Month: January 2010

ASRock H55M Pro @ Elite Bastards

“Of course, with a GPU now bolted on to the CPU itself, a new motherboard chipset is required to offer up the required functionality and outputs for the integrated graphics chip to be utilised, which means that this week has also seen the introduction of the H55, H57 and X57 chipsets to Intel’s line up.  It’s the first of these three chipsets that we’ll be focusing on here today, as we look at a motherboard courtesy of ASRock and their H55M Pro, which makes use of an H55 chipset in a micro-ATX form factor, but without skimping too hugely on other functionality.”

ASUS Maximus Formula III @ OCAholic

“On the power supply has placed special emphasis ASUS. The CPU is a 16-phase power supply available, plus an additional three phases for the memory controller on the CPU. Regarding Capacitors ASUS is also, as now, all reputable motherboard manufacturer on all-solid capacitors, which have a MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) of 50,000 hours.”

DFI LanParty MI P55-T36 @ Hartware.de

“Thus, the small board also boasts good sound, thanks to a licensed Creative X-FI software. Also supports all currently available LGA1156 CPUs. But one thing is on the MI LanParty P55-T36 really stands out: the CPU cooler and the graphics card. “MI” stands by the way for mini-ITX.”

ASUS P7P55D Premium @ Techware Labs

“With the advent of Intel releasing the LGA 1156 socket ASUS has launched nothing short of 17 different socket 1156 motherboards based on the newer P55 chipset. We decided to take this time to look at one of the more elite socket 1156 motherboards from ASUS, the P7P55D featuring SATA III, SLI and Crossfire, a remote for overclocking and a 48 Hybrid Phase cooling design.”

MSI H55M-E33 vs Intel DH55TC @ Au-Ja!

“The Clarkdale has arrived but where shall we put it? If you take a P55 based mainboard, you won’t be able to use the CPU’s graphics core. So, it has to be a H55 or H57 chipset. We took two H55 based motherboards for a testdrive: MSI’s H55M-E33 and Intel’s DH55TC…”

Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R @ Bjorn3D

“Gigabyte has long been one of the top manufacturers for the budget minded gamer. Their lower end products carry over many of the features of their bigger brother without the high price tag. The UD3 series is no different. The UD3 series can really be considered the best mix between budget and high end.”

ASUS P7P55D EVO @ PCShopTalk

“The P7P55D EVO motherboard from ASUS I am going to test in this review is not the final design, it has some modifications compared to the retail board but the main features are still there. Let’s take a look at the review and see what ASUS has to offer with this P55 platform motherboard.”

Intel Core i5-660/661 Processors @ iXBT Labs

“The new processors have a greal potential for price cuts, especially as their process technology matures. The second important benefit is original architectural features which let dual-core processors feel all right among quad-core ones. The third benefit is that the new processors are actually new.”

Intel Clarkdale vs AMD Phenom II w/785G @ MadShrimps

“With the launch of Clarkdale by Intel, they have finally released a Nehalem for the masses, the Core i3 and i5 variations with integrated graphics are a direct competitor to the market segment currently held by AMD Phenom and Athlon CPUs. In this article we compare the performance of the IGP on the Intel Core i5 661 to and AMD system with 785G chipset.”

Well, now that the vast majority of the Corei5-661 / DH55TC motherboard reviews have been posted, I have compiled a listing of those reviews and articles that you will want to check out if you’re in the market for a mid-range PC, or a high-end HTPC. After you check out our review of this processor and motherboard, why not take a look through the below?

Bjorn3D
Guru3D
Hexus
Neoseeker
PC Perspective
TechGage
OC Club
TweakTown
Hot Hardware
Legit Reviews
TechPowerUp!
Tech Report
Hardware Secrets