Zotac H55-ITX Review - The World's First mini-ITX H55 Motherboard
by Joshua Youngberg on February 28, 2010 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Board Layout
Expansion is inherently limited on a mini-ITX motherboard and ZOTAC decided to populate this lone spot with a PCIe x16 slot. Two DDR3 memory slots are available as well. It is worth noting that the CPU socket is actually located below the chipset on the H55-ITX.
Moving to the I/O portion of the motherboard you can see that Zotac did not hold back on the USB ports and by offering a total of 10. Two wireless antennae and a CMOS clear button are also available. For the first time on the Nehalem architecture we have a motherboard with integrated video outputs. On the Zotac, the available outputs consist of HDMI, DVI and VGA (via a DVI-to-VGA adapter).
An abundance of on-board SATA ports are provided by the P55 chipset. ZOTAC has also placed a hard drive activity light directly to the left of the SATA ports. The front panel connectors, fan headers and BIOS chip are located on the front of the motherboard. The mini-PCIe slot for the wireless module can be found between the RAM slots and chipset.
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mindless1 - Sunday, February 28, 2010 - link
The real question is why not. It's always amusing when some short-sighted person comes along and suggests a motherboard should be stripped of every possible feature that particular individual doesn't want to use, as if there is some gain in removing legacy features.More features mean a wider customer base, more sales, lower per unit cost.
MadMan007 - Monday, March 1, 2010 - link
I think one PS/2 for keyboard is fine. It's not as if this board is lacking in USB ports. I'd say that by now most people use USB mice at least so no PS/2 mouse port shouldn't be a complaint.therealnickdanger - Monday, March 1, 2010 - link
I still use an old AT-plug keyboard (with PS/2 adapter). It's made of metal and heavy plastic and weighs about 7 lbs and you can hear me typing on it from anywhere in the house.I love that thing.
JonnyDough - Monday, March 1, 2010 - link
On the other hand if you got used to a softer quieter keyboard you could annoy people less and still love typing! :) Practice makes perfect. Old habits are tough to break, but sometimes worth the effort. i.e. smoking?vol7ron - Sunday, February 28, 2010 - link
I know it's a lot of work, but you guys have been making great strides with the Bench area. Is it possible to get gpu, memory, and motherboards on there too?Thanks,
vol7ron
Saosin - Sunday, February 28, 2010 - link
Does it undervolt and/or underclock? And if that's the case; What's the range and how small are the V steps?ScavengerLX - Sunday, February 28, 2010 - link
The base clock can be dropped down to 100MHz and Vcore can be reduced to .10V under the default voltage. Hope that helps.Joshua
hybrid2d4x4 - Monday, March 1, 2010 - link
Thanks for the info. -0.1V is pretty weak, but I guess it's better than nothing.jigglywiggly - Sunday, February 28, 2010 - link
Looks like a solid motherboard, too bad I have no use for a htpc.oc3an - Sunday, February 28, 2010 - link
On Page 4:"An abundance of on-board SATA ports are provided by the P55 chipset."
I'm pretty sure it's H55.
-Patrick