User Reviews
- Four user reviews (on february 2 2010) from the people who bought this mainboard from newegg, only 2 of them rated it above average.
Foreign Sites (translated by Google)
- Bulgarian site pcworld.bg has benchmarks like Hyper PI, WinRAR, 7-Zip and SiSoftware Sandra Pro, this review also focuses on the Core i3 530 and Core i5 661.
- pclab.pl has a lot of large images from the board and next to this mobo you'll also find the MSI H55M-E33 and the ASUS P7H57D EVO V.
- Again a clarksdal review by techzine.nl, but next to the H55-H57page there's also a dedicated page for the Intel DH55TC with a few images.
Miscellaneous
- A preview from Chinese site it.com, besides the Intel DH55TC you will find H55 models from Gigabyte, Jetway, ECS, Yeston, ASRock and Biostar.
More Professional Reviews
- benchtec.co.uk has lots of large images from the board and BIOS, in the benchmarks various processors are compared.
- tomshardware compares various platforms, with the focus on the core i5 661.
- legitreviews has a dedicated page for the DH55TC, but for testing they used the ASUS P7P55D Premium.
- www.missingremote.com also focuses on the core i5 661.
- computershopper gives a short description of the board and has some remarks about a HTPC.
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Professional Reviews
- motherboards.org gives you an impression of Intel's new Core i5-661 CPU with integrated graphics: the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator High Definition.
The Intel DH55TC was compared to the ASUS P7H55D EVO.
Conclusion:
The GMA HD graphics frame rate for Crysis was too low to get a good gameplay, with 40 FPS (1024X768) Left4 Dead was playable on the integrated graphics. With full support of Blu-ray playback this board and CPU are an excellent choice for people who want to buy a Home Theater PC.
Overclocking: The Core i5 661 CPU was tested at standard speed and no overclocking was performed.
Bechmarks: Sandra, x264, SYSmark 2007, PCmark Vantge, 3Dmark Vantage, WPRIME, Specview 10, Cinebench.
- hexus.net used the Intel DH55TC as a reference board to the ASUS P7H57D-V EVO in the benchmarks, the results are almost the same with a CPU at stock speed.
- lostcircuits.com used the DH55TC for the tests with the Clarkdale CPU and IGP. Many exotic benchmarks like Caligari TrueSpace, DIEP Chess, DVD-Shrink, VirtualDub + DivX 6.8.5 CODEC are used to campare lots of processers.
- hardware.info has audio tests and and other benchmark results, below are their results for cinebench.
| Motherboard |
Cinebench 10
(higher is better) |
| Intel DH55TC |
10850 |
| Gigabyte GA-H55M-UD2HDS4H |
10888 |
| ASRock H55MDE3 |
11263 |
| MSI H55M-E33 |
10819 |
- techgage included the DH55TC in its Intel's 32nm Clarkdale review, it was not in the Benchmarks though.
- hardwaresecrets review is more a kind of preview, with a few images of the board and there's an image of one BIOS screen. This board was not compared to any other board.
Conclusion:
A very basic motherboard with only three analog audio jacks and no SPDIF connector. This mobo was not designed for overclockers, the voltage regulator circuit could have been designed better and the overclocking options are extremely basic.
Above all this board is too expensive for what it delivers, similar motherboards from other companies cost less.
Overclocking: hardwaresecrets did not perform any overclocking, the only thing they show is a BIOS screen that only has one option: the adjustment of the CPU base clock .
Bechmarks: none.
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