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Thermaltake MaxOrb EX Review
TechwareLabs has published a review of the Thermaltake MaxOrb EX

Improving on the design of their previous monster performance cooler the MaxOrb, Thermaltake has released the MaxOrb EX which promises even better performance in a shiny new all copper package. Will copper make the difference and is this new cooler worth the price tag? Mike Takes the MaxOrb EX out for a spin and compares the two monster coolers on the same platform to bring you the results.
Thermaltake MaxOrb EX Review

Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 Express Motherboard Review
PC Stats posted a review on the Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 Express Motherboard

Gigabyte's high-end GA-X48-DS5 motherboard is, as you might have
guessed, based on the Intel X48 Express and ICH9R chipsets. It's core logic offers up 32 lanes of PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth which makes this platform great for running a pair of Crossfire'd ATI videocards at full tilt.
Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 Express Motherboard Review

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S Processor Review
Legit Reviews posted a review on the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S Processor

With the economy still chugging along not too many people are thinking about buying a processor above $300, so today we will be looking at the Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor. This 45nm processor retails for just $169.99 online, which makes it interesting due to the price point alone. Read on to see how this 2.33GHz processor with a 1333MHz FSB and 4MB of L2 cache does against over 20 other processors!
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200S Processor Review

AMD Shanghai Opteron: Linux vs. OpenSolaris Benchmarks
Phoronix posted AMD Shanghai Opteron: Linux vs. OpenSolaris Benchmarks

In January we published a review of the AMD Shanghai Opteron CPUs on Linux when we looked at four of the Opteron 2384 models. The performance of these 45nm quad-core workstation/server processors were great when compared to the earlier AMD Barcelona processors on Ubuntu Linux, but how is their performance when running Sun's OpenSolaris operating system? Up for viewing today are dual AMD Shanghai benchmarks when running OpenSolaris 2008.11, Ubuntu 8.10, and a daily build of the forthcoming Ubuntu 9.04 release.
AMD Shanghai Opteron: Linux vs. OpenSolaris Benchmarks