Black Friday Shortbread
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... PC Watch has VIA processor roadmap PC Advisor reports Apple slammed for killing open-source iTunes Apple made to drop iPhone advert Apple sued over iPhone browser HardwareZone's Sitex 2008 - the complete coverage I4U publishes top 100 holiday tech gift guide 2008 AnandTech on digital cameras for the holidays Hardware Secrets on everything you need to know about camera sensors Hexus.net on what to pay for your DDR3 and DDR2 memory in late November 2008 tkArena has DRAM : an overview ...
Dell Studio XPS: Intel's Core i7 system for £699
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... to general acclaim, heralding benchmark-busting performance from an architecture that maximised on incumbent Core 2's potential. The triumvirate of processors - Core i7 920, i7 940, and i7 965 Extreme Edition, priced at 240, 475, and 850, respectively - require a new supporting motherboard, X58, and obligatory DDR3 memory, however. X58 boards currently start at around 200 and even a 3GB of DDR3 memory sets you back around 85. The barrier to Core i7 entry, starting a-fresh, is around 530, and that's with the relatively cheap Core i7 920 (2.67GHz) CPU in situ. This is ...
Crucial 6GB DDR3-1,066 CL7 - the perfect partner for Intel Core i7?
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... and the knowledge that AMD plans to move on to using DDR3 for its updated Phenom CPUs, probably in February 2009, will provide the necessary impetus for expansion of their respective DDR3 line-ups, which, right now, make up a small portion of overall DRAM sales. DDR3 pricing has been steadily dropping this year, to the extent where it's possible to buy a 3GB tri-channel DDR3-1,066 kit for around 75 and a 6GB DDR3-1,333 pack for 150. Not cheap as DDR2, sure, but pricing's low enough such that DDR3-based mainboards will provide the backbone in the majority of 1,000 base ...



