GIGABYTE GA-H55N-USB3

Product Guide
 GA-H55N-USB3
Mini Yet Powerful Platform
For Hi-Def Home Entertainment
 Mini yet Powerful!
Mini-ITX Form Factor ATX Form Factor
24.4 cm
17cm

17cm

30.5 cm
GA-H55N-USB3

Outstanding performance and

Hi-Def entertainment
experience with ½ the size of
a regular board
GA-H55-USB3
Integrated Intel HD Graphics

Outstanding all-in-one multi-media experience

 Feature-Rich Connectivity

HDMI
eSAT
port USB 3.0
Aport
port

USB 3.0
SATA
HDD
HDD

5
 World’s first USB 3.0 logo
certified solution from NEC
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
5 Gbps transfer rate from
NEC USB 3.0 host controller

10X FASTER
5 Gbps speed USB 3.0 offers 10x performance gain over USB 2.0

Instant Connect
Sync-N-Go technology to minimize user wait-time

Optimized Power Efficiency

No device polling and lower active and idle power requirements

USB 2.0 backwards compatibility

Devices interoperate with USB 2.0 platforms.
Hosts support USB 2.0 legacy devices
SuperSpeed USB 3.0
5 Gbps transfer rates
from NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0

10XFASTER
10X FASTER!!!
!!!

USB 3.0
GIGABYE P55A Series
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
No More Waiting

With USB 3.0, transferring a 25GB HD movie is no longer a pain…

14 minutes drops to 70 seconds only!

*Source: NEC
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
Better Data Transfer Efficiency

USB 2.0 USB 3.0

One direction data transfer Bidirectional data transfer for efficiency

A derivative of GIGABYTE's highly acclaimed 3x USB Power feature, On/Off Charge
technology allows iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices to draw more current from
GIGABYTE motherboard USB ports than standard USB ports allow, with the added
benefit that the PC can be on, in standby mode or even off.
Works on iPad

Traditional PC GIGABYTE On / Off Charge

Unable to charge iPad Provides more than 1500mA

current for iPad charging
40% Faster Charging

Traditional PC GIGABYTE On / Off Charge

Insufficient current for Provides more than 500mA current

iPhone fast charging for faster iPhone charging
Off / Sleep Mode Charging

Traditional PC GIGABYTE On / Off Charge

Unable to charge battery when PC Able to charge battery when PC is

is turned off or in turned off or in sleep mode
sleep mode
Utmost Compatibility Through
3x USB Power Boost
 3x USB Power Boost
Offers USB devices More Power
via unique hardware design

USB ports power delivery comparison

Better!

Better!

Standard
Standard
 3x USB Power Boost
Up to 4x Lower Resistance

Better Performance! Better Compatibility!

Each USB port protected by Lower resistance fuse
dedicated fuse (up to 4x lower)
to ensure lower voltage drop!

Intel H55
Express
Chipset
3X USB Power – 3X current supply

(before) (now)
2 USB ports 1 USB port can Better!
required to power power on 1 device
on 1 device
Each USB 3.0 port can offer 2.7A current!

Each USB 2.0 port can offer 1.5A

current!
 Powerful Audio Technologies

• ALC892 Codec
ALC892

The latest HD audio CODEC available from Realtek, and

natively support for 7.1 surround sound channel with
Dolby Home Theater, S/PDIF Out and CD IN.

• Blu-ray Support

Enables high quality Full Rate Lossless Audio for Content

Protected media
 Bit-Stream Audio
The Intel H55 is the first desktop chipset to support Bit-stream
audio output for HD audio
Bitstream output is a MUST have for any HTPC!

The GIGABYTE GA-H55N-USB3 with HDMI ver 1.3 features Bitstream Dolby TrueHD
/ DTS-HD Master Audio, delivering a bit for bit identical copy of the audio for a truly
lossless audio experience - just like the studio original master
Building your own Small Form Factor Hi-Def
Home Entertainment PC is Easier Than Ever
Standard desktop Intel box, Install built-in PSU
CPU cooler & DDR3 memory! from chassis!

Add desktop optical

Complete !
drive & HDD !
With the addition of a USB TV tuner & remote control,
you can transform your H55N-USB3 into a DVR!
 GA-H55N-USB3 Selling Points

Mini-ITX

Mini-ITX form
form factor
factor for
for home
home theater
theater

Supports

Supports Intel
Intel Core™
Core™ i7/
i7/ Core™
Core™ i5/
i5/ Core™
Core™ i3
i3 processors
processors

Enhanced

Enhanced Intel
Intel HD
HD Graphics
Graphics integrated
integrated into
into the
the processor
processor

Integrated

Integrated HDMI/
HDMI/ DVI
DVI interface
interface for
for smoother
smoother HD
HD video
video playback
playback

Blu-ray

Blu-ray playback
playback outputs
outputs supported
supported by
by high
high quality
quality HD
HD audio
audio

Compatible

Compatible with
with Windows®
Windows® 7
7 to
to deliver
deliver the
the best
best operation
operation experience
experience

Meets

Meets European
European Union
Union ErP(Energy-related
ErP(Energy-related Products)
Products) requirements
requirements

Unique

Unique On/Off
On/Off Charge
Charge delivers
delivers the
the best
best recharging
recharging
capabilities
capabilities for
for iPads,
iPads, iPhones
iPhones and
and iPod
iPod Touches
Touches

Supports

Supports newest
newest NEC
NEC SuperSpeed
SuperSpeed USB
USB 3.0
3.0 with
with
superfast
superfast transfer
transfer rates
rates of
of up
up to
to 5
5 Gbps
Gbps

3X

3X USB
USB power
power delivery
delivery for
for greater
greater compatibility
compatibility
and
and extra
extra power
power for
for USB
USB devices
devices

Leading

Leading quality
quality standard of Ultra
standard of Ultra Durable™
Durable™ 3
3
technology
technology with
with 2X
2X copper
copper PCB
PCB design
design
 GIGABYTE Smart 6™
A Smarter way for PC system Management
GIGABYTE Smart 6™ is designed with user-friendliness in mind, and offers a combination of 6 innovative software utilities that
provide easier and smarter PC system management. Smart 6™ allows you to speed up system performance, reduce boot-up
time, manage a secure platform and recover previous system settings easily with a click of the mouse button.
 The Difference 2X Copper PCBs Make
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™
Durable™ 3 is the industry’
industry’s 1st consumer desktop motherboard
design featuring 2X copper for both power and ground layers

 PCB electrical waste is reduced by 50%

 Improved signal quality
 Reduced temperature around
critical onboard components

Normal PCB Design 2X Copper PCB Design

Power
Layer

Electrons Traveling Through the Copper Electrons Traveling Through the Copper

Ground
Layer
 Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
World’’s most intelligent energy saving utility
World
multi--gear power phase switching
with multi
GIGABYTE Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 incorporates a host of intelligent features that use a
proprietary hardware and software design to considerably enhance PC system energy
efficiency

Reduce power consumption and deliver optimized auto-phase-switching for

CPU Memory Chipset VGA HDD Fan
 Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
System--Wide Energy Savings
System

Industry leading Power phase

PWM controller switching
maker-Intersil controller
ITE8275

Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 controls 6 system key

components- Save More power!
GIGABYTE P55 series motherboards all supports Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
Intel Clarkdale Processor Family
Ci5/ Ci3 / Pentium
Intelligent
Intelligent 32nm architecture for GFX on Core i5 / Core i3
Intel
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD is available on
Ci5 6XX, Ci3 5XX, Pentium G69XX
Intel Core i5/ i3 Processor with Integrated HD
Graphics Delivers Better Performance than a
Discrete VGA Card
Lower overall costs, 2X better performance
Source: Intel

Older Intel Pentium CPU with an New 2010 Intel Core i3-530 CPU with
entry discrete graphics card Graphics Media Accelerator HD
(GeForce 9400GT)
Better!
Provides better overall performance at the same SPP as a
older Pentium CPU with entry discrete GFX card
Processor
LGA1156 Socket for
Intel
Intel Core i7/ Core i5/Core i3/ Pentium CPU
Chipset
Intel H55 Chipset
1 x RTL8111E LAN controller
8 Channels ALC892 Audio controller
Memory
Supports dual Channel DDR3 with 2 DIMM slots to 8GB
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slots
(running at x16)
Internal I/O Connectors
4 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 4 ports)
Rear I/O Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
1 x D-
D-Sub port
1 x DVI-
DVI-D port
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
1 x HDMI port
1 x eSATA port
6 x USB 2.0 ports (include 2 USB 3.0)
1 x RJ-
RJ-45 port
6 x audio jacks