2009 2010 Cars and Computer Reviews

Intel released the Lynnfield LGA-1156 P55 Express chipset motherboard. The combination of fairly prices for the CPU and lower prices for the motherboards have meant that more users are able to purchase the new combination of the LGA-1156 CPU and P55 Express motherboard to improve performance over the Core 2 Duos and Extremes that they replace.

Digital media is no problem on the Intel® Desktop Board DP55WG, designed for the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor in the LGA1156 socket. Extra over-clocking hardware like the post code LED and Back-to-BIOS switch will help you to reach new levels of over-clocking performance never before seen on a media series board. The new S/PDIF input and output ports and support for ATI* Crossfire and NVIDIA* SLI technology gives you the best audio and video options available.

Here are the main features of DP55WG Motherboard:

• Support for LGA-1156 Core i7 and i5 CPUs
• P55 Express chipset
• Dual Channel DDR3-1600/1333/1066MHz memory
• CrossfireX support
• Intel Matrix Storage Technology
• ATX 12.0X9.6 inches

This chipset is Intel’s first to have moved the PCI Express lanes onto the CPU itself, meaning that there is no longer a need for a separate Northbridge and Southbridge on the motherboard. Intel has replaced the Southbridge with a Platform Controller Hub and the memory and PCI Express lanes are controlled by the CPU itself.

With the memory controller on the CPU itself, the memory support on the DP55WG is 1600MHz (when overclocked)/1333/1066. The LGA-1156 CPUs natively support DDR3 1333MHz but as the BCLK is increased, so is the memory clock. The DP55WG motherboard supports all current LGA-1156 CPUs including the Core i5 750 (2.66GHz), the Core i7 860 (2.93GHz), and the Core i7 870 (3.2GHz)..