Intel's new 22nm CPUs - codenamed Ivy Bridge - are finally launching. When combined with the recently released 7-series chipsets, this new CPU/Chipset combination provides support for PCIe 3.0 and USB 3.0 as well as allowing RAM up to speeds of 1600MHz to be used natively. Ivy Bridge CPUs will function in many of the previous generation of socket 1155 motherboards (although a BIOS update is generally required) and the previous generation CPUs (Sandy Bridge) are also usable in most of the new 7-series chipsets which provides plenty of upgrade routes for consumers.



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