BIOSecure - DFI's new feature to restore and update your BIOS via another system. DFI's latest motherboard based on the mainstream Intel P55 chipset has this feature, along with the typical DFI DNA that proclaims its enthusiast roots. We find out more ...

In fact, we expect the Intel P55 and a Lynnfield Core i7/i5 processor to have a healthy adoption rate, with most PC vendors refreshing their lineups recently with these processors to coincide with Windows 7. The next year will see even more LGA1156 ...

With its updated integrated graphics core, AMD's 785G chipset has been embraced wholeheartedly by vendors looking to capitalize on its mainstream appeal. MSI for instance has four variants available and today, we'll be looking at an AM3 version, the ...

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ASUS' new series of motherboards, 'The Ultimate Force' or TUF, gets its first member with the SABERTOOTH 55i. Featuring military grade components and an unique ceramic-based heatsink coating, this is a rugged premium board using the Intel P55 Express ...

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With the new mainstream Lynnfield processors lowering the price of entry for Intel's current platform, it's time to look at the rest of the supporting cast. Today, we bring together five of the top P55 motherboards from major vendors to find out which ...

The other major news is that Lynnfield indeed lives up to its promise as the mainstream CPU we have been hoping. Intel's Bloomfield Core i7 may remain the most powerful processor in the universe (as Intel likes to remind us), but for the majority of ...

Branded as both Core i5 and Core i7, Intel's new CPUs promise to bring the next-gen Nehalem microarchitecture to the masses. With some caveats and changes of course, which we shall explain in our review. You'll also find that the new Core i5-750, i7 ...

The Lynnfield processor here is smaller due to the packaging as the die size is the same as Bloomfield. Here you can see the Core i7-870 on the left, compared to a Bloomfield Core i7

NVIDIA's Ion continues to thrive thanks to HTPC enthusiasts who value the onboard GeForce 9400M's performance. ASUS wants a piece of the action too and this is the ASUS AT3N7A-1, touted as a value for money option for movie lovers who want to set up a ...

While Intel continues to preach about the Ion platform's shortcomings like increased power consumption, the fact that the Ion actually makes the Atom processor more usable and practical, manufacturers like Zotac and now ASUS, have come up with their ...

The heir to the popular mainstream AMD 780G chipset, the 785G has arrived but it appears to have kept with the status quo. Can these three new motherboards from ASUS, ECS and Gigabyte convince us otherwise? We take these boards for a spin in our lab ...

showed, the 785G is less of a performance upgrade and more of an update to support the latest standards like DirectX 10.1, courtesy of its Radeon HD 4200 graphics core. Actual clock speeds are identical to the 780G and early excitement over whether ...

Gigabyte's new Intel P55 motherboards promise smart and efficient computing with their new optimized functions and utilities in addition to the new hardware platform. We give you a sneak peek of its hardware, BIOS and several new utilities you can ...

To set your expectations of this board in one line, take Gigabyte's top X58 motherboard, trim it a little on the over-the-top features and give it a few enhancements suitable for a newer board and you'll get the Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 motherboard. Smart ...

AMD's 780G chipset took the integrated graphics scene by surprise last year, blowing away its rivals. But it's time for an update and with the AMD 785G, the chipset gets upgraded to the newest features like DX10.1 and UVD 2.0. We examine if these ...

roundup, NVIDIA's GeForce 8200 and 8300 chipsets did manage to compete reasonably against the 780G, with its 8-channel LPCM HDMI audio output a clear feature advantage over its AMD rival. But AMD held the upper hand when it came to heat and power ...

You probably have seen a handful of Intel P55 motherboards during our Computex 2009 coverage, but today we've one up-close from ASUS - complete with a Core i5 Lynnfield processor as well. Join us as we delve in detail with the ASUS P7P55D Evo ...

Now into July, we're slowly seeing vendors getting their motherboards finalized and ready for sampling. ASUS was the first to reach us and they've even graciously supplied us a Lynnfield processor to trial as well. Unfortunately, performance results ...