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CPU

AMD Athlon X2 7750 (2.7 GHz, 3MB cache)
AMD Athlon X2 7850 (2.8 GHz, 3MB cache)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 (3 GHz, 2MB cache)
AMD Phenom II X3 710 (2.6 GHz, 8MB cache)
AMD Phenom II X4 945 (3 GHz, 8MB cache)
AMD Phenom II X4 955 (3.2 GHz, 8MB cache)

Motherboard

AMD 790GX:

Biostar TA790GX 128M
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H
Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H
Biostar TA790GX A3+

RAM
Kingston KHX8500D2K2/2G  PC1066 (4GB) at DDR2-800 CAS 5-5-5-16
Team Elite TED32048333HC9D PC1333 (8GB) at DDR3-1066 CAS 9-9-9-24
Graphics Card
ATI Radeon HD 3300 (AMD 790GX), 500 MHz GPU
Hard Drive
Western Digital Green Power 1TB WD10EACS, 16MB cache, SATA 3.0 Gb/s
Sound
Onboard Sound, Realtek ALC880
Networking
Onboard Gigabit Ethernet, Realtek RTC8111C, 1 Gb/s
Power Supply
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W ATX12V v.2.2, EPS 12V CrossFire Edition
Enermax Tomahawk 405W ATX12V
CPU Cooler
Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120, Noctua NF-P12 120 mm fan
Fans
2 x Noctua NF-P12 120 mm fan (not including CPU fan)
Software
Operating System
Windows Vista Home Edition 32 bit SP1
Graphics
AMD Catalyst 9.5
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wild9 09/03/2010 15:48
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Quote :With AMD’s 45nm process, you can either have two cores running at 3 GHz or four cores at 2.5 GHz with a 6MB L3 cache. Not bad at all.


Thanks for that, as well as the article.

silverblue 12/03/2010 11:03
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I said this before on the preliminary article and I'll say it again... why is the 710 running at a NB frequency of 1600MHz when others on that platform are running at 1800MHz? I've got mine on a GA-MA78G-DS3H with a 2000MHz NB, so the CPU is perfectly capable of running at its default speed. I don't know... maybe I'm missing something here, and I'm very happy for you to tell me what it is!

Additionally, I've gotten optimised steppings of 1.6, 1.9, 2.2 and 2.6GHz at slightly higher (say, 0.25v) voltages than you have and it works fine on the DS3H.

pertshire 13/03/2010 17:11
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This article is a nice read. Now I can use the tips they have on intel 25w test and this and build a great, cheap and energy efficient HTPC. Just wondering, does this apply on 785g mobos say like the asus m4-evo?

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