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AMD's Piledriver And K10 CPU Architectures Face OffAug 18, 2013 - in Reviews
Vishera, Deneb, Trinity, and Propus are code names for some of AMD's most value-oriented processor configurations from the past couple of generations. We get our hands on several models to compare in productivity, content creation, and gaming workloads.
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Professional Help: Getting The Best Overclock From AMD's A8-3870KAug 7, 2012 - in Reviews
We recently hooked up with overclocking guru Sami Mäkinen to get his take on the best way to overclock AMD's A8-3870K APU. Using his advice, we tweaked five retail -3870Ks and compared their overclocked gaming performance to a discrete Radeon HD 6670.
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In Pictures: 20 Heat Sinks That Look Cool, TooJul 2, 2010 - in Picture Story
Are you getting tired of that boring old fan whirling around inside your PC? Why not jazz it up with something big, flashy, and downright eye-opening? In today's picture story, we take a look at 20 heat sinks that give a new meaning to the word "cool."
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Updated: Tuning C'n'Q: Maximize Power And Performance, Part 2Mar 25, 2010 - in Reviews
In Part 1, we showed you how to optimize the settings of your Cool'n'Quiet-equipped processor and what sort of power benefits you could expect as a result. Now it's time to run the benchmarks and see how our optimized settings actually perform.
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Updated: Tuning Cool'n'Quiet: Maximize Power And PerformanceMar 8, 2010 - in Reviews
Think your Athlon or Phenom processor is already tuned to deliver the best balance between performance and power consumption? Think again. We show you how to tweak Cool'n'Quiet for more aggressive power savings at standard speeds using several AMD CPUs.
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Making Lemonade: Overclocking Your Locked AMD ProcessorAug 27, 2009 - in Reviews
We're spoiled. We know we are. Most of our AMD-oriented overclocking efforts center on unlocked Black Edition CPUs. But what if you're running a standard Phenom II? Today we show you how to get just as much performance from it using three techniques.
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Guide: Overclocking AMD And Intel CPUs On A BudgetJul 20, 2009 - in Reviews
Once the territory of savvy enthusiasts, overclocking is now easy enough to entice even first-time builders. We walk through the process with four high-value dual- and quad-core CPUs from AMD and Intel: two Phenom IIs, a Pentium, and a Core 2 Quad.
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Undervolting Your Phenom II And Core 2 ProcessorsJul 14, 2009 - in Reviews
Did you know that PC power consumption can be reduced by as much as 35 W just by cutting back on CPU voltage? We looked for the best stable undervolt settings for Core 2 Quad and Phenom II X4 processors without giving up performance.
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Tom's Hardware's Biggest CPU Shoot-Out, EverApr 1, 2009 - in Picture Story
AMD recently sent over two trays of processors for us to test. But they didn't say we had to benchmark them in a lab, or even indoors, for that matter. So instead, we're using two dozen of the company's Opterons to benchmark a different sort of hardware.
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How To: Overclocking Your AMD ProcessorFeb 20, 2009 - in Reviews
Paul spent the last two weeks overclocking three generations of of AMD processors to help owners of Athlon, Phenom, and Phenom II CPUs maximize the performance of their chips. If you're planning on entering our overclocking contest, this guide's for you!
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Phenom II On Ice: AM3 Overclocked With LN2Feb 10, 2009 - in Picture Story
As the Tom's Hardware staff hammered away on our own Socket AM3 Phenom II processors, Ton Khowdee of Team IRONMODS was on a special assignment of his own, tuning the living daylights out of an X3 720 BE under LN2, hoping to hit 6 GHz.