February 2008
 | Fast processors are due to the very low prices at the top of most PC enthusiasts shopping lists. But which one should you buy and what CPU overclocking result can you expect?
ocinside.de ordered 3 x AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ socket AM2 CPUs and overclocked these very inexpensive CPUs.
Without betraying too much - all three processors could be overclocked from original
2100 MHz (X2) up to far over 3000 MHz (X2), whereby not only the benchmark result was increased, but also the power consumption.
AMD Athlon64 X2 4000+ Socket AM2 CPU overclocking Review |
 | The ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 Socket AM2 motherboard is an exceptional board with AMD Phenom processor support.
Well, Phenom support isn't unusual these days, but which current board offers an AGP port?
ASRock once again comes up with something special, because they make it possible
for customers to upgrade their older systems more smoothly with less money.
Thanks to the nVidia M1695 and nForce3 250 chipset combination, this board is able to
manage an AGP 8x video card or a PCI Express 16x video card.
Thus users can use their AGP card of the old PC and are able to upgrade it to a
Socket AM2 or AM2+ processor without necessarily buying a new PCIe graphics card.
This review will show if the performance can keep up with current systems and
if this AGP/PCIe motherboard offers enough additional features and high overclocking results.
ASRock ALiveDual-eSATA2 AMD Socket AM2 Motherboard with AGP and PCIe Reviewed |
I don't hold any responsibility for any damage caused by overclocking.
There is always a risk of damaging your hardware.
And your warranty becomes void if you overclock something.
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