Get your launch coverage fix(es) here, here, here, here, here, or here. Reviews follow, and all seem to agree that the Phenom finally has some value, & is worthy of upgrade consideration.

Anandtech
PCPerspective
LegitReviews
the TechReport
HotHardware
FiringSquad

Notebooks

ASUS Eee PC @ DigitalTrends

CPUs

Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 "Mobile Penryn" @ Phoronix

Video Cards

HIS Radeon HD 3450 OverclockersOnline

Motherboards

Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA @ Madshrimps

RAM

Crucial Ballistix Tracer Red 4GB PC2-6400 @ ASELabs

Networking

Gigabyte AirCruiser N300 802.11n @ Phoronix

ASUS WL-520GU Wireless Router @ ThinkComputers

Cases

Antec Mini P180 mATX @ Metku.net

bgears b-Envi Gaming/HTPC Enclosure @ Virtual-Hideout

Software

Toshiba On The Move Media Center @ TweakTown

Super Smash Bros Brawl - Wii @ Gamepyre

Etc.

Vizo Uranus @ XSReviews  Samsung Ace @ TechReviewSource

NorthQ Siberian Tiger CPU Water Cooler @ 3DGameMan

Corsair VX450W PSU @ HardwareSecrets

Solio H1000 Universal Hybrid Charger @ OCIA

QNAP TS-109 Pro NAS @ TechGage

Thank you, Zotac, for what surely is an NDA violation, but sheds some light on what nVidia has in store for future AMD chipsets. Hybrid SLi, coming to an AMD CPU near you.

"The integrated graphics chip comes out of the GeForce 8/9 family, while Hybrid SLI enables users to increase graphics performance by adding a discrete graphics card."

Pretty messed up. It's really insane how, a. people will apparently just blindly believe anything they read online, & b. how many people in Seattle religiously follow Craigslist postings...

"According to the Seattle Times, Salisbury immediately rushed home, stopping along the way to plead with someone driving away with a lorry load of his things, including his work ladders, a lawn mower and a weed eater, to please give them back."

Seems that ASUS' announcement of their el-cheapo sound card that can do EAX5 has gotten Creative's panties all in a wad. Check out the full statement, & an informative thread over at BluesNews.

"Asus sound cards do not support EAX 5, nor do they support EAX 3 or EAX 4."

The TechGage crew have four of OCZ's coolers in this quick, two-page roundup to see which takes on the QX6850 best.

"OCZ is well known for their memory and power supplies, but we thought we'd see just how well their current fleet of CPU coolers held up. We pit the Vendetta, Vendetta 2, Vanquisher and even the old-school Vindicator against our QX6850 to see what each one is made of."

Video Cards

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX @ TweakTown

Gigabyte GV-NX98X1GHI-B GeForce 9800 GX2 @ BenchmarkReviews

Sapphire Toxic HD 3870 @ Pro-Clockers

ASUS Radeon HD 3870 X2 @ TweakTown

RAM

OCZ Platinum PC3-12800 2GB @ HardwareLogic

Games

Final Fantasy Tactics-War of the Lion PSP @ Gamepyre

Tom Clancy's Rainbox Six: Vegas 2 @ OCModShop

Etc.

Thermaltake Muse R-Duo RAID Enclosure @ OCIA

Strata Mini Loudspeaker @ DigitalTrends

Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel @ techPowerUp

Zalman ZM360B-APS PSU @ HardwareSecrets

Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 4GB USB Drive @ ThinkComputers

Thermaltake Bigwater 760i Water Cooler @ LegitReviews