WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:06.560 so I haven't looked at many EVGA boards lately but I thought why not so I'm 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:12.080 going to have a look today at the EVGA h55 V this is an h55 motherboard that 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:21.080 means it's compatible with all core I3 Core i5 and core i7 processors on LGA 00:00:16.680 --> 00:00:23.519 1156 so what that means though is that 00:00:21.080 --> 00:00:30.560 not all of the features are necessarily compatible with the processors so if you 00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:33.000 are running say for example a core I3 00:00:30.560 --> 00:00:39.160 dual core processor you will be able to run Onboard video if you're running a 00:00:35.239 --> 00:00:41.120 core i5 quad core or a core i7 on this 00:00:39.160 --> 00:00:44.840 particular motherboard the Onboard video won't work you'll have to install an 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:50.440 addin graphics card so a little bit more on that shortly EVGA first of all 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:54.680 includes a huge visual guide to your new motherboard I love these I think that 00:00:52.680 --> 00:01:00.359 they're a really nice touch they give you a full size picture like actual size 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:03.559 picture of the motherboard where they label all of the important components 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:07.680 and they also give you some quick instructions on how to do the various 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:10.880 things you might have to do so you can see the well okay we're not going to 00:01:09.320 --> 00:01:15.240 look at the picture for too long because obviously we have a real motherboard 00:01:13.080 --> 00:01:18.720 here that we could look at instead so once I get this opened up I will 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:23.680 definitely have a closer look at all the different features next we find an IO 00:01:21.119 --> 00:01:30.320 Shield okay fairly runof-the-mill IO Shield next Inside the Box we find two 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:32.159 black straight SATA cables so either of 00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:36.880 these are right angle something to note about the EVGA SATA cables is one end 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:40.560 features a lock and the other end has no lock so the Locking end is intended to 00:01:38.960 --> 00:01:46.119 go into your motherboard they also include a Molex to two SATA power 00:01:43.240 --> 00:01:49.040 connectors and these have a lock on them that's something I haven't seen before 00:01:47.640 --> 00:01:53.240 it's there's actually a little lever there that you press interesting yeah 00:01:51.479 --> 00:01:59.240 I've never seen that before then we have a USB PCI bracket next we have a driver 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:04.360 CD do not use it download the latest drivers off the the EVGA website next we 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:09.080 have the EVGA h55 V motherboard installation guide so installing the CPU 00:02:06.520 --> 00:02:12.959 the CPU fan the system memory the io shield and securing the motherboard into 00:02:11.239 --> 00:02:16.680 the system case they also cover all the power connectors you'll have to 00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:22.160 configure as well as the front panel connectors for things like uh the case 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:24.519 power case reset all that kind of stuff 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:28.760 all right so let's get this board out and this is another one of my favorite 00:02:26.720 --> 00:02:34.160 things about EVGA boards and I'm going to break the 00:02:32.040 --> 00:02:39.519 suspense in just a moment as soon as I get the board out of the bag this thing 00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:47.519 please read before CPU installation that is the funniest thing ever step one and 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:49.159 step two and step three and step four so 00:02:47.519 --> 00:02:54.760 they actually give you all the instructions to install your CPU in such 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:59.080 a way that you cannot possibly even attempt it without reading the 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:04.680 instructions so like all h55 motherboards we've we've got support for 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:07.480 dual Channel DDR3 memory we have an LGA 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:10.879 1156 socket here they are I can't tell what brand of socket they're using so I 00:03:09.239 --> 00:03:15.040 guess we won't get too much further into that power connectors are in their 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:20.040 almost optimal locations we've got the 24 pin here but the four pins kind of in 00:03:17.720 --> 00:03:24.680 no man's land all over here something to note though because this is a microatx 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:28.920 motherboard the odds of it being a bad thing for the four pin power to be here 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:32.640 are much less because many microatx cases don't actually have conventional 00:03:31.519 --> 00:03:38.560 layouts in terms of where the motherboard and the power supply goes so it's quite possible you won't run into 00:03:36.040 --> 00:03:42.040 any problems with that now there is one that is a bit of a problem I don't 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:47.239 really like the layout of the SATA ports because the PCI Express connector here 00:03:44.519 --> 00:03:51.400 if you have a dual slot card is actually going to potentially cover these three 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:55.360 ports and make it difficult to access them that said this is a fairly low-end 00:03:53.519 --> 00:03:59.239 board so if you're installing an add-in graphics card you're probably not 00:03:56.680 --> 00:04:03.319 putting in a super high-end long one so for most people it's probably going to 00:04:00.959 --> 00:04:07.840 be a non-issue like I said before SATA ports so we've got five here down at the 00:04:05.040 --> 00:04:12.519 bottom USB headers there are plenty there are 1 2 3 4 USB headers and they 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:17.799 are colorcoded bright pink so that you can find them very easily next we've got 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:22.040 the chipset and the h55 chipset obviously doesn't produce a whole lot of 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:26.360 heat you've got this little tiny heat sink on it not a whole lot going on in 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:33.120 there I think next we've got expansion so you've got one Legacy PCI slot one 00:04:29.039 --> 00:04:35.680 PCI 1X slot one PCIe 4X slot and one 00:04:33.120 --> 00:04:39.199 PCIe 16x Graphics slot I wouldn't have minded seeing those switched around so 00:04:37.240 --> 00:04:43.400 that you can use a graphics card and the 4ex slot but really there aren't too 00:04:41.280 --> 00:04:48.000 many add-in cards that go into a 4X slot these days so I wouldn't worry too much 00:04:45.360 --> 00:04:53.960 about it this appears to be front panel audio and then I guess that pretty much 00:04:50.960 --> 00:04:57.840 does it for the top side of the board 00:04:53.960 --> 00:04:57.840 let me see if there's anything else 00:04:58.039 --> 00:05:04.680 noteworthy oh I have never seen something that looks 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:07.960 like this before there this is totally irrelevant and I don't know what it does 00:05:06.400 --> 00:05:12.720 but I've never seen one of these on a motherboard before that is all let's go 00:05:10.840 --> 00:05:16.280 around to the back panel so you've got two PS2 ports one for the mouse one for 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:20.360 the keyboard and let's get a little bit more into this Onboard video issue 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:27.560 you've got a VGA port a DVI port and an HDMI port now unless you're using a core 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:29.199 I3 or a core i5 dual core and please 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:36.800 note that I'm grouping in the Pentium dual core LGA 1156 with the core I3 LGA 00:05:33.479 --> 00:05:39.520 1156 all of those feature Onboard video 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:44.520 on the CPU so that means that all it is is a pass through from the CPU's Onboard 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:48.360 video to these ports so unless you're using a CPU with Onboard video they're 00:05:46.520 --> 00:05:53.160 just dead ports for decoration you can plug something into them but they won't 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:55.960 do anything next we have four USB ports 00:05:53.160 --> 00:06:00.280 that's not a lot of USB ports for a for an h55 motherboard but I mean you can 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:04.759 always use a hub it's not that big of a deal you've got a gigabit Ethernet port 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:08.720 one ESAT Port that's really nice to see on such an entry-level board and then 00:06:06.520 --> 00:06:13.440 you got 7.1 audio thanks for checking out my quick unboxing and product 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:17.240 overview of the EVGA h55 V