Gigabyte GA-H61M-D2P-B3 vs. Gigabyte GA-H55M-D2H?

Well, first of all, both of those boards are 2 different socket types. The first board is socket 1155, and requires the new Sandy Bridge i3/i5/i7 processors. The second board is the older socket 1156, and requires last generation Core i5/i7's. Both boards require dual-channel DDR3 memory. Overall, the H61 chipset is better than the H55 chipset. So, go with the first board--which requires ANY of these processors: a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007671%20600095610&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICED&PageSize=100" rel="nofollow"http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…/a