It has been an interesting time for Intel CPU launches. As of this review we have seen two 9000 series CPUs launch for the both LGA 115x and LGA 2066. These were released in short succession. Neither of the new processors are all that interesting as they are based on the same basic architecture, same socket and same form factor. However, they do one thing extremely well.

They add more cores!

As with any new CPU launch we often get a refresh of available motherboards. Sometimes the new chipset is electrically the same so there is no reason to update anything and other times the chipsets remain the same and its the board that gets a facelift.