Biostar Launches Mainboard A68I-350 Deluxe with Amd A68 chipset

In the Computex, AMD has the platform "Brazos 2.0" with the "Zacate"-APUs for the entry-level segment presented. While across the processors little changes, the new version brings the A68(M) chipset with and compared to the predecessor newer interfaces. A first Desktop Board was now being presented.

BIOSTAR A68I-350 DELUXE

As one of the first manufacturers, Biostar brings a mini-ITX motherboard with A68 chipset ("Hudson 3 l") on the market. Compared with the majority of the Brazos Board with A50M chipset the newcomer offers accordingly in addition to other new features USB 3.0 (twice) as well as SATA 6 GB / s (three times). However, it is on the Biostar A68I-350 Deluxe still the old E350-APU with integrated Radeon HD 6310 Soldered joints.

Other facilities include two DIMM slots for up to 16 GB of DDR3 RAM, a PCIe-2.0-x 16 slot (electronic: x 4), two USB 2.0, Gigabit Ethernet, PS / 2 and audio jacks, as well as the video outputs HDMI and VGA. The APU is cooled thereby actively by a small cooler with fan. Biostar relies mainly on fixed solids capacitors have a significantly higher lifetime than liquid capacitors, however are the former now almost standard.

Software side functions are available also for Smartphones or tablets, which serve 'bio Remote 2' on the one hand as a remote control or via "Charger Booster" faster can be charged. The latter applies only for Apple devices like iPhone or Inc..

The Biostar should be available for the suggested retail price of 66 euros in trade now A68I-350 Deluxe.