As CPU memory controllers continue to become the bottleneck when it comes to overclocking memory, having modules that can keep up has become increasingly important.  G.Skill’s Ripjaws modules are currently known as some of the best modules on the market in terms of price and overall performance while offering a good amount of overhead for [...]

P55-GD85 supports SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 – Pioneering Full-Function Design Trend MSI, presents its P55-GD85 mainboard, and is officially supporting the Intel latest 32nm process and LGA1156 packaged Core i3 / i5 / i7 series CPU. In addition, the mainboard is built-in with SATA 6Gb/s and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 protocols and each has 2X [...]

What is black and red and full of sexy all over? Well we can’t tell you because it is Classified. That’s right, this is another installment of the EVGA Classified show. Our guest star is of the P55 variety sporting the latest mainstream LGA1156 socket from Intel.  The term mainstream, which is what the Intel [...]

Gigabyte has a long-standing tradition of manufacturing some of the most reliable motherboards on the market but reliability is just one of many necessities when competing in the P55 market.   Their new P55-UD6 board has something for everyone in terms of features but can it match or surpass the performance of similarly-priced boards from [...]

EVGA is a performance company; from their unique GTX275 Co-Op graphics card, to their award winning FTW Series of motherboards. However, in an effort to bring Intel’s Lynnfield CPU to the everyday user they have introduced the newest P55 board to date -enter the P55 V series. Sometimes keeping it simple is best. Although many [...]

Taipei, Taiwan, November 11, 2009 – GIGABYTE Technology CO., LTD., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announced two new challenges for PC overclockers everywhere. Utilizing a GIGABYTE P55 motherboard and Intel Core™ i5 or i7 CPU, contestants worldwide will compete for the overall “OverclocKing” title. The top three overall 3DMark 06 scorers [...]

MSI, a leading high-performance mainboard company, unveil its first gaming series mainboards in Intel P55 platform featuring awe-inspiring graphics and audio functionality to offer serious gamers immersive gaming experience. The state-of-the-art gaming line is inspired by the mighty Big Bang. Unique and innovative, the all-new Big Bang series will deliver the shock and awe of [...]

So if you weren not already aware, today is the official launch of the next generation of Intel technology; including the Core i5 processors, new Core i7 CPU’s and the P55 chipset. Along with that Intel has also released a whole slew of Intel Xeon processors, based on the same technology as the desktop units. [...]

After countless previews, leaked benchmarks and general, all-round excitement, Lynnfield processors are finally here and will be launched to the public.  Naturally, with widespead availability comes reviews and today we will be looking at two of Intel’s new “mainstream” processors: the i5 750 and the i7 870.  As you will soon come to see, neither [...]

Argued as the next big thing since, well, the last big thing, Intel’s  Core i5 and new i7 processors along with the P55 chipset could be hitting store shelves as early as this time next week! Reports from gossip mill publication DigiTimes claim that the big unveiling for this next big step in hardware will happen [...]