Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition [D0 Stepping] Processor Reviewed

Processors seemingly come and go as fast as the seasons. One minute, your system is the top of the line and the next it’s last month’s news. Sometimes, newly revised processors make sense and sometimes they don’t. If you’re an enthusiast who likes to stay as current as possible, it’ll eventually drive you crazy. Thus, you can easily imagine the confusion (and borderline insanity) that people researching new computer upgrades are going through.

The latest Intel processor to hit the market is their Core i7 975 Extreme Processor based on the Nehalem core. It’s Intel’s new top of the line desktop CPU with some modifications that may benefit you if you’ve been holding out for a faster, more efficient processor. Or, perhaps you simply don’t like buying first revisions because you’d like to see if something better comes along. Read on and see if the i7 975 (D0) is the chip that measures up to your standards.

Features and Specifications

The 975 clocks in at 3.33 GHz sporting the same 1333 MHz Front Side Bus as all i7s. If you’re paying attention, that’s only a meager 130 MHz faster than the 965 clocking in at 3.2 GHz. The processor’s Intel Quick Path Interconnect (QPI) speed is still capable of producing a whopping 6.5 GT/s (not GB/s) which equates in to a very large amount of memory bandwidth. That’s 1.7 GT/s more than the base non-Extreme i7 series like the 920, 940, and 950.

If you weren’t privy to the i7 naming convention, any processor ending in a ‘5′ makes it an Extreme Edition (XE) and offers an unlocked Multiplier. Non-XEs are not unlocked. This makes this the ideal series for enthusiasts who don’t know a lot about overclocking and allows you to simply raise the multiplier a couple points in the BIOS to produce overclocking magic.

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HP Compaq XW4100 Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz

A top desktop computer from one of the moremost computer companies around. HP desktop computers never fail to deliver. Although their price may be a little higher than the equivalent specs on a computer from a lesser known company. This discount desktop computer should not be ignored.

It’s main features are pretty impressive for a workstation PC. It comes with an Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz socket 478 processor, giving you more than enough power for everyday operations and more.

Memory is a larger than usual 1GB, this provides a lot of extra room for running a whole host of programs while doing work or playing games. Unfortunately all of the memory slots are taken up, which means that if you want to upgrade you will have to replace one or two that are in there already. But with 1GB of DDR333/PC-2700 memory in there, you probably won’t need to upgrade before you need a new computer.

The hard drive is a huge 160GB monster. As well as it’s large size, it also boasts the newer kind of connection SATA to connect to the motherboard inside the computer. This new faster technology combined with the 7200RPM rotation speed of the drive allow fast transfer, speeding up the computer.

The DVD writer is not out of place in a machine like this, as DVD writers become more and more common, so they will become the norm. It is not the highest speed drive you can buy, but will do the job more than satisfactorily.

The graphics is handled by a seperate nVIDIA GeForce 2 MX400 video card with 32MB of memory, which is plugged into the the AGP 4x video card slot in the computer. This video card will be more than enough for even the home user who decides to put their skill to test with 3D games. It will not however provide enough for the hard core gamer, but that’s not really the intention of this computer.

It has all the usual extras that come with new computers including: a Network port for LAN support, a mouse and USB.

This computer will serve well in almost any environment. It’s wide array of features mean that it will be a long while before it will need to be upgraded. You also can’t ignore the after sales service offered by HP Compaq. A top desktop computer with a good specification.

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MSI has upgraded its computer all in one with a new model, the MSI Wind Top AE2010, changing its concept quite as well as its design specifications for the fall within a range altogether.

And so far is that if offered an ultraportable computer specifications, ie Intel Atom, this has been replaced in the new model by an AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core, which comes with 4GB of RAM, a 320 GB hard drive and an ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card.

The screen of this MSI Wind has a size of 20 inches and a resolution of 1600 × 900 pixels, so that content playback in high resolution should be no problem, taking into account the processor incorporates.

As additional specifications of MSI Wind Top AE2010 find an integrated webcam, six USB ports, a memory card reader, speakers with SRS. All with a price of $ 650, plus the option to purchase touchscreen.