While the first Core i5 results have previously disclosed, the first board arrived to our lab. Because Intel is not competent to convey CPUs on time for testing, but joyfully selling them in Hongkong, Taiwan as well as Japan, we can only confirm out what the board will recommend.

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The P55 is not an actual chipset, it's just the Southbridge with a few PCIe lanes, imagine of it as an improved version of the iCH10R. So you will observe some boards which will mark Northbridge coolers - and yes, there are no chips beneath them. They are place-holders for the impending P55/nf200 boards that will mark local SLI.

Let's have a glance what Elitegroup is offering:

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