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RE: H55M-USB3 experiences and mobo question

Hi Douwe,

I’m pleased that my posts on MB’s are of some use to you guys.

On the choices of MB, I strongly recommend you stay away from Atoms CPU/MB. Please see the posts below.

http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/pcaudio/messages/7/74567.html
http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/pcaudio/messages/7/74547.html


The 1st photo you posted is an Asus MB, not Gigabyte. I’m not sure the bypass caps are soldered to the right place as I couldn’t see the top of MB. Just a hint, all chokes, in particular those around the CPU and Ram need bypass caps.

If you wish to change your CPU/MB, I recommend GA-H61M-S2P-B3 and Celeron G440, a low cost solution.

This MB doesn’t have many unnecessary devices, no DVI and HDMI chips, just sound and lan chips, 2 fan connectors. The bios is tweakable just like the S2V.

http://download.gigabyte.asia/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-h61m-s2p-b3_e.pdf




One more good thing about the Gigabyte H61M MB is that, unlike H55M series there are SMD chokes filtering the powerline before the lan and sound. As such, disabling the chip is easy, just desolder the chokes. You can cut off the legs of the mosfets next to the fan connectors.

I will collect my 2nd hand H55M-USB3 after work today. May be worthwhile to wait for my report on this MB.



Edits: 11/24/11

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