Which A88X-Based Board Should You Buy For Your Kaveri APU?

[RedJaron]

AMP AMD Memory Profile Technology, comparable to intel xmp

I know, I just couldn't resist.

 

[Thorfkin]

This is a great article! Thanks!I have a question. Does anyone know of a Kaveri or Kabini motherboard that will fit into one of Intel's Thin Mini-ITX AOI cases?I'd really love to put an AMD APU into one of these http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/hardware-developers/thin-mini-itx.html or something like it =D

 

[Someone Somewhere]

This is a great article! Thanks!I have a question. Does anyone know of a Kaveri or Kabini motherboard that will fit into one of Intel's Thin Mini-ITX AOI cases?I'd really love to put an AMD APU into one of these http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/hardware-developers/thin-mini-itx.html or something like it =D

Gigabyte makes an embedded FM2 board, but it's not FM2+, and doesn't look like it's particularly publicly available.

I'm laughing at the LGA115x cooler mounts around the PGA ZIF socket, though...

EDIT: ECS makes a A78F2-TI, which is FM2+ compatible.

My google-fu only finds those two, currently.

 

[Thorfkin]

@Someone SomewhereThanks! =D That's exactly what i was looking for. It'll be nice to be able to get some decent graphics power out of such a compact machine.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

It appears that actually buying such a board is a bit more difficult, though.

 

[Reynod]

Nice article as always crashman ... good work mate.

 

[BFU2Miners]

This is pointless making gaming MB for this chipset, I mean the faster CPU out there for this is the A10-7850K and isn't even at the Intel i3 4xxx level in performance, they should be making Gaming Mini-ATX MB with UEFI and all that new stuff for AM3+ which is left behind for a shitty FM2+.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

This board will have UEFI (I challenge you to find a current-gen one that doesn't), and there are Mini-ITX boards too.

There are no Mini-ITX or even Micro-ATX boards for AM3+ with the new 9xx chipsets.

 

[alextheblue]

Is anyone actually going to buy an ATX Kaveri motherboard?

yes. but at a lower price range probably. first, a10 7850k itself has to come down in price by $40-50 outside microcenter.

You might buy an inexpensive ATX FM2+ board and slap in an FM2 Trinity/Richland based Athlon 750K/760K. For a new budget build with upgrade potential. Down the road you could slap in a Kaveri chip and a second GPU - Kaveri would give you PCIe 3.0, which would make budget crossfire a lot more viable on an x8/x8 configuration.Other than that? If someone is reusing an existing ATX case, then it's kind of "why not".

 

[BFU2Miners]

This board will have UEFI (I challenge you to find a current-gen one that doesn't), and there are Mini-ITX boards too.

There are no Mini-ITX or even Micro-ATX boards for AM3+ with the new 9xx chipsets.

This is what i tried to say, they should be making Micro-ATX boards like this (with UEFI and all that stuff) for AM3+ instead A88 chipsets. I just noticed I said "Mini-ATX", but I meant Micro-ATX.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Oh, I read it as shitty FM2+ was being left behind AM3+. Agree, then.

However, most of the AM3+ boards do have UEFI.

µATX is a case of demand, I'd guess. FX chips are quite hot running, so you tend to need a decent sized case anyway.

 

[No_xp_STRAT]

Would a athlon CPU be a good fit if you want increased CPU performance while having a discrete GPU?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yup, the Trinity/Richland Athlons are quite good for the price. 750K/760K.

 

[vertexx]

Any news on the A8-7600? Seems like nothing out there since the initial release press samples.

 

[superminczi]

I've bought Gigabyte G1.sniper A88X motherboard, for my amd a10 7700k APU.
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4683#ov
I recommend everybody, because this is a premium gigabyte motherboard with 110dB SNR HD audio, and this is an ATX Gaming motherboard.