Motherboard with mini-ITX form factor has got more popularity in recent years. Some motherboard manufacturers usually release a motherboard with an ATX form factor and micro-ATX now begin to look mini-ITX form factor. Mini-ITX form factor is usually used for a motherboard that comes onboard graphics card. The existence of the onboard graphics card on the motherboard mini-ITX gives a distinct advantage because you will get a fully functioning motherboard in a compact form. You do not need to add an add-on graphics card that actually make the appearance of this motherboard look big.
Mini-ITX motherboards are usually suitable to build a HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer) because it can be mounted on small-sized casing. Some manufacturers have a casing that is optimized casing and has a supporting feature for HTPC use. In addition, such a system is also suitable for those who need a small desktop computer for everyday activities.
Most of the mini-ITX motherboard on the market using AMD or Intel chipset that comes onboard graphics card. For AMD chipsets are AMD780G, AMD785G, AMD790GX, AMD880G, and AMD890GX equipped onboard graphics card. As for the Intel chipset some of which are G41, G45, H55, and H57. In this review, we had the opportunity to test the mini-ITX motherboard that uses the H55 chipset from the manufacturer Gigabyte.
Intel H55 chipset is one of the latest chipset Intel onboard graphics card equipped. Actually, the onboard graphics chips are not on the Intel H55 chipset on the motherboard, but fused with the processor. All Intel socket LGA1156 motherboard is compatible with this. However, that feature onboard graphics card on the motherboard running, you must use an Intel Core i5 6xx series, Core i3 5xx, and G. In addition to the Intel Pentium series, you must add an add-on graphics card.
Gigabyte H55N-USB3, mini-ITX motherboard from Gigabyte is though small in size, but still carries all the features that are usually found on motherboards from Gigabyte such as Ultra Durable 3, USB 3 Power, DualBIOS, and others. Performance in everyday applications is also quite satisfactory.
However, the performance of the onboard graphics card is still unsatisfactory in some games. Onboard graphics card is still less than optimal in gaming applications, but the onboard graphics card is more optimal in multimedia applications. With the right video player application, you may have accelerated the film with an image resolution of Full HD (1920 × 1080) on the onboard graphics card. This gives a distinct advantage because the processor is no longer burdened with the task of rendering video and can perform other tasks.
Power consumption Gigabyte H55N-USB3 is also low at work and at idle. One thing that is quite surprising, it turns ability Gigabyte H55N-USB3 overclocking quite satisfactory. BIOS overclocking menu was quite complete.
If you're looking for good cheap motherboard for gaming and a mini-ITX motherboard to build your HTPC, Gigabyte H55N-USB3 maybe you can make a choice. In addition to HTPC, a computer with a mini-ITX motherboard is also suitable to be used as an ordinary computer for your everyday activities such as typing, photo editing, browsing, and so on.
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