We tend to associate EVGA with extreme high-end products, but in an effort to appeal to a more mainstream audience, the California-based manufacturer has rolled out one of the simplest P55 boards we've ever seen.
Dubbed the P55 V, it's an entry-level addition to EVGA's long line of boards based on Intel's P55 chipset and carries a price tag of just $119.99 (roughly £75).
A quick glance at the board illustrates that it isn't as feature packed as competitor solutions - or indeed EVGA's other P55 offerings.
Taking on a micro-ATX form factor, the P55 V measures 243.8mm x 243.8mm and features an Intel LGA1156 socket and four DDR3 DIMM slots supporting up to 16GB of memory at speeds of up to 1,333MHz.
A duo of PCIe x8 slots are available, complete with support for NVIDIA SLI, and a pair of PCIe x1 slots complete the board's selection of expansion options. Six SATA II ports are present, as well as 14 USB ports (eight onboard and six external), and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity also makes the cut.
Eight-channel audio is integrated, along with analogue connectivity, but there's no provision for optical out. More importantly, EVGA's usual array of overclocking options have been given a major cull. There's barely a capacitor in sight, little in terms of on-board cooling features, and none of the familiar features EVGA users have become accustomed too - including on-board tweaking buttons or voltage reading points. This, clearly, isn't an overclockers board.
At the £75 price point, it could be an interesting choice for a basic Lynnfield build - but is it just a bit too basic? Let us know what you think in the HEXUS.community forums.
