“The inexpensive Gigabyte H55M-UD2H may become a good foundation for a home theater or just for a simple home PC. This compact motherboard has reasonable layout and offers the complete basic functionality supplemented with FireWire and eSATA. Its key feature, however, is the full-fledged implementation of Intel HD Graphics, HDMI and DisplayPort included.”Here are some more Motherboard articles from around the web:
- Gigabyte P55A-UD6 @ iXBT Labs
- ECS H57H-MUS (V1.0A) LGA1156 Motherboard @ PCShopTalk
- ASUS Maximus III Extreme LGA1156 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
- ASUS P7P55D-E Premium @ iXBT Labs
- EVGA P55 Classified 200 Motherboard Review @ Ninjalane
- BIOS Optimization Guide Updated @ TechARP
- BIOS Option Of The Week – AGP Prefetch @ TechARP
An all in one HTPC motherboard from Gigabyte

The Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2H is a microATX board for LGA1156 Clarkdale chips which seems designed to make the most of Intel’s new HD Graphic onboard GPU. No less than four graphics ports are on this board, VGA, HDMI, DCI and DisplyPort, making this a very versatile board for anyone looking to build an HTPC without needing to pick up a discreet graphics card. The inclusion of 7.1 surround sound thanks to the Realtek ALC889 HDA codec
will also put a smile on the HTPC builders face. It won’t be powering any top of the line gaming machines obviously but is well worth peeking at in the review at iXBT Labs.