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**FEED** · 07-12-10, 09:12 PM

-InfoWorld

"The PowerEdge R905 is a robust, well-priced, virtualization-optimized server. Equipped with four Opteron processors, 32 DIMM sockets, and seven PCIe slots, the R905 boasts the best performance in its market segment and excellent expandability. This is the server to beat when choosing enterprise virtualization hosts."

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**FEED** · 07-12-10, 09:12 PM

- Reseller Advocate Magazine
“Admit it. A processor with three cores sounds just a little strange. Technology has us so accustomed to moving in powers of two that an odd number is jarring. Your customers will get even more of a surprise, though, when you show them the value of AMD’s new triple-core Phenom X3 paired to a 780G-based motherboard…”

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**FEED** · 07-12-10, 09:12 PM

- TechReport
“The most intriguing product of the lot, however, is the Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition. This puppy comes with a 2.5GHz core clock and a 2GHz north bridge clock—important because the north bridge clock governs the speed of the L3 cache. That should make the 9850 a little bit quicker than it might otherwise be. Like AMD's other "Black Edition" processors, the 9850 has an unlocked upper clock multiplier that makes overclocking ridiculously, guilt-inducingly easy. And although it's AMD's flagship model, the 9850 lists for only $235, well below the list prices for ostensible competitors like the Core 2 Quad Q6600. This combination of attributes should make the 9850 the one to have, in my view.”

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**FEED** · 07-12-10, 09:12 PM

- PC Perspective
“I said it at the beginning of this story—I’m a sucker for complete platforms able to work better as a collection of components from one vendor able to validate and support the whole package. AMD’s 790FX is the platform that Phenom needs.”

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