Jeremy Charette
06-25-2007, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/18/amd_smart_strike/' target='_blank'>http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/18/amd_smart_strike/</a><br /><br /></div><i>It is almost incredible to watch the recent price drops in the processor segment. You can get an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ for as little as $80, and only the 6000+ top model exceeds $200. Intel's Core 2 Duo family struts past the Athlon line with the faster products, but you should carefully consider the price premium before purchasing. Since AMD cannot attack Intel in the high-end or the upper mainstream, it dropped prices, so you might get more bang for the buck with AMD. On June 5th it introduced new mainstream CPUs to strike Intel where it is really vulnerable: the low power desktop segment.</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/fan.gif" /><br /><br />Read between the dotted lines here folks: low power = less heat. Perfect for media center applications. These should make for some fast, powerful, but very quiet HTPCs in the living room. Can't wait to get my hands on one and see just how silent they can run.