I5-760 - P55 or H57 Motherboard?

[mangothehuman]

I am trying to build a nice HTPC. I just bought a new:

- Intel i5-760
- HIS ATI 5670 - 1gb of ddr5 ram

AND, I bought an ASUS P7H57D-V EVO LGA 1156 Intel H57 Motherboard

So, I bought it not really understanding the differences between the H57 and the P55 - come to find out, the H57 has onboard video. I'm not going to need that because of the new video card.

Did I buy the wrong motherboard? I bought it open box on Newegg for $115 - original MSRP is $200 - should I return it for a P55?

 

[jaquith]

Welcome to Toms Forum!

Normally, I recommended the H55 or Q57 using the onboard GPU. However, if HTPC is the goal + discrete GPU then I recommend either the ASUS P7P55D-E or Pro versions. The problems with onboard + discrete are: Shared & Wasted physical RAM, Shared & Wasted discrete GPU bandwidth -- lowering the discrete GPU's performance.

The ASUS P7H57D-V EVO will work...

 

[mangothehuman]

Thank you!

 

[Wish I Was Wealthy]

I am trying to build a nice HTPC. I just bought a new:

- Intel i5-760
- HIS ATI 5670 - 1gb of ddr5 ram

AND, I bought an ASUS P7H57D-V EVO LGA 1156 Intel H57 Motherboard

So, I bought it not really understanding the differences between the H57 and the P55 - come to find out, the H57 has onboard video. I'm not going to need that because of the new video card.

Did I buy the wrong motherboard? I bought it open box on Newegg for $115 - original MSRP is $200 - should I return it for a P55?

Hi mangothehurr ...First off your Intel core i5 760 runs at 2.8 GHz & has no hyperthreading,is a quad core,also it has no internal GPU so you can not use the Asus motherboards onboard graphic Ports on the IO panel ...For you to use the onboard graphic ports on the IO panel you would have to have a core i5 600 range of intel processors which have the internal gpu within & they only have two cores which have hyperthreading to make up to the intels 4 core idea,but remember they only have two physical cores ...You did not necessarily buy the wrong motherboard at all,since your motherboard should have a PCI-e x16 slot for your ATI 5670 video card to use ...This motherboard only gives you the advantage of using the onboard graphic ports on the IO panel if you so wish & if you have a core i5 680 @ 3.6 GHz for example to use on your motherboard ...So think of your Asus motherboard/mainboard as an advantage not to miss out on,since the EVO series of Asus motherboards supposed to be quite good for overclocking ...Not the best though,but good enough ...I hope I have been of some help to you & not too late to see your post & post a reply to you ...

 

[jaquith]

^Correct regarding the Integrated Graphics which is a mute point considering the OP's discrete GPU. Intel Integrated Graphic CPUs http://ark.intel.com/MySearch.aspx?IntegratedGraphics=true

H57 Systems
$220 Intel Core i5-660 3.33 GHz
$200 ASUS P7H57D-V EVO
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$420 (1)

$309 Intel Core i5-680 3.6 GHz
$200 ASUS P7H57D-V EVO
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$509 (2)

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P55 Systems
$209 Intel i5-760 2.8 GHz
$150 ASUS P7P55D-E
$65 HD 5670
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$424 (3)

$220 Intel Core i5-660 3.33 GHz
$150 ASUS P7P55D-E
$130 HD 5830
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$500 (4)

From a graphics point alone, ALL of the P55 will outperform the H57 listed above. If the OP looked at (#2) listed above then clearly for any possible HTPC purpose that I can think of (#4) for less/same money will run circles around either (#1 or #2) listed above. While I appreciate Hyper-Threading and it's RARE 'usefulness' it's close cousins to 'Turbo Boost'.

Real World HTPC overall performance as above: 4, 3, 2, & 1 the i5-680 3.6 GHz is a good CPU but for an extra $90 spend it on a Good Blu-Ray, SSD, or GPU in that order for an HTPC system. The HD 5670 is compatible with and better for Blu-Ray over the onboard GPU.

 

[Wish I Was Wealthy]

Yes jaquith I did mention that part about him having a video card already ...Are you useless,because it sounds that way to me ...I just mentioned certain ideas that he could use or do you want your useless just tell him a few motherboard ideas ...Don't go overboard with me mate,I was just mentioning some useful ideas to him & most where just examples,get a life in hell & learn to read english ...O.K.

 

[mangothehuman]

Thanks all! I ended up going for the asus p7p55d-e. Everything runs great!