The ECS H55H-M motherboard brings the new Intel H55 Express chipset to their lineup.  It is a small form factor board, so it is a board that you will look at for a nice HTPC setup.  Pair this with one of the newest Intel core i3 or i5 Clarksdale processors with integrated graphics, and you already have the big three pieces of hardware that you will need for the setup of a new system.  We intend to find out if the performance of this little board would be worthy of placing this in your next system.  Before we look at the board, let's get a quick overview of the new chipset: