First seen at Computex 2009, P55 chipset-based motherboards have been showing up in sneak peaks everywhere. So on that count, OCC is delivering a quick look at an upcoming board to be used with the Intel Core i5 "Lynnfield" mainstream processors. A new CPU often times means a new socket and this time is no different, as the socket pin count on the i5 will be 1156 versus 1366 on the i7. So what else is new on the i5? Intel has chosen to move away from the tri-channel memory design and stick with a dual-channel design. Just a couple of things that appear to be a way to bring down the entry costs on an Intel-based system. Since much is still up for speculation, let's take a quick trip around one of the boards that Gigabyte has put together for the upcoming platform.
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