In the market for an Intel i5 or Intel i7, SATA 3 and USB 3 enabled, crazily overclockable motherboard that pulls no punches in giving you the most up to date options? Look no further than the ASUS Rampage III Extreme Intel Motherboard. The motherboard itself has more heatsinks than my last three computers combined.

The kind folks over at Tweaktown take the ASUS Rampage III Extreme through its paces in their typically detailed review process and come up with the following:

But even with all the overclocking features put aside, the board is solidly designed and built. The high end Caps, Chokes and even the tracing layout has been well thought out and put into play. Make no mistake, though, this board is meant for performance and for pushing as hard and as far as you can. We were able to reach our highest stable clock yet on the 980X (using only air cooling).

Definitely a motherboard for the people wanting to squeeze out the absolute most from their PC’s for that extra 10% or more. With a price tag of under $370 via NewEgg.com, you’re getting a well-built motherboard that should wow even the most hardcore of hardcore gamer and overclock fan.

Head over to Tweaktown for the rest of their review.

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Intel Corporation has made its beta version of the Intel Atom Developer Program Software Development Kit (SDK) available for Microsoft Windows and Moblin operating systems developers. The kit helps software companies and individuals design and submit applications for Intel-based netbooks to ultimately sell at stores opening next year. Unveiled at the Intel Developer Forum in September, the Intel Atom Developer Program is designed for independent software vendors (ISVs) and software developers to create innovative applications and/or components for netbooks. The program provides tools, SDKs and community resources to develop new apps or port existing apps to Atom-based devices, including netbooks, which are forecast to reach more than 50 million units sold by end of 2009.

The Beta version of the SDK is now available for both Microsoft Windows (C and C++) and Moblin (C) operating systems. With the Beta SDK, developers can submit their applications for validation and, once validated, begin to take advantage of the program’s revenue-generating opportunities in 2010. Intel is offering incentives for developers to begin submitting applications by offering a chance to win big prizes including a smart car or vacation package.

Developers can download the beta version of the SDK today and learn more about the program, application programming interfaces (APIs), validation process, application store framework and developer contests at appdeveloper.intel.com.

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Dell Precision M6500 tops the Dell series by high-end hardware as well as its prices. Surely it will be wallet-crushing amount; however it is not announced yet. Taking into consideration M6400 with Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme costs start at $2,149; the new M6500 with Core i7-920XM will be even more.

M6500 has a 17-inch screen and 1920 x 1200 resolution with LED backlight and pretty odd resolution for HD devices with 16:10 ratio. The customers can choose to equip their notebook with either ATI FirePro M7740 or NVIDIA QUADRO FX 3800M graphics chips. Besides, it supports up to 3 hard drives with RAID configurations. Core i7 supports up to 16 GB of 1,333MHz of DDR3 memory.

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ASUS held a press conference to announce its Windows 7 based ultra-slim notebook PC UL Series and fifth-generation netbook Eee PC Touch for the Korean market.

Boasting up to 12 hours of battery life thanks to the company’s exclusive EPU (Energy Processing Unit) system and 5600mAh 8-cell battery pack, the UL Series is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo SU7300 CULV processor.

Adopting an 8-inch swiveling multi-touch screen and Windows 7 Home Premium OS, the Eee PC Touch features Intel’s Atom Z series CPU, 32GB SSD and remains lightweight at 0.9kg.

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