What about the H110 motherboard?

is the H110 motherboard working? In the new motherboard for Intel's latest Skylake six-generation CPU, H110 is the new entry-level motherboard after Z170 and B150. So is the H110 motherboard working? Do you support DDR4, and what is the difference between the main-level B150 motherboards? Today we say DIY installed H110 motherboard with CPU skills.

Before the Chinese New Year, Beastmaster from the expansion of performance, price two aspects of this generation of B150 motherboard analysis, thanks to a good hand toothpaste of the Intel Dafa, found that B150 platform is not better than the B85 platform cost-effective ~ Two months later, B150 and i5-6600 unexpectedly also increased prices, i7-6700 Although reduced by more than 200, the price is still high ~ but we can not forget, 100 series there is a H110 of existence, then today Beastmaster take you know it.

　　First, H110 expansion capacity and the main B85 consistent

H110 to locate the lowest-end chipset, with a lower level of scalability than B150. In the b85/h81 generation is relatively unpopular existence, to the 100-series generation still plays an important role, but in fact, as the chipset upgrade, its expansion capacity has been consistent with B85, 85 can fire, indicating that its expansion capacity is sufficient, that H110 is not also have such potential? Let's take a look.

H110 motherboard schematic

To more visually show the difference between the three chipsets, Beastmaster on the ASUS website to compare the B150, H110, B85 three boards for the plus series, which are basically the same in the same series as the motherboard, so the difference between them can represent the difference between the chipsets. The data is also taken from the Asus website to see the table below.

B150, H110, B85 motherboard chipset expansion capability comparison

You can see that the H110 and B85 are the same in terms of extended functionality, and the obvious difference is that H110 supports DDR4 memory, while B85 has a E3 Dafa shine and a long PCIe slot. But since it is compared with H110, do not consider E3 this high-end CPU, because B85 with i3/Pentium/Celeron is also a few, and to the 100-series this generation, B150 and H110 no longer support E3.

The reason why B85 can fire is "enough" + "not expensive", these two properties are also well inherited by the H110, which have the same number of SATA 3.0 interfaces, the same power supply modules, that they are the same on the basic extended functionality, and that they can support the same level of CPU and the same number of extended disks.

　　Second, the good news of the party

One of the big needs of the party is to meet the basic function of the choice based on the cheap, that H110 is just the ~ to support the DDR4 memory slot (only two), while others, although less, but are sufficient. Think how many people's computers are just PCIex16 slots with video cards, while the rest of the slots are empty? How many SATA interfaces are only one SSD, one HDD?

If just the above demand, but also want to use the latest Skylake CPU and DDR4 memory, cheaper H110 can meet you! Compared to B150, the level of materials to be the same series of H110 average price of 100 yuan, the difference can be more than a 4G of memory is not it?

　　Three, why H110 not fire up?

Because positioning low-end, lower unit price means lower profit, manufacturers will not spend vigorously to promote H110. In addition B150 positioning mainstream, more PCI-E bus number makes it possible to add more features, such as M.2 interface, USB 3.1 interface, gaming elements (light pollution, cool armor) and so on to attract those who have these needs, and H110 can change the space is relatively small.

　　Summary: A sufficient party may wish to consider H110

Compared to b150,h110 will be less than the latest m.2, USB 3.1 and other features, but a price advantage, the average cost of more than 100 yuan, compared with the b85,h110 extended performance is comparable, but can support the latest Skylake CPU and DDR4 memory (similar to the B150 motherboard, Some of the inexpensive products do not support DDR4, the specific product is the subject. In the middle of B150 and B85 just find the right place for their survival. The best partner is naturally the i3/Pentium/Celeron series New Skylake processor!