May 23 2011 review by modders-inc

Overall the reviewer was impressed with how well the compact H55ITX-C-E held up against the Asus board. The Zotac H55ITX-C-E offers the HTPC user, or LAN gamer an ideal platform to work from. The board accepts Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 (800 Series) CPUs, has a PCI-e x16 slot to support the latest graphics cards, and also has USB 3.0. With the included mini-PCI-e slot populated with the included WiFi module. Mate this with the ideal SFF case and you have yourself a powerful PC in a small package.

Compared To:

Asus P7H55D-M Evo

Benchmarks Tested:

Cinebench, DiRT 2, Far Cry 2, GraySky X264 HD Benchmark, HD Tune PRO, LAN Speed, Power Draw, PC mark vantage x64.

august 25 2010 review by silentpcreview

Conclusion:

LThe H55-ITX-C-E has a great feature set, 6 SATA ports, a USB3 controller, and a 802.11n mini PCI-E card with dual antennae. Power consumption is a problem though, compared to the Asus P7H55D-M EVO, the H55-ITX had much higher CPU voltage, resulting in a 20% increase in full load power consumption, even after undervolting it to the max, the Vcore was still to high. The increase in power draw by the IGP was 5 times that of a typical H55 board. This board is only recommended for a compact but powerful gaming PC.

Overclocking: The reviewer did not perform any overclocking. The BIOS is severely restricted. Voltages can be adjusted for the CPU, PCH, RAM, and the integrated GPU, but the ranges offered are very small.

Benchmarks:

CPU-Z, CPUBurn, Prime95, FurMark, PowerDVD, x264, Real Temp, Power consumption, Heatsink temperatures, Fan speeds, Voltage drop, WiFi Performance.

Compared to:

ASUS P7H55D-M EVO, Intel DH55TC.

Test Setup:

• Blu-ray : Asus BC-1205PT
• CPU : Intel Core i5-661
• CPU Cooler : Thermalright MUX-120
• HDD : WD Scorpio Blue 2.5 inch 500GB
• OS : Windows 7 Ultimate x64
• PSU : Seasonic SS-400ET ATX
• RAM : 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Corsair XMS3