ECS H55H-I Review: Mini-ITX at a Sensible Price
by Rajinder Gill on May 6, 2010 6:59 AM EST- Posted in
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The H55H-I follows Intel’s standard H55/H57 mini-ITX layout. CPU socket placement is very close to the PEG slot and the DIMM slots to the right, leaving most tower type coolers out of the equation if using tall DIMMs.
The SATA ports and front panel connecters are placed at the top left of the board along with the CMOS jumper. Given the overclocking options provided and the fact that ECS’ BIOS does not have any kind of safe-boot feature, a rear panel button would have been a better choice.
Power delivery is taken care of by a three phase circuit for VCC, while VTT and VAXG get one phase supplies repectively. We’d guess that all FETs used can pump out around 30 amps each, so not a lot of room for overclocking four core processors.
This is probably the most barren backside we’ve seen on a mini-ITX board to date. There's more than enough room to use coolers with backplates, although we can’t see many people wanting to do that.
Most of what you need is provided on the backplate, the only exception being PS/2 for those of you with older keyboards and mice.
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Rajinder Gill - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Not a typo - it's 30 amps per FET at CPU VID.MadMan007 - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Amps alone aren't a measure of power. A=current, W=power.ajbumass - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
"Much of what the ECS H55H-I can and cannot do bares a startling resemblance to Intel’s DH57JG."This should be "bears".
"The only major difference is that ECS are keeping a loose grip on the voltage reigns for Clarkdale processors at present, so you get more room to play with overclocking."
I think you mean "reins".
Rajinder Gill - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Sorry, fixed!nubie - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
I have been waiting a long time.Finally and at last.
Only problem?
I have yet to see a decent case and PSU for one of these :(.
Well, except maybe a Shuttle K45 case and PSU. They have a slimline optical bay at the top, but no port for it in the front cover :S
jaydee - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Silverstone SG05/06, w/300W PSU?nubie - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Many thanks, I don't know how I missed that. I enjoy SPCR.Swivelguy2 - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Rajinder,Did you test if this board can run 2 digital displays (HDMI + DVI) from the IGP? There are reports that some H55 boards can only run 2 displays using one of them as analog, so I'm wondering if this one is similarly crippled.
Thanks for the review!
Rajinder Gill - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Hi,Just checked for you quickly. No problems here. I'm using DVI out and HDMI out simultaneously and both displays are active.
-Raja
Swivelguy2 - Thursday, May 6, 2010 - link
Great, thanks!