Given how great the Core i5-2500K and i7-2600K perform, it is easy to forget that the current Sandy Bridge LGA1155 processors are part of Intel’s mainstream series, not their high-end one. Therefore, it is more than due time for us to test out some of the lower priced offerings. Although we would love to try [...]

MSI has announced two new notebooks with its own twist on switchable graphics, utilizing the Core i3/HM55 platform. The CX620MX (15.6″) and CX420MX (14”), the latest additions to MSI’s C series, are equipped with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v discrete graphics cards with DDR3 512MB of display memory and the all-new Intel® Core™ processor for [...]

A little more than a month before the expected launch date of the lower end Intel Core i3 and i5 CPU’s, the 32nm have been spotted on a German retailer’s (HPM-Computer) website. And while the units are only available for pre-order, the listing does give some confirmation to the rumours about the processor’s specs along [...]

With Dual Core Intel i3 and i5 on the Horizon, board makers prepare for the next wave of chipsets to be released. Heading this new technology is MSI, with their H57 Based micro-ATX board the H57M-ED65. With each sucession of Chip type and chipset , we see many old and common technologies cast aside. The [...]