Any opinions on Gibabyte GA-H55-USB3?

[Ken90630]

I think I'm going to get one of these boards for a new build I'm doing for a friend of mine.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...pk=GA-H55-USB3

The features & everything seem to be exactly what I'm looking for, but before I pull the trigger & buy it I just thought I'd see if anyone here has anything notably positive or negative to say about it. Any of you guys/gals have one, and if so, what's your opinion?

PS: This board will be for a basic build, with no O/Cing or gaming.

 

[AstroGuardian]

I can tell you of my great impressions by the same board. It's rock solid and stable. Everything i need works as intended and advertised. The board is a great overclocker also.
Paired with i3-530 it's a dream machine. Runs windows7 like a breeze (i have a SSD). Everything is fast and snappy.
Not a single problem so far with it. I say grab it and overclock the crap out of it!

 

[Ken90630]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm planning on using the same CPU (the i3 530).

If you don't mind me asking, your sig says you're using a different board and CPU. We are talking about the GA-H55-USB3, right? (Maybe you have two PCs?)

 

[AstroGuardian]

Thanks for the feedback. I'm planning on using the same CPU (the i3 530).

If you don't mind me asking, your sig says you're using a different board and CPU. We are talking about the GA-H55-USB3, right? (Maybe you have two PCs?)

Ask freely my friend As a matter of fact i have plenty of PC's cause i am a system builder. All my friends have PCs assembled by me which makes them "mine" since i continue to service them, upgrade them and stuff. The H55 board i have which is the same as yours i use it for a private HTTP, FTP and file server. I also crunch some SETI@Home workunits on it. The machine i have in my sig is for everything else (my primary). In the office i also have an Asus and a MSI P45 boards with an oc'd Q9550 and an E5300.

I don't have enough space in my sig to write all my builds you know

 

[stargazr]

Newegg has board (ATX) on sale $10 off. I have the M version of this board and it's been working great. However I did look at the full ATX model. Couldn't find many reviews on it. Sometimes I wish I would have went with it for the extra expansion slots but so far I'm ok. I'm using the integrated graphics for now, not a gamer.

i3-530 | GA-H55M-USB3
Kingston DDR3-1333 4 GB
WD Caviar Blue 500 GB WD5000AAKS
Backup -WD Caviar Black 1.5 TB WD1501FASS
Rosewill RX-358-U3S USB3 Enclosure
Lenovo 19" LCD | Rosewill Destroyer
Windows 7 x32
IBM T60

 

[Ken90630]

Ask freely my friend As a matter of fact i have plenty of PC's cause i am a system builder. All my friends have PCs assembled by me which makes them "mine" since i continue to service them, upgrade them and stuff. The H55 board i have which is the same as yours i use it for a private HTTP, FTP and file server. I also crunch some SETI@Home workunits on it. The machine i have in my sig is for everything else (my primary). In the office i also have an Asus and a MSI P45 boards with an oc'd Q9550 and an E5300.

I don't have enough space in my sig to write all my builds you know

Yeah, I figured that but just wanted to be sure. Thanks again for the feedback. I think I'm going to get that board & CPU, with 4 GB of Crucial DDR3 1333. It's all for a build for a friend -- I wish it was for me!