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With Sandy Bridge in a state of hiatus for the next couple of months, a specific sector of our audience may decide to opt for the previous-generation platform which is now thoroughly tried and tested. These people are more likely to be building a media system which doesn’t require all the processing grunt that Sandy Bridge has to offer.
Foxconn have sent us their H55MX-S motherboard to test which features an Intel H55 chipset and adopts a compact Micro-ATX form factor. Both of these features make it ideal for a mid-size HTPC as the Intel H55 chipset features integrated graphics and the Micro-ATX form factor provides a compromise between size and features.
Specification
| CPU | Supporst Intel Socket LGA1156 processors Intel Core i7, i5 and i3 |
| Chipset | Intel H55 |
| Memory | -2x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets -Supports up to 8GB of memory -Dual channel DDR3 1333/1066MHz |
| LAN | Realtek 10/100/1000Mb/s LAN chip |
| Expansion Slots | -1x PCI Express x16 slots -1x PCI Express x4 slots -2x PCI slot |
| Onboard SATA |
-6x SATA connectors -300MB/s transfer rate |
| I/O (back panel) | -1x PS/2 port -1x Serial port -6x USB2.0 connectors -1x DVI-I port -1x HDMI port -1x Optical S/PDIF output port -1x RJ-45 LAN port -8-channel Audio Ports |
| Form Factor | Micro ATX |
