PcPro 1st UK Gulftown Review *Print Only*

**initialised** · 03-08-2010, 05:29 AM

Issue 187, Page 55, May 2010.

I guess this means the embargo on official data is over!

Source: http://www.pcpro.co.uk

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**ajaidev** · 03-08-2010, 05:52 AM

Need mag cant get it, UK too far from India need scan asap...

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**saaya** · 03-08-2010, 06:09 AM

its not the first gulftown review... there have been 1 or 2 a couple of months ago aleady

**ajaidev** · 03-08-2010, 06:13 AM

Those ones were based on ES models and believe me the retail ones are different.

I have heard temp monitor is fixed a bit and also it was better air OC, sadly i did not get a B1 and just had a dam B0.

**initialised** · 03-08-2010, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by saaya

its not the first gulftown review... there have been 1 or 2 a couple of months ago aleady

The Review Title is: Intel Core i7-980X so while they only show a bottom shot so it looks exactly the same as my or anyone else's ES and is reviewed at the Stock Frequency of 3.33GHz with turbo enabled spinning it up to 3.6GHz.

More than anything else it shows how their testing methods are not really multicore ready since my review system ('High-End PC' sorry chaps this is lower mid-range - i3 530@3.5GHz, page 43) gets 2.05 where this CPU gets 2.23 when realistically it has ~3x the performance.

**initialised** · 03-08-2010, 08:43 AM

Review Scan is up

**massman** · 03-08-2010, 08:49 AM

Oh, I wasn't aware that the term "review" can now also be used for "one-page no-info article".

**3oh6** · 03-08-2010, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by massman

Oh, I wasn't aware that the term "review" can now also be used for "one-page no-info article".

haha, there is specifications, sort of, listed...that constitutes mainstream magazine "review" status

**initialised** · 03-08-2010, 08:53 AM

I expect a bit more depth from their CustomPC/Bit-Tech stablemate.

**OverShocked** · 03-08-2010, 09:26 AM

Any way we can get PC pro in the US?

**Movieman** · 03-08-2010, 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by ajaidev

Those ones were based on ES models and believe me the retail ones are different.

I have heard temp monitor is fixed a bit and also it was better air OC, sadly i did not get a B1 and just had a dam B0.

B0's are fine, hell the A4's were fine!

**Sam_oslo** · 03-08-2010, 09:37 AM

The paradox, the first review of the latest *e* is *Print Only*. I thought everybody had stopped cutting trees.

**ajaidev** · 03-08-2010, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Movieman

B0's are fine, hell the A4's were fine!

B0's dont clock as good as my A0's did under water. They need more juice, i did note this time around the heat generated seemed lower than before

. But cant be sure the temp sensors are way off the A0's had this odd problem and so does the B0's i was told the retail will fix the problem.

Ya apple does make a mean A4

**flippin_waffles** · 03-08-2010, 11:51 AM

People don't need high performance cpu's.

**Clairvoyant129** · 03-08-2010, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by flippin_waffles

People don't need high performance cpu's.

Yep, what a great post, you contribute so much.

Btw, people only need slow AMD CPUs right?

**informal** · 03-08-2010, 01:23 PM

^^

Five-sixths of the desktop performance for around one sixth of the price .Priceless

**Movieman** · 03-08-2010, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by informal

^^

Five-sixths of the desktop performance for around one sixth of the price .Priceless

BUT some of us want that last 1/6th so the price isn't a factor..

To all: Lets keep this friendly huh?
No blue vs green arguments.
They both have their place and both are good.

**saaya** · 03-08-2010, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by flippin_waffles

People don't need high performance cpu's.

high perf yes, many cores, no...

**Leeghoofd** · 03-08-2010, 02:02 PM

At that level anyone can spit out 3-5 reviews a week... imagine they even get the hardware and do zero with it :p and I have to beg to get a sample and spend days, weeks with it... who's the stupid guy ? it's me :p

**trn** · 03-08-2010, 02:47 PM

*article* blah blah blah... stuff we already know.... *end.* I WANT RELEASE DATES!

**Mungri** · 03-08-2010, 02:47 PM

I just want 32nm, but not 6 cores.

**flippin_waffles** · 03-08-2010, 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by Clairvoyant129

Yep, what a great post, you contribute so much.

Btw, people only need slow AMD CPUs right?

Naw, it's just that for 95% of consumers, any lowend processor on the market right now is good enough (besides atom of course

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**initialised** · 03-09-2010, 02:51 AM

Originally Posted by flippin_waffles

People don't need high performance cpu's.

Originally Posted by Clairvoyant129

Yep, what a great post, you contribute so much.

Btw, people only need slow AMD CPUs right?

Yup, the Labs Testing is on CULV and Netbooks.

Hardly the right mag for the first hexacore review.

**Sam_oslo** · 03-09-2010, 02:54 AM

Originally Posted by trn

*article* blah blah blah... stuff we already know.... *end.* I WANT RELEASE DATES!

Mars. 16.

**~~Zed_X~~** · 03-09-2010, 05:09 AM

Originally Posted by Sam_oslo

Mars. 16.

nope. 11.3

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