Chapter 1 Introduction Of Intel H55 Motherboards Features Of Motherboard - Intel H55 User Manual

Chapter 1
Introduction of Intel H55 Motherboards
1-1 Features of Motherboard
The Intel H55 Express chipset based motherboard series are based on Intel H55
Express chipset technology which supports the innovative Intel LGA 1156 socket
Intel® Core™ i7, Intel® Core™ i5 （ Lynnfield & Clarkdale ） , Core™ i3 and Pentium®
Processor.
The Intel H55 Express chipset based motherboard series comes with an integrated
DDRIII memory controller for dual channel DDRIII 1066 /DDRIII 1333 MHz system
memories which are expandable to 8 GB capacity and the new generation of PCI
Express interface for the latest graphics AMD cards. The Intel H55 Express chipset
motherboard series are absolutely the ultimate solution for game enthusiasts and
applications, and it also meets the demanding usage of computing of gaming,
multimedia entertainment and business applications.
The motherboard provides four serial ATA2 interfaces of 3.0 Gb / s data transfer rate
for six serial ATA devices.
The H55 Express chipset Based motherboard provides Gigabit LAN function by using
Gigabit LAN chip which support 10M / 100M / 1Gbps data transfer rate. Embedded
6-channel ALC 662 HD CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro®
standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and absolutely software
compatibility.
The H55 Express chipset based motherboard series offer one PCI-Express2.0 x16
graphics slot, two PCI Express 2.0 x1 I/O slots and one 32-bit PCI slot guarantee the
rich connectivity for the I/O of peripherals.
Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 8 of USB2.0
functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these
motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware
monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your
non-stop business computing.
Some special features--- CPU Vcore 7-Shift/CPU Smart Fan/OC-CON/G.P.I.
Function/3D Audio in this motherboard is designed for power user to use the
over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the
over-clocking may cause the failure in system reliability. This motherboard provides
the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation
computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities
of the components you choose, please be careful and make sure to read the detailed
descriptions of these value added product features, please get them in the coming
section.
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