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AMD Athlon II 620 X4
CPU & Mainboard | 3rd November 2009
AMDs Athlon II 620 X4 is the cheapest quad core available. Have they released an i5 beater? Read on to find out ...
AMD vs Intel - The Gaming Sweetspot
CPU & Mainboard | 26th October 2009
The never ending battle of Intel and AMD has landed on OC3D soil. Who shall win this time round...?
MSI P55-GD80 Motherboard
CPU & Mainboard | 21st September 2009
P55 Motherboards are starting to appear and for our first review of a retail board we have MSI's flagship motherboard, the extreme performance P55-GD80. See how it performs inside...
Gigabyte MA770T UD3P AM3 Motherboard
CPU & Mainboard | 17th September 2009
Is an updated southbridge and a sprinkle of copper sufficient to see the successful return of the AMD 770 Northbridge? Let's find out...
Intel Core i7-870 Lynnfield Processor
CPU & Mainboard | 8th September 2009
i7 for socket 1156? How can this be? More importantly, how does it perform? With the NDA now lifted we can reveal Intels new 8 series range topper. Find out how it gets on in our latest review...
Asus P7P55D EVO P55 Motherboard - Performance Revealed
CPU & Mainboard | 8th September 2009
We can finally reveal the performance of Intel's latest CPU. Find out how it performs as we pitch it against both i7 and AM3 based setups on an Asus P7P55D EVO motherboard...
AMD Athlon II X2 250 Processor Review
CPU & Mainboard | 29th August 2009
In June of this year, AMD launched it's budget/mainstream line of processors named Athlon II. Today we checkout the top-end X2 250 model.
AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
CPU & Mainboard | 17th August 2009
With a 200MHz speed increase, can AMD's latest Phenom II CPU offer anything more than its predecessors?
OC3D Articles ›› CPU & Mainboard
AMD Ushers in Brazos-based Fusion APUs
Gaurang Shah | 4th January 2011
AMD has been talking about Fusion for a long time now, but it has turned to reality only today; the chip maker has officially launched it Brazos platform.
Intel’s Sandy Bridge CPUs Out
Gaurang Shah | 3rd January 2011
Intel has kickstarted 2011 with the official unveiling of its new line-up of CPUs - the Sandy Bridge brigade.
EVGA Readies P67 Classified Motherboard
Gaurang Shah | 17th December 2010
EVGA today added the P67 Classified, a new enthusiast-class motherboard to its line-up.
Gigabyte’s G1-Killer Logo Picturised
Gaurang Shah | 14th December 2010
Gigabyte has thrown out a logo that shows how serious it is about its new gaming boards.
Sandy Bridge and P67 Prices Revealed
Milind Chidrawar | 30th November 2010
We all know that the hardware industry leaks like a broken pipe. Hence, it comes to no surprise that the pricing of LGA1155 kit has surfaced...
Sandy Bridge Will Have Special Media Accelerators
Gaurang Shah | 30th November 2010
The soon to be released Sandy Bridge processors from Intel will feature special media acceleration circuitry.
Gigabyte to Unveil Premium Gaming Motherboards at CES?
Gaurang Shah | 26th November 2010
Gigabyte will soon be breaking into the Premium Gaming Motherboard section.
Intel Announces First Configurable Atom-based Chips
Gaurang Shah | 22nd November 2010
Intel today went to market with its first configurable Intel Atom-based processor – the E600C series.
AMD ''Bulldozer'' Roadmap Shows 2Q 2011 Launch
Gaurang Shah | 18th November 2010
he roadmap for “Bulldozer” - the next generation of CPUs from AMD’s stable has been revealed on the ATI Forum.
TYAN Launches Four Server Boards for AMD FireStream GPUs
Gaurang Shah | 17th November 2010
TYAN today announced the launch of four new server platforms that have been designed specifically for AMD’s FireStream GPU compute accelerators.


