
2 expert reviews - 0 user reviews
Follow
0
0
Want it
0
Have it
0
Had it
0
We have collected 2 reviews of the Asus P7H55-M Pro. Experts rate Asus P7H55-M Pro 9/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Asus P7H55-M Pro and Asus Motherboards.
Asus has a habit of knocking out infuriatingly good motherboards. Infuriating, that is, if you're a competing motherboard maker trying trying to carve out a crust in the brutal business that is PC components. Given the Asus provenance, therefore, it's hardly surprising to find this natty little MicroATX board duking it out with Gigabyte's H55M UD2H for top honours this month. But Asus will have to be on its very best form to win: it's an awfully close fight. The two boards are borderline identical when it comes to key specifications. Powered by Intel's H55 chipset, they share the same compact form factor and both support all LGA1156 processors, along with the integrated graphics capabilities of Clarkdale Core i3 and Core i5 chips. Likewise, both boards are solidly, if not spectacularly equipped when it comes to storage and I/O bandwidth. Neither offers USB 3.0 or SATA 6Gbps connectivity, for instance. Not a ruinous oversight, perhaps, but in the context of the burgeoning solid-state drive revolution, both are likely candidates for being a bit of a bum deal in the long run. Performance wise there's almost nothing in it, either. Asus lands a jab or two in Crysis: Warhead, and Gigabyte parries with an extra frame per second or so in World in Conflict.
There are certain features that can be found on all H55 motherboards for the simple fact that they are provided by the chipset. Such features include 6 SATA 3Gb/s ports, Gigabit LAN, HD Audio, USB 2.0 as well as a number of display ports which connect to Clarkdale processors. Typically these display ports include HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort. While all Intel H55 motherboards support Gigabit LAN and HD Audio, their implementation will vary. Asus has gone with the Realtek RTL8112L controller in order to provide Gigabit LAN support -- a controller they generally feature on their cheaper low-end motherboards. Providing 8-Channel HD Audio support is another Realtek chip, this time the ALC889, which can handle 16/20/24-bit SPDIF input and output with up to 192kHz sample rate. This is one of the more impressive Realtek HD Codecs and certainly an excellent addition to the P7H55-M Pro. A far less exciting addition was the JMicron JMB368, which is a single port PATA controller that uses a single PCI Express lane to support older PATA drives.
| Retailer | Information | Prices | |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
ASUS Socket 1156/Intel H55/HDMI/A and V and GbE/MATX Motherboard P7H55-M PRO | $298.95 | See it |