ECS P55H-A Motherboard Review

The ECS P55H-A motherboard is a mid-range offering from ECS which is well known for its low-price and yet reliable motherboards. The P55H-A has LGA Socket 1156 and supports Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors. The motherboard has 4 RAM slots and can support up to 16 GB of DDR3 RAM overclockable up to 2130+ Mhz. With a pair of PCI-Express Gen 2.0×16 slots, the P55H-A also offers ATI CrossFireX support for adding two graphic cards.

Specifications:

Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type — LGA 1156

CPU Type — Core i7/i5

Chipsets
North Bridge — Intel P55

Memory
Number of Memory Slots — 4×240pin

Memory Standard — DDR3 1066/1333/2130+(OC)

Maximum Memory Supported — 16GB

Channel Supported — Dual Channel

Expansion Slots
PCI Express 2.0 x16 — 2

PCI Express x4 — 1

PCI Express x1 — 1

PCI Slots — 2

Storage Devices
PATA — 1 x ATA133 2 Dev. Max

SATA 3Gb/s — 6

SATA RAID — 0/1/5/10

Onboard Video

Onboard Video Chipset — None

Onboard Audio

Audio Chipset — Realtek ALC888

Audio Channels — 8 Channels

Onboard LAN

LAN Chipset — Realtek 8111DL

Max LAN Speed — 10/100/1000Mbps

Rear Panel Ports

PS/2 — 2

USB — 8 x USB 2.0

eSATA — 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s

S/PDIF Out — 1 x Optical

Audio Ports — 5 Ports

Onboard USB

Onboard USB — 3 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 6 USB ports

Physical Spec

Form Factor — ATX

Dimensions — 12.0″ x 9.6″

Power Pin — 24 Pin

Leave a Reply