PCPer Podcast #42 - Phenom II overclocking, Radeon HD 4850 X2, SSD performance issues and more!

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This week we talk about the AMD Phenom II processor and overclocking it to over 5.0 GHz, Core i7 system prices, the new Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 card and its dominance over the GeForce GTX 280, powerline networking, potential SSD performance issues with Intel's X25-M line, Nehalem on future Apple products, fixing LGA775 motherboards and HTPC power supply efficiency issues.

 

URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=411

 

Program schedule:

 

* 00:50 Introduction

* Contact us! 1-888-38-PCPER or podcast ( -at -) pcper.com

* 02:30 AMD Phenom II event and overclocking to 5 GHz+

* 17:10 Core i7 CPU and Motherboard pricing

* 23:50 Hardware Leaderboard Updated with Core i7 parts

* 26:39 Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB card

* 34:15 Powerline networking follow-up - quickie

* 39:45 Potential Intel SSD performance degradation issues? - thanks to Al Malventano for tip, we are investigating

* Emails and Voicemails!

* 45:00 Anonymous listener - Nehalem in the Apple products?

* 49:00 Ed from Toronto - Fixing LGA775 motherboard pins

* 53:45 Anonymous 2 - We never answer his questions!

* 54:45 Robert Hans from Italy - We have won €2,000,000 Million Euros

* 56:35 Nick from Fresno, CA - Differences between Core i7 920 and 940 processors

* 1:00:10 Trey from Cleveland - HTPC power supply questions and 80plus certification

* 1:05:10 Another Galaxy graphics card contest!

* Contact us! 1-888-38-PCPER or podcast ( -at -) pcper.com

* 1:06:33 Closing

 

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Ryan Shrout

PC Perspective

rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com