4.21.2014

A duo of Kabini motherboards



Finally some AMD action with the mini-ITX GA-E2100N and A68N-5000. The sub-$60 GIGABYTE board features an E1-2100 (for an anemic 614 CPU Mark), while BIOSTAR opts for a significantly more capable A4-5000 (1917 CPU Mark).

BIOSTAR A68N-5000

✓ AMD A4-5000 (4 cores @ 1.5 GHz)
✓ AMD Radeon HD 8330 Graphics
✓ 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
✓ 1 x PCI Express slot
✓ 2 x SATA 3 connectors
✓ 2 x USB 3.0 port
✓ 2 x USB 2.0 ports
✓ 1 x HDMI
✓ 1 x VGA
✓ 1 x PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard
✓ 1 x Gigabit Ethernet (Realtek)

GIGABYTE GA-E2100N

✓ AMD E1-2100 (2 cores @ 1.0 GHz)
✓ AMD Radeon HD 8210 graphics
✓ 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
✓ 1 x PCI Express slot
✓ 2 x SATA 3 connectors
✓ 2 x USB 3.0 port
✓ 4 x USB 2.0 ports
✓ 1 x HDMI
✓ 1 x VGA
✓ 1 x PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard
✓ 1 x Gigabit Ethernet (Realtek)

Thanks to the one and only Ian Cutress for the tip.