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May 28

Shuttle opens US pre-orders for pricey Core i7-based J3 SFF PC

Posted in: ati, CoreI7, desktop, NVIDIA, pre-order, Today's Chili

Shuttle teased us just under a month ago with its Core i7-powered J3 desktop, and now that little bugger is finally up for pre-order in the States. The J3 5800P workstation is easily one of the most powerful small form factor PCs this planet has ever seen, boasting a six-core Core i7 980X Extreme Edition CPU, your choice of NVIDIA Quadro or ATI FirePro professional graphics, up to 16GB of DDR3 memory, room for two SATA hard drives, an optional Blu-ray drive, plenty of ports and a 500-watt power supply. Somehow or another, all of that fits into a chassis that measures just 8.5- x 7.5- x 13.1-inches, and if you’ve been looking to downsize without taking a hit in the performance department, you can finally do so starting at $1,899. The journey begins right there in the source link — good luck keeping it below three large, Yes Man.

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May 28

Intel Core i7-875K and Core i5-655K unlock multipliers, better performance

Posted in: CoreI5, CoreI7, intel, processor, processors, review, Reviews, Today's Chili

Intel’s back in its familiar saddle today with the unveiling of a pair of new CPUs, marking the start of a new K-series that will cater to the overclocker inside all of us. The Core i7-875K is a 2.93GHz quad-core unit, which can scale heights of 3.6GHz via Turbo Boost, or even higher if you have the patience, tenacity and appropriate cooling to make it happen. Review action for this chip shows it to be Intel’s premier offering short of the enthusiastically overpriced and overpowered Core i7-980X. Even more affordable will be the Clarkdale-based Core i5-655K, which trots along at 3.2GHz (with a 3.46GHz gallop option), but response to it was a little more muted. It’s a dual-core CPU, after all, and if you don’t plan on exploiting that unlocked multiplier to achieve some madness above 4GHz, you might be better off looking elsewhere. In amidst all the mad benchmarking, we’ve also found a review of a Falcon Northwest i7-875K rig as well, so give it all a read if you’re mulling over a desktop upgrade.

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Intel Core i7-875K and Core i5-655K unlock multipliers, better performance originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 May 2010 03:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 22

Alienware M11x getting Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 upgrade next month, says Dell rep

Posted in: CoreI5, CoreI7, intel, Today's Chili, video

Meet Pearce Clune, Dell’s Head of Consumer Operations for Middle East, Africa, and Turkey. Clune’s gone ahead and given a pretty brief demonstration of Alienware‘s laptop lineup to Shuffle Magazine, include the mighty impressive M11x powerhouse in netbook clothing. It’s all pretty standard fare until about 2:20 into the video, where the fine gentleman casually drops that the Core 2 Duo processor is about to get a modern upgrade with Core i3, i5, and i7 options. That’s right, a Core i7 processor in a 11-inch form factor. We’ll let that sink in for a second. But don’t just take our word for it — video after the break. Now, is Optimus en route, too?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Alienware M11x getting Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 upgrade next month, says Dell rep originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 May 2010 22:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 22

Toshiba ships Core i7-equipped Satellite P505 gaming laptop, all 18.4-inches of it

Posted in: CoreI7, intel, laptop, on sale, OnSale, satellite, Today's Chili, Toshiba

Looking for the most gargantuan laptop money can buy? How’s about the biggest laptop that the least amount of money can buy? Toshiba’s Satellite P505 — a machine we spotted briefly at CES this year — has now been put on sale over at Microsoft’s own webstore, complete with an 18.4-inch LCD (1,680 x 945), a 1.6GHz Core i7-720QM processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory, 500GB SATA hard drive, Windows 7 Home Premium, a DVD SuperMulti drive, ExpressCard slot, integrated memory card reader, NVIDIA’s GeForce 310M (512MB), four USB 2.0 sockets and a beastly 12-cell Li-ion battery. Best of all, you can pop in a coupon (see the links below for details) in order to score this behemoth for $689, or just $687.95 more than freedom. Hop on past the break if you need an explanation.

Update: Seems that code down there has expired — anyone got an alternate?

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Toshiba ships Core i7-equipped Satellite P505 gaming laptop, all 18.4-inches of it originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 May 2010 03:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 13

Lenovo’s 15.6-inch IdeaPad Y560 laptop goes on sale

Posted in: ati, CoreI5, CoreI7, laptop, lenovo, now available, NowAvailable, on sale, OnSale, radeon, Today's Chili

Slowly but surely, each of Lenovo’s CES introductions are popping up for sale. With nary a moment to spare, the 15.6-inch IdeaPad Y560 has finally surfaced at the company’s website, offering up Core i3, i5 and i7 options, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, ATI’s 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 5730 GPU, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) and a 1,366 x 768 native resolution panel. Plenty of options are tweakable should you not find the base configurations suitable for your needs, but you’ll be hard pressed to secure one for under $949. Well, unless you’ve got the patience of Job.

Lenovo’s 15.6-inch IdeaPad Y560 laptop goes on sale originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 12

Digital Storm tempts with 4.4GHz Black|OPS Assassin gaming desktop

Posted in: CoreI7, desktop, intel, PC, Today's Chili

Not down with piecing together a gaming rig for yourself, eh? We’ll forgive you… this time. Thankfully for you, Digital Storm forgives eternally in situations such as this, with the pre-fab PC builder today cranking out one of its most beastly rigs to date. The Black | OPS Assassin is hailed as the planet’s “most advanced vertically cooled PC,” boasting an Intel Core i7-930 that’s factory overclocked to 4.4GHz. Other specs include 6GB of DDR3 RAM, an EVGA X58 motherboard, 750 watt power supply, Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) and your choice of an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 (1.2GB), ATI Radeon HD 5870 (1GB) or GeForce GTX 480 (1.5GB). Go on, wade over and start customizing — that $2,387 base price won’t sting too badly.

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Digital Storm tempts with 4.4GHz Black|OPS Assassin gaming desktop originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 04:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 09

New Core i7, Core i5 mobile processors to debut in HP Envy?

Posted in: CoreI5, CoreI7, hewlett-packard, HewlettPackard, HP, intel, Today's Chili

Intel’s churning out the mobile chips like nobody’s business — no sooner does it admit the existence of Core i5 and Core i3 ULV CPUs, the chipmaker finds itself with more explaining to do. That’s because dedicated Hewlett-Packard fans just found references to three new standard-voltage Core 2010 chips in the service manuals for the new HP Envy 17 and Envy 15 gaming laptops. The i7-840QM appears to be Intel’s new top-of-the-line quad-core CPU, sporting a 1.86GHz clock that turbos up to 3.20GHz (or 3.20MHz, if you believe the above screencap) and 8MB of L3 cache; the i7-740QM is two steps down with 1.73GHz / 2.93 GHz clocks and a 6MB L3 cache; and the i5-450M appears to be indistinguishable from the existing i5-520M with 2.4GHz / 2.93 GHz clocks and 3MB of L3 to help it along. Given the megahertz typo above and the fact that none of these new processors appear anywhere else in the documentation, we wouldn’t be surprised if these specs weren’t rock-solid… but if they are, the new Envy may well live up to its name. Full PDF available below.

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New Core i7, Core i5 mobile processors to debut in HP Envy? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 09 May 2010 18:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 05

Panasonic gifts Toughbook CF-T8 and CF-52 with much-needed spec bump

Posted in: CoreI7, Google, mobile broadband, mobile internet, MobileBroadband, MobileInternet, Panasonic, Today's Chili, wwan

We’ve witnessed Panasonic update its Toughbook C1 and H1 Field earlier in the year, but two of the line’s long-standing stalwarts have been hobbling along on last year’s latest and greatest for far too long. Today, all that changes. Panny announced that the Toughbook CF-52 and business-minded Toughbook CF-T8 were both seeing long-overdue refreshes today, with the former being equipped with a 2.53GHz Core i5 processor, 2GB of RAM on the baseline model and up to a 250GB shock-mounted hard drive with quick release. It’s also packing WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, internal 3G (from Gobi, so it rolls both ways) and a magnesium alloy case that’s immune to basic bumps, bruises, shocks and splatters. As for the 12.1-inch CF-T8? That one’s getting served a 1.6GHz Intel Core 2 CPU, Windows 7 Professional, Bluetooth 2.1 and a battery good for some eight hours of use. Both machines are available now across the pond, with special bundles including your own personal David Hasslehoff knockoff to parade around with for the day.

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May 04

HP Envy 14 and 17 officially official, Envy 13 slowly waves goodbye

Posted in: CoreI5, CoreI7, hands-on, HP, laptop, Laptops, Today's Chili

The existence of the 14- and 17-inch Envys may not be a shocker, but HP has surely been able to keep some of the more juicy details to themselves — well, until today that is. Let’s start with the external updates that have been made to the all-aluminum machines: both versions now have backlit keyboards, slot-loading optical drives, and on-board DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA jacks. That’s pretty much everything we asked for in our review of the Envy 15, but here’s where we politely tell you that the beautiful systems still have the same touchpad, or ClickPad as HP calls it, though it has apparently been significantly retooled on the software end. In our few minutes playing around with the systems it did seem less finicky when we kept one thumb on the left button and used our index finger to navigate the desktop.

Oh, and we’re not done with the meaty updates. Taking the place of the Envy 13 is the $999 14.5-inch Envy 14 — oh yes, we just said it starts at under a grand — which packs a Core i5 processor, ATI Mobility Radeon discrete graphics and 7,200rpm hard drive options. Unfortunately, we don’t get any of that Optimus graphics technology here, but HP’s still claiming up to eight hours of battery life with the discrete GPU turned off. Obviously, the Envy 17 steps it up a notch in the performance arena — come May 19 the 17-incher will be available with Core i5 and i7 options, ATI graphics that support Eyefinity technology, and up to 2TB of storage. Told ya there were still some good nuggets! We promise we’ll eventually have a full review, but in the meantime check out the hands-on pics and official PR below.

Gallery: HP Envy 14 and Envy 17 press shots

Gallery: HP Envy 14 and Envy 17 hands-on

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HP Envy 14 and 17 officially official, Envy 13 slowly waves goodbye originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 May 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 04

HP Pavilion line made over with metal casing, new AMD and Intel processors

Posted in: AMD, CoreI7, hands-on, HP, intel, laptop, Today's Chili

See that up there? That’s the new HP dm4, and you better believe that this aluminum housed 14-inch laptop not only packs a Core i5 processor and plenty of sex appeal, but starts at $729. In a nutshell, that’s basically the whole story of the four new HP Pavilions — gone are the glossy lids and LED touch shortcuts, though remaining in tact are the affordable prices and mainstream power. The inch-thick dm4 happens to be our favorite of the bunch — it’s got a soft etched pattern along the lid, chiclet-style keyboard, on-board optical drive, and is available with different Core i5 CPU and ATI discrete graphics options. And if that 14-incher isn’t for you, there’s also the 14.5-inch dv5, which instead of the brushed aluminum lid, has a matte imprinted cover that’s available in black, red and champagne. Starting at $649, the dv5 is available with Core i3, i5 and AMD’s upcoming Turion II processors, and while it doesn’t have discrete graphics options, the Intel versions will support Intel’s WiDi technology.

Going on up in size, the 15.6-inch Pavilion dv6 is all about choices — you can configure it with either a brushed aluminum or HP Imprint finish, a mulitouch screen, and AMD or Intel Core 2010 processors. The AMD variant will start at $530 and the Intel Core i5 version at $649. Last but not least is the dv7 powerhouse, which now has a Beats Audio option. No surprises here, the 17-incher can be pimped with quad-core AMD or Intel CPUs and ATI discrete graphics. We’re planning to review at least a few of these models before back to school laptop shopping season gets fully underway, but for now, feel free to head on past the break for the full press release and feast your eyes on some of these far-from-budget-looking lappies down in the galleries below.

Gallery: HP Pavilion dm4, dv5, dv6, dv7 press shots