MSI P33-A68HM, AMD A68 motherboard - Socket FM2 +

Motherboards for Kaveri APUs are offered with a variety of chipsets. Among these are the top-A88X (including with CrossFireX support), the upper-class chipset A78 and the entry-level model A58. The A55 and A75 proven that already for earlier APUs formed as FM1 and FM2 versions the base, are available.

The youngest member of the lower middle class is the built-in MSI P33 chipset A68HM-A68H. In contrast to the entry-level chipsets A55 and A58 of A68H has already two native USB 3.0 ports and four SATA 6G ports, including support for RAID 0, 1 and 10, so that SSDs and external storage younger brands at the highest speed level are includable.

When A68HM-P33 offered here is a model of the lower middle class of MSI, which can draw on the Allrounder A68H as chipset. According to the solid board in the Micro-ATX form factor is equipped: two DDR3 memory modules natively support a clock frequency of 2,133 MHz and may come with a total capacity of up to 32GB for use.

In addition, a PCIe 3.0 graphics card can be connected, which is addressed with 16 lanes. When using a Kaveri -APU and a corresponding VGA so that the new interface standard PCI Express 3.0 is supported, so that the bandwidth over PCIe 2.0 doubles theoretically! Three additional PCIe x1 slots are available. Furthermore there are numerous internal interfaces: 4x SATA 6G ports, a Serial and a parallel port header, two headers for USB 2.0 (4 ports max.) And three 4-pin fan headers. A modern UEFI with mouse control brings many comfort features.

On the motherboard back can be via the I / O Shield other equipment and components via 2x USB 3.0 and 4x USB 2.0, Gigabit LAN, 1x PS / 2 for mouse or keyboard, and three audio jacks for 5.1 sound with the MSI P33-A68HM connect. In addition are available 1x VGA and 1x DVI-D for the image reproduction via integrated Kaveri graphics unit. A modern UEFI with mouse control brings many comfort features.

Technical Details:

    Format: Micro ATX
    Color: Black
    Chipset: AMD A68H
    Socket FM2 + (for APUs and Athlons 4th generation Kaveri and older Richland and Trinity)
    RAM: 2x DDR3 (up to 32 GB, 2,133 MHz)
    Dual-Channel
    Slots (physically):
    1x PCIe (3.0) x16 (1x 16 lanes)
    3x PCIe x1
    Internal connections:
    4x SATA 6G (RAID 0, 1, 10)
    4x USB 2.0 (2x header)
    3x fan (3x 4-Pin)
    1x Serial Port
    1x Parallel Port
    1x TPM
    Power / reset / LED / front-Audio
    External connections:
    1x PS / 2 keyboard / mouse
    2x USB 3.0
    4x USB 2.0
    1x Gigabit LAN
    3x audio (5.1, ALC 887)
    1x DVI-D
    1x VGA (D-Sub)
    Power supply:
    1x 24-pin ATX
    1x 4-pin ATX12V