eVGA P55 LE LGA1156 Core i5 Motherboard Unboxing Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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806 words · ~4 min read
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So, today we'll be unboxing the EVGA
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P-55LE. And uh I have to confess this is actually the second time I've attempted
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to unbox it. I had my memory card full,
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so I have to restart here. So, anyway, this is EBGA's lowest NP55 board so far.
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It's an LE or light edition board. You can see that on the front we've got
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logos for the Core i7 and the Core i5, but conspicuously missing are logos for
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SLI or Crossfire. So, we do not have support for those on this board. You can
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see on the back they call out EBGA's 90-day step-up program, their elite
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overclocking utility. And let's get this board out of the box because that's what
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we all are here to see. So, it comes in a black glossy box like all of their
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other P-55 boards. So, here we go. We didn't actually get very far last time,
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so I'm going to be adventuring along with you here. So, we've got a Molex to
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two SATA power adapter, and then we've actually got two SATA cables only.
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That's the fewest I've seen in the accessory package for any P-55 board so
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far. Um, here we've got a FireWire and
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two USB uh PCI bracket. That's pretty
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useful. And then here, this I really like actually. This has been included in
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all of the EVGA P-55 boards that we've unboxed so far. So, here you've got an
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over a visual guide, sorry, of your motherboard. So, it shows you all of the
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important features and it gives you a quick installation guide for how to get
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your system set up. I really like the way that they illustrate it here,
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although it's a little bit clumsy to use. Here we've got the installation uh
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for drivers and utilities. And we have a black divider inside the box. And down
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here, we will find the IO shield with a little foamy uh back on it. Then, we've
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got the motherboard manual. So, you probably won't need this if you've gone
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and used the installation guide anyway. And let's get this board out. So, you
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can see they've used a similar color scheme to their other P-55 series
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boards. And if I could just get this to Yeah, there we go. Okay. So, let's get
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this thing open. This actually I I'm a total sucker
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for this feature. Uh we'll take the desicant powder out. Please read before
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CPU installation. This is so cool. Step one. Step two. Step three. Step four.
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And there you go. It's your stepby-step guide for how to install your CPU. I
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really like that. It's very cool. So, we can uh pull off this, which protects
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your memory. So, okay. Like all P-55
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boards, we've got support for for dual channel DDR3 RAM. And then let's uh have
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a look at the power connector. So, up here we've got our 8 pin power connector. only one eightpin power
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connector just like the regular P-55 SLI, not like the for the win. Then over
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on the right hand edge, we've got our 24 pin power connector. So those are both
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in their desirable spots. Uh we've got kind of a slick looking chipset heat
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sink, but you can definitely tell that this is a more barebones board because
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there's just there's not as much on it. You've only got one PCI Express 16x
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slot. This one down here is going to run at 4x and is not suitable for graphics
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card use. So, that's really important to bear in mind. Now, in terms of expansion
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for storage, even though they've only included two SATA cables, you can get
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your own cables and run up to six drives off this board. So, that's pretty good
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to see. And I really like seeing on even on a lowerend board like this, their
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debug code post little um readout here. So, that gives you any
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of the pertinent information you need to know if your board isn't posting for
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whatever reason. Now, let's have a look at the back. And they've actually
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included a pretty good feature set back here. So, we've got a PS2 keyboard port,
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eight USB ports, clear SIMO switch. Really cool to see that on, like I said,
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a lowerend board. We've got digital audio in both different formats. We've
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got gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 audio on
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the back there. So, thank you for checking out the EVGA P55LE.