ASRock H55M-LE Motherboard Review

👤by David Mitchelson Comments 📅19-10-10
Conclusion

If you want to move to LGA1156 you are faced with the decision between H55 or P55 chipsets. The H55 offers elements that the P55 doesn't such as a lower price-tag, integrated VGA and so on. So for those on a budget, and hoping to build a HTPC perhaps, the H55 chipset is a good choice.

Today we have seen some impressive performance from such a small motherboard. The ASRock H55M-LE is able to harbour up to DDR3-2600, has a 16x PCIe lane, and fully supports Intel's Core i3, i5 and i7 lineup of 1156 processors. Overclocking wasn't as impressive as I had imagined, (although there are enough tools to get you on the way to boosting the CPU both in BIOS and windows) the H55M-LE allowed for a 28% overclock which is fairly conservative. Pushing the chip further would require a decent cooling solution - often the larger of the heatsinks are essential nowdays for a more extreme overclock.



At around £50 you can't really go wrong with this board, it may not come with the exclusive features we have become accustomed with in the ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte high-performance representatives but then the H55M-LE isn't designed for this kind of usage.

Pros
+ Amazing value
+ Good performance
+ Ideal for HTPC
+ Takes LGA1366 CPU Coolers

Cons
- Restricted overclock






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