DailyTech - 5/11/2010 Daily Hardware Reviews -- AMD Athlon II X4 640 Edition

Submit News

Hardware 5/11/2010 Daily Hardware Reviews -- AMD Athlon II X4 640 Edition
Richard Vertrees - May 11, 2010 12:28 PM

10 comment(s) - last by Armassault.. on May 12 at 4:37 PM

DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Tuesday

AMD Athlon II X4 640
@ OCC
@ Hi Tech Legion
@ Legit Reviews
@ NeoSeeker
@ HotHardware

Audio
Artic Sound E352 Ear Buds @ Bjorn3D
Sound Blaster World of Warcraft Wireless Headset @ HardwareHeaven

Case
Microcool Banchetto 101 @ Overclockers Online

Cooling
Scythe Yasya SCYS-1000 @ Tweaktown
Thermaltake Frio @ PureOverclock
Coolit ECO A.L.C. @ KitGuru

CPU
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition @ Elite Bastards
AMD Athlon II X3 445 @ Benchmark Reviews
AMD Athlon II X2 255 @ eTeknix

Memory
Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 Kit @ eTeknix

Motherboards
ASRock 870 Extreme3 @ Legion Hardware

Storage
Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD @ Pro-Clockers
OCZ Solid 2 60GB SSD @ ThinkComputers
OCZ Vertex 2 100BG SSD @ Techgage

Video Cards
HIS Radeon HD 5870 @ Ultimate Hardware

Comments

Threshold

Username
Password
remember me

This article is over a month old, voting and posting comments is disabled

What a suprise

By akia1978 on 5/11/2010 2:38:24 PM , Rating: 2

I see Hi Tech Legion is up there again. Guess what they did another review with no comparisons and give it an Editors Choice Award lmao

Thats three reviews in a row they have done this. Makes me want to start a hardware review site and do the same thing lol. But seriously who do they think they are grabbing with reviews like that? Why would AMD even send them something with a garbage review like that. Come on my 16 year old son could do better. Nowadays the net is plastered with crappy sites this being at the top of the list. I am just hopeful that readers are smart enough to see through it and stay clear of it. Richard please don't post their garbage its embarrassing seeing them on DT they are not worthy.

As for the CPU review from other sites, not a bad CPU if you don't have something close to it already. It would be nice to see some faster Quads but oh well one can only hope lol.

RE: What a suprise

By Taft12 on 5/11/2010 6:45:07 PM , Rating: 2

quote:
Makes me want to start a hardware review site and do the same thing lol. But seriously who do they think they are grabbing with reviews like that? Why would AMD even send them something with a garbage review like that.

A combination of a manufacturer desearate for positive coverage and a pathetic review site who would step over their own mother for free review hardware. The results are clear!

Parent

RE: What a suprise

By akia1978 on 5/12/2010 2:19:01 AM , Rating: 2

ROFL thats pretty funny I like that statement haha.

You know what we need a list of the top 5 hardware review sites haha

Parent

RE: What a suprise

By akia1978 on 5/12/2010 2:21:02 AM , Rating: 2

Oops I ment to say a list of the Top 5 worst review sites. lol

Parent

old news

By Ristogod on 5/11/2010 2:03:46 PM , Rating: 1

Patriot Torqx came out over a year ago
5870 over nine months ago

Why do people review products that have already been covered to death.

RE: old news

By xler8r on 5/11/2010 2:24:56 PM , Rating: 2

Alzheimer's, they forgetz

Parent

RE: old news

By Mitch101 on 5/11/2010 3:38:22 PM , Rating: 2

Because the drivers for something like the 5870 are still maturing and improving performance.

You have to really ask yourself why dont most sites return to retest/review products once they have gone through some maturing. The product isn't necessarily like it was the day it was launched.

Parent

Price/performance

By WinstonSmith on 5/12/2010 11:28:20 AM , Rating: 2

AMD continues to lead where it has always been strongest: price/performance. Socket longevity is also a plus for builders who want to upgrade their systems incrementally.

ADM?!?!?!

By FaceMaster on 5/12/10, Rating: -1

RE: ADM?!?!?!

By Armassault on 5/12/2010 4:37:30 PM , Rating: 2

Trolling much?
AMD is offering a better alternative in the low and medium range market. Especially if you factor in total system cost. And it's keeping Intel honest in the process.

I don't know anyone else who offers a hexa core CPU for 200$.
That CPU will be a beast at doing intensive tasks like encoding video.

Less fanboy'ing and more informed comments please.

Parent

"I'd be pissed too, but you didn't have to go all Minority Report on his ass!" -- Jon Stewart on police raiding Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's home