The first few images we saw of the non-OEM, Gigabyte board, were not much other than teasers. Heavily cropped sections of board was all that we saw. Now, full shots of the boards have been leaked! What do we see?
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The two boards appear to be based on either AMD’s entry-level A320 or mid-range B350 ‘chipsets’. Since the AM4 chips are full SoCs with complete integration of chipsets, including a southbridge/ FCH; the “chipsets” in the AM4 platform are merely chips that add to the PCIe lane count of the platform, and provide additional SATA and USB connectivity.
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The first of the two Gigabyte AM4 boards is built in the narrower version of m-ATX; featuring a single PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slot, two DDR4 DIMM slots, four SATA 6 Gb/s ports, and basic connectivity that includes 6-channel HD audio, one gigabit Ethernet connection, and 4-6 USB 3.0 ports. The second board is better specc’d, and is probably a variation of the socket AM4 board that was earlier pictured this September. It features two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 ports (the second one looks like electrical x4); and comes with two additional SATA 6 Gb/s and USB 3.0 ports.
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