Barring any last minute delays, AMD is expected to finally launch its Bulldozer processor line tomorrow, as was 
We're not sure if AMD is trying to crank the hype machine or stalling for time, but either way, company product marketing manager Adam Kozak outlines in a blog post how to "Get Your Rig Ready for the AMD FX Processor." It's intended for do-it-yourself builders anxious to make the jump to AMD's next generation microarchitecture, and it starts with choosing the right motherboard.
Bulldozer's staggered release is starting to make sense. 
AMD said it has broken the world record for overclocking using one of its soon to be released "Bulldozer" CPUs.
AMD just bulldozed its way into the Guinness Book of World Records by overclocking an 8-core FX-8150 Bulldozer processor to 8.429GHz, which officially qualifies as the "Highest Frequency of a Computer Processor." Team AMD FX, a group made up of overclocking gurus and top AMD technologists, are responsible for the record overclock that bested the previous record of 8.308GHz.
The hype and anticipation continues to build for AMD's upcoming Bulldozer launch, and all with nary a peep from AMD. It isn't that AMD isn't talking about Bulldozer -- it is, and AMD just recently 
Picture us on the other end of your monitor waving a hand in front of your face as we say, "These are not the Bulldozer chips you're looking for." And we mean it. What you're waiting for is codenamed Zambezi, AMD's upcoming FX-series desktop processors rumored to ship in October. Nevertheless, AMD just announced it's begun revenue shipments of its first Bulldozer processors, only these are codenamed Interlagos. Know the difference?
Stock CPU coolers have their place, like in Aunt Mabel's machine or the spare parts bin. If you're planning to overclock the snot out of your system, a third party cooler should be high on your shopping list, lest you taunt the god of instability with high temps. There's another solution -- you could purchase a processor that's pre-packaged with a high-end cooler, only AMD and Intel haven't been real keen on going quite so far to encourage overclocking. That might change with Bulldozer.
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