Here’s a look at Gigabyte’s micro-ATX board for the upcoming Socket-1155 platform, the H67MA-UD2H. This will be a hot selling for system builders with a tight budget. Applying the same Ultra Durable 3 technology, we see some new features entering this budget minded product that usually caters for simple system builders. The board has the new Intel HD Graphics, similar to what the previous H55-series motherboard are capable of. Let’s have a look.

H67MA-UD2H Technical Specifications:

• LGA 1155 2nd generation Intel® i3/i5/i7 processors
• Intel® 67 series Chipset
• 2 DIMMs Dual Channel DDR3 1333 / 1066 / 800
• 1 x PCI-e x16, 1 x PCI-e x4, 2 x PCI-e x1, 2 x PCI, 4 x SATA 3Gbps , 2 x SATA 6Gbps, 2 x USB 3.0, 14 x USB 2.0, 1 x D-sub, 1 x DVI, 1 x HDMI, 1 x Display Port, 8-Channel Audio
• 1 x PCI-e GbE network
• m-ATX Form Factor
• Gigabyte Features: DualBIOS™, Ultra Durable™ 3, On/Off Charge, 3x USB Power

Again, we see the same warning notice for users. It’s good that they place a warning there to notify users. Blame Intel for rapidly changing sockets. There’s also the 90⁰ SATA cables. A very good upgrade for the package, despite being a budget oriented product.

Here’s the I/O panel. Looks more populated then the P67A-UD3P, because the board as onboard graphic support.

Here we see the same old light blue and white combination theme color, on the dark blue PCB. Unlike the higher end system where Gigabyte has switched over to black themed motherboards on black PCBs.

No more North Bridge on the new Sandy Bridge platform. It’s odd that they have 4 x PCI-Express 2.0 but no legacy PCI slots. Legacy PCI will probably stop here. The two long PCI-Express lanes are actually x16 and x4, and the board does not support Crossfire and SLI.

Surprise, surprise. Phase LED on a mini-ATX budget motherboard. Not sure why they did that, but it’s still a nice addition. Troubleshooting the motherboard will be easier starting this round.

There’s only 2 SATA 6Gbps here, unlike the more powerful boards that has 4 of them. USB 3.0 ports were also shrink to only 2, so you don’t get any USB 3.0 for your casing’s front I/O port.

SOURCE: Lowyat.net(Lacus)