Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Over the past few weeks, we've seen a parade of dual-core CPUs, starting with the Pentium Extreme ...

Page Jump: ===== 1 - Athlon X2 7850? 2 - How does it fit in? 3 - The chip itself Do you see it? Quite a ways down from the AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE but far more affordable at £60, the new chip slots in ...

How we configured our test systems: When configuring the test systems for this review, we first entered their respective system BIOSes and set each board to its "Optimized" or "High-Performance ...

Years ago I used to build with AMD processors because I was looking for decent power at an affordable price. Their new Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition claims to do that for only $69. So far reviews have ...

Crecente from Kotaku finally got around to ordering the parts for his upcoming gaming PC, when he got his CPU order cancelled. This threw him into a fit of rage, where he discarded his usual ...

There's an entire mainstream market beyond the powerful AMD Ryzen and Intel Core processors that PC enthusiasts love so dearly. In fact, there's a ton of unit volume shipped below $700-800 baseline ...

Rob founded Techgage in 2005 to be an 'Advocate of the consumer', focusing on fair reviews and keeping people apprised of news in the tech world. Catering to both enthusiasts and businesses alike; ...

Everyone who has seen the price of an Athlon X2 immediately has sticker shock, but are they really that expensive when you consider the complete system? Specifically, for current socket 939 owners, ...

These days, even average mobile CPUs are powerful enough to rival their desktop cousins in every application other than gaming (and they’re catching up on that front, too). That helps explain why ...