So, today we'll be unboxing the EVGA
P-55LE. And uh I have to confess this is actually the second time I've attempted
to unbox it. I had my memory card full,
so I have to restart here. So, anyway, this is EBGA's lowest NP55 board so far.
It's an LE or light edition board. You can see that on the front we've got
logos for the Core i7 and the Core i5, but conspicuously missing are logos for
SLI or Crossfire. So, we do not have support for those on this board. You can
see on the back they call out EBGA's 90-day step-up program, their elite
overclocking utility. And let's get this board out of the box because that's what
we all are here to see. So, it comes in a black glossy box like all of their
other P-55 boards. So, here we go. We didn't actually get very far last time,
so I'm going to be adventuring along with you here. So, we've got a Molex to
two SATA power adapter, and then we've actually got two SATA cables only.
That's the fewest I've seen in the accessory package for any P-55 board so
far. Um, here we've got a FireWire and
two USB uh PCI bracket. That's pretty
useful. And then here, this I really like actually. This has been included in
all of the EVGA P-55 boards that we've unboxed so far. So, here you've got an
over a visual guide, sorry, of your motherboard. So, it shows you all of the
important features and it gives you a quick installation guide for how to get
your system set up. I really like the way that they illustrate it here,
although it's a little bit clumsy to use. Here we've got the installation uh
for drivers and utilities. And we have a black divider inside the box. And down
here, we will find the IO shield with a little foamy uh back on it. Then, we've
got the motherboard manual. So, you probably won't need this if you've gone
and used the installation guide anyway. And let's get this board out. So, you
can see they've used a similar color scheme to their other P-55 series
boards. And if I could just get this to Yeah, there we go. Okay. So, let's get
this thing open. This actually I I'm a total sucker
for this feature. Uh we'll take the desicant powder out. Please read before
CPU installation. This is so cool. Step one. Step two. Step three. Step four.
And there you go. It's your stepby-step guide for how to install your CPU. I
really like that. It's very cool. So, we can uh pull off this, which protects
your memory. So, okay. Like all P-55
boards, we've got support for for dual channel DDR3 RAM. And then let's uh have
a look at the power connector. So, up here we've got our 8 pin power connector. only one eightpin power
connector just like the regular P-55 SLI, not like the for the win. Then over
on the right hand edge, we've got our 24 pin power connector. So those are both
in their desirable spots. Uh we've got kind of a slick looking chipset heat
sink, but you can definitely tell that this is a more barebones board because
there's just there's not as much on it. You've only got one PCI Express 16x
slot. This one down here is going to run at 4x and is not suitable for graphics
card use. So, that's really important to bear in mind. Now, in terms of expansion
for storage, even though they've only included two SATA cables, you can get
your own cables and run up to six drives off this board. So, that's pretty good
to see. And I really like seeing on even on a lowerend board like this, their
debug code post little um readout here. So, that gives you any
of the pertinent information you need to know if your board isn't posting for
whatever reason. Now, let's have a look at the back. And they've actually
included a pretty good feature set back here. So, we've got a PS2 keyboard port,
eight USB ports, clear SIMO switch. Really cool to see that on, like I said,
a lowerend board. We've got digital audio in both different formats. We've
got gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 audio on
the back there. So, thank you for checking out the EVGA P55LE.