Zotac H55ITX-C-E LGA1156 H55 Core i5 ITX Motherboard Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

[atavusable]

Thx for the vid, this save my day for my future HTPC.

Keep it up.

[AlwaysLearningTech]

I have the original, never been used. :O

[kennydude19]

awesome vid also you sound a bit like steve carell :D

[NotRicoRodriguez]

Atlantic Pacific And China?

[SepSama]

@LinusTechTips I want to build the ultimate micro ITX lan-box in a Lian Li PC-Q11, but NCIX doesn't have the GIGABYTE GA-H55N-USB3 and p67 m-ITX boards not out yet =(, what would u suggest (overclocking is part of the EQ for bragging rights)

[shorerydr10]

it would be cool if this linus was related to linus torvalds...

[edilloc]

ASRock P67 Extreme6 Motherboard unboxing pls!

[DickService]

This is shit.. Buy an ATX MB

[Lethknight]

@DickService why? I want a small form factor case

[DickService]

@Lethknight in my eyes it's a waste of money :-) Buy a laptop or a big gaming computer :-) is my advice.

[Lethknight]

@DickService I wouldn't want either of those in my living room (if i had my own place) though. I would want some small and nice looking case like a Fractal Design Array R2, which would complement this board very well.

[asddsaaassddd]

am soo wanna overclock with this board

[lbvnrw]

What means TDP 95W Thx

[Lethknight]

@lbvnrw TDP means Thermal Desing Power, which is the maximum power the cpu can draw. It means that it only supports cpu's upto the TDP; 95 watts. Thats basically all 1156 processors currently on the market

[sokrutu]

i think batman agrees with you ...

[r6bananaman]

apac includes australia new zealand, REPRESENT!

[ChristianMusician777]

id love to see a build with this please

[BRANDON85L]

1 dislike lol he must b a hater

[delonh92]

Big things do come in small packages.#FTW

[DeerKoden]

amazing little board. PS2 and similar legacy ports looks quite awkward this days anyway.

[peteyesco]

I would love to slap that in my 2 year old Acer Aspire X1200 slim case.

[Qapmoc10149]

Make an Mini-itx HTPC

[TehMovieMaster]

Cameraman laughed :D

[chowfon166]

i just wanna put that motherboard in my pocket =3



[ubxp]

ZOMG iv been waiting for this for so long :| but looks like gigabytes option has a higer fsb

[PCTechTalks]

linus do a build with 8gb ram, 1 radeon 5870x2 and a core i7 oc to 4ghz, all in a htpc box!

[matty12345a1]

@PCTechTalks no 5870 a 5970

[trainman95]

@matty12345a1 No, he said 5870x2, which has 2 full 5870s on the card, while a 5970 has 2 slightly handicapped 5870s on the card. The only 5870x2 available is the Asus ARES, which will also beat out a 5970

[matty12345a1]

@trainman95 it has 1 pci slot

[trainman95]

@matty12345a1That is why I said the Asus ARES 5870x2. It is ONE graphics card with TWO full 5870 GPUs in crossfire on it. Do research before you post, moron. This is the fastest SINGLE card out now.

[r6bananaman]

@trainman95 actually saphires 5970 toxic is clocked faster, its also quieter and way cheaper.

[matty12345a1]

@trainman95 the ares is a limited production run the 5970 is a constant production card and so will the 6990 when it comes out SO DO YOUR RESEARCH DUMBASS

[trainman95]

@matty12345a1 It is still the most powerful single card out now, nonetheless. Besides, if you were going to put a $600(5970) or $1100(Asus Ares) GPU on an ITX board like this (really, who would?) you probably wouldn't care if its limited production, and its still been available for nearly half a year, since there is low demand. Besides, this was COMPLETELY hypothetical. No one would actually do an HTPC build with a 5870x2 and a 4GHz OC'd Core i7...

[matty12345a1]

@trainman95 i would just for the fuck of it

[Bezzy375]

@PCTechTalks You think the ARES will fit? :P

[Anton338]

This thing is awesomee

[HeyItsMeDaniel]

the yellow ram slots are really killing the looks.

[nEroAmee686]

I lol'd at the batman part. xD

[Knixen94]

Stop moving the camera, what are you doing?! Oh, i guess that makes sense >.<

[Sloppyalsop123]

Awesome board, too bad its doomed to spend its life locked inside my media center case and never see the light of day again. the only question is Intergrated chipset graphics or GPU?

[mushufreak]

@Sloppyalsop123 Don't EVER get integrated graphics unless the motherboard allows Hybrid SLI or Crossfire. Dedicated graphics is seriously the way to go.

[youngdones]

Sexy to the max!

[anasonic999999]

firewire i useless indeed, same as floppy , ide , com, lpt, even ps2. Somehow they dont get it.

[deathrow989]

That is quite an awesome board linus, I've always wanted to make a tiny but also feature rich HTPC, 6 sata ports as well, that just seams crazy?! lol, but yeah amazing ITX board.

[cardboardsnail]

lol batman in brownish-black would look hilarious

[AnUglyAmerican]

sweet

[thirtythreeonethird]

This would be great for a media center build

[vh2k]

Yes Linus, 3 is an odd number/amount

[The25Dudeman]

That board would be perfect for a HTPC, with all those drive connectors an USB ports in the back, best part is it's size.

[pedro380085]

That's a really unique PCB!

[thermalz0mbie]

Any chance on a follow up video with a gtx480 installed.

[keron409]

firewire t useless it faster than usb

[ps3man4eva]

smexy pcb :O!

[SpartanTimTv]

We win!!!

[Alex148710]

Screw you APAC XD America Wins!

[xeneixe19]

"lifetime warranty in Latinamerica"! Yes! finally somebody someone will take into account (google translator) :P

[nfazio62293]

linus you forgot to say that the 24pin connector is in the ideal spot lol

[HHBones]

I personally prefer a olive-drab PCB. It reminds me of peaceful summer days in my youth, alternating between paintball and rounds of CoD. Ahhh, those were the days.

[logankipgen]

its Asia Pacific .. and i remember u saying that performance pcb should come in mate black. but why all pcb now??

[Rice2816]

i miss the room u used to do unboxings in :'(

[Mikke06]

Turn up the lightning to a bit brighter. I dont like it as dark as this. Please do it:-)

[cjam496]

Overclocking?! On such a small board?! Technology. Moving forward all the time.

[lukazavrski]

why are you such obvious nVidia fan, HD5870 and HD5970 are still bigger cards then Gtx480.

[613ron]

Linus please be nice to the cameraman, he holds the camera wayyyyy better than you so give him some credit.

[GreenyPoop]

what good cpu cooler can i use with?

[Ti133700N]

@GreenyPoop the stock cooler ? I guess if you want a media center that would be quiet you could use something like a Silenx Effizio Low Profile CPU Heatsink Cooler 100MM Heatpipe Direct Touch with a low rpm fan on it.

[failbl0g1]

wow its surprising to see a motherboard with that size with that specs :O

[black96fire]

Im considering this for my car pc. Kicks the shit out of the atom i have now...

[WordsThroughTheSky]

@black96fire You have a car PC???!?!?

[black96fire]

@WordsThroughTheSky Yeah, its a mini itx intel board with 1gb ram, 250gb hdd, intel atom 330, and a 7" touchscreen in dash monitor. Its running windows 7 ultimate, and centrafuse auto. Ties into the cars obd2 system for diagnostics, as well with bluetooth for internet tethering from my iphone. All built and put together by me. Starts with the car and shuts down PROPERLY with the car, not just cutting the power, windows shuts itself down. It runs through the aux input on my cd player for audio.

[thedigitaldoctor]

"...small product with a big accessory package...*long pause*..." I was waiting for at least a little chuckle there Linus :P

[T1carus]

'3 sata cables..which is an odd amount'

well shoot me dead lol

[koop21]

"3 sata cables, which is a odd amount" i giggled even though it was a lame joke that linus probably realize he made

[adamcbowen1]

WOW great board for an HTPC.

[donyario]

thanks for another entertaining and informative unboxing, thumbs up

[BrinkOnEdge]

Give the camera man a break man.

[frozencold199]

linus how come you are so mean to the cameraman?

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT WHAT ARE YOU DOING" ect.

lol

[mastermindzh]

Linus, don't snap at the cameraman/woman... :P

[Testingpointer1]

this make me respect Zotac like gigabyte and asus, with evga and xfx,

but not sure enough when it comes to overclocking,.

[TutorialsPcBlog]

but it's atx or micro atx?

[karst1hans1]

@TutorialsPcBlog mini itx

[dimitar4e96]

@TutorialsPcBlog itx

[alex14469]

You should put a 480 on it with i7 875k and see how well it runs games.

[Testingpointer1]

@alex14469 bottleneck,.

[crimson177]

@Testingpointer1 therre is no bottleneck in a i7 875k and a 480

[Testingpointer1]

@crimson177 yes there is not, but to use it in this motherboard, dont expect it to maximize its potential,..

[alex14469]

@Testingpointer1 Where?

[Testingpointer1]

@alex14469 in the motherboard, 480 with i7 875k is fine but with these board, im sure i can that pair of graphics card and cpu can do more with a real gaming oriented mother board than this zotac one,.

[RyanK733]

@alex14469 I almost made a rig like that, went x58 instead tho :P

[sickamore007]

Need unboxing of rampage 3 formula

[sickamore007]

@sweetypie000 lol funnnyyy

[ComandnConquerFreak]

the only time i have ever ran into running out of RAM was when i was playing the final boss in crysis, 3.97 GB of my 4GB DDR3 1600 was being used LOL

[KodessR]

First thoughtsafter seeing this: mini gaming rig :D

[sweetypie000]

it's a great looking board but theres really something that confuses me and what i want to know is - does esther have a boyfriend ?

:)

[Dreamst8r]

@sweetypie000 Linus says if we don't stop asking that it will be the end of us all!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Malius1000]

@sweetypie000 What's your problem? Linus is god man :D.

[worlddomin623]

@sweetypie000 The cameraman.

[monkeydunker]

@sweetypie000 I thought it was cameraman

[brodysstuff]

lol zotac make boards

[teekanne15]

wohooo a ncix tech tips vid on the linus techtips channel ^^

[m3g4game]

LOLed at 1:03

[Viperzz21]

Batman black :) that's a nice pcb color.

[OmgItsDedi]

hehe that is so cool

[teekanne15]

@TheParallex

more would be useless anyways

[th4970]

@TheParallex

How's that a fail? Even 4gb ram is enough in gaming.

[manyakols9]

@TheParallex thats pretty good for a board like that.. who would need more than 8gb of ram anyways..

[pccomponetreviewer]

@TheParallex

if you really need more than 8gb of ram then you wont be building a M-ITX system

[imperiajor]

lol ^-^

[FrancekPirosrancek]

wait arent mac users the only ones to use firewire now? or basically whenever.

[olmatenightfox]

Fuck yes i want this mobo for my XBMC media center Running a little i3 System would be Awesome!

[KingOfSand100]

awww its adorable! 

[spikeaxiom]

Nanananana-Batman!

[MaCnRYdER]

Spin that mobo again

[iExD]

Wow! What a puny mobo! O.o

[kevinsdb1]

Linus doens't like this new cameraman he's always yelling at him.

[BramRongen]

Small board, but good featers for such a small thing =)

[AndrixGamer]

um...you gotta get batter jokes. lol. a crappy batman joke?

[fredde94chr]

@MrGENOCIDEGeorge umadbro? calm down you kid :)

[MrGENOCIDEGeorge]

@fredde94chr LOL UMAD BRO xD xD xD SO RANDOM UMADDD????? ROFL xDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[fredde94chr]

@MrGENOCIDEGeorge Lol you are really mad...

[MmmCouchPotato]

Zotac makes mobos? wtfffffffff lol

[BenHanna7]

Geese Linus let the camera man do what he does best, stop telling him off all the time.

[lestat692k8]

nice board but a bit overkill for a free nas server i am working on

[tmmke]

boooooooo i want lifetime warranty in Europe

[MajinFrahma]

Batman would use this Mobo.

[HHBones]

@MajinFrahma It would fit snugly into the dashboard of the Batmobile.

[Mehecanogeesir]

LMAO did i hear the camera man laugh when you said small product coming with a big accessory package? hahaha

[frank141289]

i hate zotac 

[tylerwylie]

By 'odd' you mean literally or figuratively? :P

[Shikiouji]

@tylerwylie OMG I WANT TO KNOW TOO LOL

[SilverFerret11]

@tylerwylie Both? lol

[InternetSandman]

hmm...gigabyte and zotac are going really toe-to-toe here with their ITX offerings...which to buy...which to buy...

[brent3k]

I hate it when companies dont include APAC (Just Asia-Pacific i beleive)

[hound4680]

awww i just want to squeeze it till it warps, or breaks! nm... i should of learned my lesson with my neighbors puppies.

[Locut0s]

Stop moving the camera, what are you doing.... Oh I guess that makes sense.... :D

[Snake1979xfire]

whoow 4th xD nice small motherboard there xD

[desurgeon]

I think linus beats his camera man!

[Qube5k]

cute mobo :)

[hackeroo]

wow first