TheOverclocker Issue 11 | Page 6

AMD to release new CPUs W e would have loved to announce that AMD has pushed forward their release schedule for their next generation Bulldozer CPU’s however that isn’t the case and the “new” AMD CPUs are higher clocked versions of what we have before. What will be of interest to most readers here, will be the Phenom II 1100T BE, coming in at a 3.3GHz (Turbo up to 3.7GHz) but retaining the same 125W TDP. Lets’ hope this new CPU overclocks even better, than the 1090T. This isn’t the only new CPU in AMD’s portfolio as the company has introduced a new Quad Core Phenom II X4 975 CPU which chugs along at an respectable 3.6GHz (No Turbo as it’s based on the older Deneb core) making it the highest clocked CPU to ever come from AMD. The two remaining parts are Hex Core CPUs in the form of the 1065T and the 1045T. We will keep you posted on these “new” CPUs and take it through them through their paces once we get our paws on them. Kingston Introduces V+ Series SSD’s using Toshiba Controller Here’s another entry into the High Performance MLC SSD market. Kingston has introduced the V+ series of SSD’s available in capacities ranging from 64GB all the way to 256GB. These Drives claim MSI MOA 2010 Winner T his year’s Annual MSI MOA Global final was won by none other than Team Expandable from Sweden represented by Elmor and ME4ME. The competition was tight with 2nd place team, from the Ukraine (Represented by cyclone and t0lsty) who had the fastest SuperPi 32M time of the day at 6m 20.688s but The Expendable’s 3DMark Vantage score of P37424 was far too much for all the entrants and thus they secured the victory. Well done to these two and we suspect we’ll see them again next year clocking up a storm.? 8 The OverClocker October 2010 respectable speeds of 230MB/ sec (Read) and 180MB/ sec (Write). The controller comes courtesy of Toshiba T6UG1XBG controller backed with some 128MB of cache. We will be putting this drive through its paces in our next issue and give you a full report at the time.?