dreams about my next system..). So far I've seen that the new D0 one...

Of course I wasn't first with such big news!

but it's still strange that they don't follow their naming convention . The name should be something like MX7GM ... Yeah, but it's not the only one. Seems like they've started using the chipset number in the motherboard name lately. For instance, all their socket T boards have 865 or 915 in it. Thi...

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ and 3200+ for socket 939 will soon be available, using 90 nm technology and the new D0 revision. They cost 173 and 208 USD respectively at monarchcomputer.com . This should give us cheaper 939 systems with lower power consumption (~50 W?). I don't care much about dual channel mem...

That's nice to know for the future. Now, all we need is motherboard with proper support and probably safer cooling solutions for mobile A64 wouldn't hurt either. Yeah, indeed. I haven't seen any articles about it either, strange. I'm so tired after reading thousands of threads at various forums, an...

For all you girls & guys living in Europe, www.itbutikken.dk just got in a wide range of those CPUs. I still haven't seen them in Sweden (anyone?). They also got lots of other mobile ones like XP-M, PM, CM and P4-M. Their site is available in eight languages and I think they ship to most countries i...

The UltraX is wonderful!!! I have used it for 6 months now, it's one of the best. I think it's quite silent, but actually I really don't care about that. It's the flat design with full size keys in standard arrangement that I like. Some people compares the keys with the ones of di Novo. I haven't tr...

PretzelB wrote:I am looking at an upgrade but I noticed that both the ASUS AMD and Intel boards I have my eye on are on the list of "yea it will work if you bend stuff a little" list.

So, you're an ASUS fan? Maybe the XP-90 is something for you?

I've thought of that too DanceMan, I'm really curious what the orientation of the heatsink does to performance. I guess the test setup Ralf Hütter is using is better than having the mobo vertical like in tower cases.

Nice review Ralf Hütter! Are you going to test the XP-90 soon too?

Edit: (I saw Mike C in the news announcement and didn't think any further...)
I think the XP-90 comes very close in performance, has anyone seen a side by side comparsion somewhere?

The announcement is probably new for today. In the top left corner it says "2004â€

Found an internet store, buy it here ! Dunno if they ship internationally though... can't read Japanese! 31000 Yen is something like 270 USD, a fair price for such an unusual (so far) product. Found big pics here and here . It surely looks very interesting, and the best thing is that it looks like i...

7700 availability.

If the power consumption for the 90 nm G5 is true (24.5 W at 2 GHz), then it should be just as easy to keep cool like Pentium M.

Though I like the idea it's still only a bandaid that, like AMD's Cool-N-Quiet, does nothing if the computer is used at full power all the time. At full power the only thing that helps is a more efficient CPU. Yes, we know. And many of us consider Prescott as a bad idea in many ways, but there are ...

Found this, announced on Anandtech September 1.

Multiplier underclocking with P4 finally?

Yes I know it's more than yesterdays news, but some of you surely don't know about it. Seems like a good reason to wait for the 6xx series if you are an Intel fan.

From Thermalright:

XP-90 is designed to fit all AMD socket 754/939/940 motherboards and Intel Pentium 4 socket 478 motherboards. So far, we have not found any board that is not compatible with XP-90.

This heatsink is good news for everyone who can't use the XP-120 with their motherboard.

Here's another review (not so good) of the Epower PSU with some pics of the inside.

By the way, some pics of the long awaited Antec Phantom have been used in their site here and here . Small pics, nothing interesting. What does it mean? Absolutely nothing, but it's strange that they're showing products that haven't been introduced. No info at all. ...or, have I missed something aga...

Seagate have announced an idle noise of 20 Db (25 Db for 7200.7). That's BELs not dB or dBA. And it's not quite so simple as that. The 7200.7 single disk versions are cited to be under 2.5 BELs at idle. The 2.0 BEL for the 7200.8 is only for the single platter version. Which means the difference co...

Ok, this is not an apples to apples comparsion. I've listened to these two HDs: 7200.7, 120 GB, 2 MB, Firmware 3.06, Made in China , Bought August -03 7200.7, 160 GB, 8 MB, Firmware 3.01, Made in Singapore , Bought February -04 In order to make the comparsion as fair as possible I held one HD in eac...

Well, well. Looks like nVidia is not doing quite as badly as people feared. You can't just compare the used wattage. According to the article the problem is that some nVidia cards use a lot of 12 V. So even if a system uses 200 W and have a 350 W PSU, it might not work properly because the PSU can'...

I'm wondering if Cool 'n' Quiet works with Mobile Athlon 64 used with desktop motherboards.

POLIST8, does it work for you?.

The Kontron JRex-PM motherboard is one of the smaller I've seen for PM, 102x147 mm.

Does anybody know if any A64 chipset got it yet? I found it. No present chipsets have NCQ, but Nforce 4 Ultra and VIA K8T890 Pro will. (and PT894 Pro (Intel)) Edit : Watch out! Many VIA K8T890 mobos uses the older 8237 southbridge, it's the 8251 that have NCQ. SIS doesn't seem to have it. Haven't f...

Here's a more up to date review, comparing newer 7k250, 7200.7 and WD2500JD with older ones.

Intel 9xx chipsets have NCQ, I think it's optional though.

Does anybody know if any A64 chipset got it yet?

Ok, I'm still a AMD fan, but the Pentium M is a very interesting product, and yes, I can change my mind! That got me thinking about what's the big problem with them, there are no motherboards! (like we all know) Yes, there are a few, but they are expensive, nobody is selling them, or the manufacturi...

Of course. I was tired when I wrote it. Thanks Tobias!

May I just point out the obvious mistake...... the figures in the middle would suggest you want to make a 2.5 platter drive ! :D :D A HD with 133 platters with 2.5 GB? Now that would really be something.... :lol: OR, a platter with 2.5 sides? Hmm... OR, (most likely) a 2.5 " (inch) platter? For eve...