The P55 chipset proved woefully inadequate for adding a third graphics card to our most recent CrossFireX configuration. Does attaching Nvidia’s ... Read more

ASRock, Foxconn, Gigabyte, and MSI sent us their latest P55-based microATX motherboards for users wanting smaller solutions. We benchmarked, ... Read more

With better efficiency and more aggressive Intel Turbo Boost binning, LGA 1156-based processors could be the right choice for some high-end ... Read more

After more than a year of waiting, LucidLogix's Hydra engine is ready to ship on MSI's Big Bang Fuzion motherboard. We have the platform in our ... Read more

Alright, so it's not as simple as waving the BIOS away. While the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface is ready to replace the old and ... Read more

Intel’s P55 Express remains a mainstream chipset, so by breaking through the $200 barrier, we have high expectations of superb overclocking, ... Read more

Intel might have postponed USB 3.0 support for chipsets, but that hasn’t stopped motherboard manufacturers from offering it. We look at solutions ... Read more

Upper-range P55 motherboards cost around $100 less than similarly-equipped X58 products, but are these still good enough for enthusiasts? We take ... Read more

Last month, we discovered that many budget P55-based motherboards simply weren't designed to stand up to the rigors of overclocking--bad news for ... Read more

When AMD launched its 785G chipset, we were impressed by the mainstream value enabled from such an affordable platform. In this roundup, we're ... Read more

Intel’s newest desktop processor series is all about value, and the P55 platform already powers some very affordable motherboards. We put five ... Read more

We've previewed a number of P55-based motherboards from Asus and Gigabyte, and have a solid idea of what to expect come launch. ASRock and MSI ... Read more

Intel's Core i5/i7 processors for the LGA 1156 interface are nearly upon us, and we've already previewed a number of upcoming motherboards based ... Read more

Modern southbridges support multiple RAID levels via software, but do they deliver decent performance? We used six Intel SSDs and tortured the ... Read more

AMD has enhanced one of its most popular integrated graphics chipsets with some compelling new features, creating the 785G. We examine this ... Read more