![]() ![]() Filed under: Published: Author: External Mfg. Website: May 10 2011 > > > Intel's H67 chipset was released in unison with the highly anticipated 32nm Intel 'Sandy Bridge' architecture in early 2011. What set Sandy Bridge apart was its integrated graphics core, a first in the desktop world. The graphics core, or iGPU, shares some L3 cache with the four processing cores of the CPU proper and due to these architectural changes a new CPU socket was also born - socket LGA1155. Since its release, the Intel Core i3/i5/i7 2xxx-series Sandy Bridge has met with fantastic success and given AMD a real run for its money. The utility will automatically determine the right driver for your system as well as download and install the INTEL DH67BL driver. Being an easy-to-use utility, The Drivers Update Tool is a great alternative to manual installation, which has been recognized by many computer experts and computer magazines. I installed the DH67BL MOBO and after trying to update the BIOS, come to find out that Intel doesn't even support this any longer. They only have updates for Win 7 x64. Yet in spite of its success, integrated graphics still don't compete very well against discrete graphics cards, even a $50 mainstream graphics card. So why do it like this? The upshot of a CPU with an integrated graphics core is reduced cost for the majority of PCs sold by the likes of Dell and large system integrators. After all, consider that 70% of the total volume of PCs sold today feature integrated graphics! Motherboards like the Intel DH67BL that PCSTATS is reviewing today support one PCI Express 2.0 x16 but more likely than not will never see a discrete graphics solution. The DH67BL motherboard has one DVI-I and HDMI video output. Intel's DH67BL motherboard is built around the Intel H67 chipset and supports socket LGA1155 Intel 2nd Generation Core i3/i5/i7 2xxx-series 32nm Sandy Bridge processors. It is not compatible with LGA1156 processors. On the storage front, the board offers up two 6Gb/s SATA III ports, three 3Gb/s SATA III ports and one eSATA III port. A UEFI BIOS ensures support for hard drives Dual USB 3.0 ports are handled by a discreet NEC controller as USB 3.0 is not natively supported by the Intel H67 chipset. Intel DH67BL Motherboard INCLUDES: User's Manual, Driver DVD, (2) SATA cables, I/O Shield. Chipsets: Intel H67 Express CPU Support: Intel Socket LGA1155 Memory Type: Dual Channel DDR3 Videocard Support: (1) PCI Express x16 2.0 Price at time of review: $107 USD As PCSTATS mentioned, the microATX Intel DH67BL motherboard is equipped with one PCI Express 2.0 x16 videocard slot that runs with 16-lanes of bandwidth; rounding out the expansion slots are two PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots and one PCI slot. This MicroATX board has four 1.35v dual channel DDR3-1066/1333 memory slots which can accommodate up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM in 64-bit OS like Windows 7. Connectivity includes two USB 3.0 ports, fourteen USB 2.0 (six at the rear I/O, eight via internal header), one eSATA, one Gigabit network jack and the standard assortment of Intel High Definition 8-channel audio (optical S/PDIF included). The integrated graphics ports on this motherboard include a DVI-I (capable of DVI and DVI-to-Analog with an adaptor) and HDMI 1.4 jack. The Intel DH67BL motherboard can be found on retail shelves for around $107 CDN, ($107 USD, £70 GBP), a little high for its vanilla feature set. Never the less, PCSTATS will put this motherboard through its paces on both integrated graphics and a discrete graphics card. Before we get to benchmarking though, let's take a closer look at what makes this motherboard tick.
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