The GigaByte GA-H61M-S1 uses the Intel LGA 1155/Socket H2 CPU socket. Any compatible Intel CPU will have the same socket entry. It uses the DDR3 memory type, with maximum speeds of up to 1333 MHz, and 2 DDR3 slots allowing for a maximum total of 16 GB RAM.Released on 20 Jun 2012, the GigaByte GA-H61M-S1 is now over 7 years old, which means it is extremely out of date and is based on very aged technologies. This motherboard will be dwarfed in performance by its modern counterparts, and will likely have very little support from GigaByte.The Micro-ATX GigaByte GA-H61M-S1 should fit into all ATX cases, but its smaller size allows you to downsize your system build as a whole.
Its size comes at the cost of features, so there are likely to be far fewer connections and expansion options available than in a larger motherboard.The GigaByte GA-H61M-S1 has 4 SATA 2.0 hard drive slots. These allow for data speeds of up to 3GB/s. SATA 2.0 is a very common standard, and despite the emergence of SATA 3.0 - whose potential is difficult to reach currently - SATA 2.0 remains a viable option.The GigaByte GA-H61M-S1 does not support onboard graphics. Any system build that uses this motherboard therefore requires a separate graphics card, or a processor that has a GPU on the same die, such as AMD APU processors. There are 1 PCIe x16 slots on this motherboard. This means it is perfectly capable of accommodating the latest graphics cards, although it is important to try and use a graphics card with the same graphics card interface of PCIe v3.0, as anything below will not reach the motherboard's potential, and anything above will have its performance slashed to the bandwidth maximum of the GigaByte GA-H61M-S1's PCIe v3.0. The GigaByte GA-H61M-S1 does not support multiple graphics cards via Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire.The GigaByte GA-H61M-S1 has 6 USB 2.0 slots but no USB 3.0 slots.
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While USB 3.0 slots are so far by no means necessary, and with a plethora of USB 2.0 peripherals to choose from, the USB functionality on this motherboard should be fine. If planning on building a new system, a motherboard with USB 3.0 is likely to have a longer life cycle, however.