Biostar DDR3 LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard TH55XE
Biostar DDR3 LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard TH55XE
- Supports the Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium Processors in the LGA1156 Package
- IEEE 1394 port
- Support 4-DIMM DDR3-2000+(OC)/1800(OC)/1600/1333 up to 16G maximum capacity
- 100% X.D.C Japanese solid capacitor
- Integrated HDMI/DVI interface with HDCP Supporting all HD formats including720P,1080i, 1080P. ( Required processors with Intel HD Graphics )
Chipset- Intel H55 Cpu Support- Intel Core i7 LGA 1156 Processor; Intel Core i5 LGA 1156 Processor; Intel Core i3 LGA 1156 Processor; Intel Pentium LGA 1156 Processor. Memory-Support Dual Channel DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600(OC)/1800(OC)/2000(OC) MHz 4 x DDR3 DIMM Memory Slot Max; Supports up to 16GB Memory; Expansion Slot- 2 x PCI Slots; 1 x PCI-E x4 2.0 Slot; 1 x PCI-E x16 2.0 Slot; Storage-5 x SATA2 3Gb/s Connector; 1 x IDE Connector; USB:4 x USB 2.0 Port; 3 x USB 2.0 Header; IEEE 1394; LSI FW322;1 x IEEE 1394a Port; 1 x IEEE 1394a Header GbE Realtek RTL8111DL – 10/100/1000 Controller. Integrated video controller-By CPU model CODEC Realtek ALC888 8+2 Channel HD Audio Rear I/O
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(out of 2 reviews)
List Price: $ 119.00
Price: $ 109.99
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Review by C. E. Ladner Jr. for Biostar DDR3 LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard TH55XE
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Good solid board. No problems installing or changing options in the BIOS. Works great so far.
Review by R. Johnson for Biostar DDR3 LGA 1156 Intel H55 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard TH55XE
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As a word of warning for other buyers: While this board is compatible with the Core i5-750, the onboard graphics ports will be inactive, and the board will not post without a discrete display adapter. This is because the Core i5-750 does not include on-die graphics, unlike the dual core Core i5 processors.
That said, the board appears to be pretty solid. The user’s manual is worthless (inaccurate and poorly translated), but that seems to be the standard nowadays. The onboard diagnostic LEDs are useful if you can figure out what they represent. The case bracket came with the audio ports unpunched, and the ground tabs bent at weird angles that made it a bit of a pain to install in the case.
The placement of jumpers, fan headers, and their labels on the board is “interesting.” It appears they were added as an afterthought. The CPU fan cable barely reached the CPU fan header on the motherboard.
The header pins seem to be a bit on the large side, and this made it somewhat difficult to attach the front audio and USB connectors.
The board came with three SATA cables and a molex-to-SATA power adapter. It did not come with an IDE cable, even though there’s an IDE header on the board. It did, however, include a Biostar-branded velcro cable tie. Uh, thanks?
You can get a lot more motherboard for about the same price if you’re looking at the Core i5-750. The only thing this has going for it is the selection of onboard graphics ports (VGA, DVI, and HDMI with audio), and again, these are useless when this board is paired with the Core i5-750.