BIOSTAR Presents A68N-5600E For Home Entertainment and Everyday Computing

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BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and storage devices, introduces the new A68N-5600E SoC motherboard featuring a power efficient AMD PRO A4-3350B Processor and AMD Radeon R4 graphics. The BIOSTAR A68N-5600E is perfect for home entertainment and everyday home computing from web browsing to basic office applications. Watch videos on Netflix and YouTube with high-definition and immersive visuals, thanks to the AMD Radeon graphics, and high-resolution display with HDMI support. The A68N-5600E sports an ultra-compact Mini-ITX form factor, perfect for small-form-factor PCs and HTPCs.



Designed for Home Entertainment & Every Day Use
The BIOSTAR A68N-5600E is a compact, cost-saver and power-efficient solution made for day-to-day tasks with a built in AMD PRO A4-3350B Processor and AMD Radeon R4 graphics. The motherboard supports DDR3-1600MHz memory up to 16GB for excellent compatibility and comes in the compact mini-ITX form factor perfect for space saving SFF build.

Home users can enjoy high-definition content on high-resolution displays without the need of a
discrete graphics card, thanks to the motherboard's built-in HDMI connector as well as HDCP support (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) for streaming copyrighted videos online from sources like Netflix. The BIOSTAR A68N-5600E also packs HD audio to deliver a completely immersive
entertainment experience, high-definition video and audio with SPDIF connections in one compact and affordable BIOSTAR SoC motherboard.

Designed for Businesses and Organizations
As well as home entertainment, the A68N-5600E also offers advanced data security options for government organizations that require the highest level of data security with a TPM header for TPM modules. TPM modules are used in conjunction with other security technologies such as biometric verification, antivirus software, firewalls, smart cards, and others. The BIOSTAR A68N-5600E doesn't compromise in speed with its SATA III 6Gbps ports for fast data retrieval and data transfer. With SATA III 6Gbps and AHCI support, opening large files like high-resolution videos can be quick and easy.

The BIOSTAR A68N-5600E SoC motherboard's rear I/O include 1 x PS/2 Mouse, 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports, 2 x USB 2.0 Ports, 1 x HDMI Connector, 1 x VGA Port, 1 x GbE LAN port, and 3 x Audio Jacks.

The BIOSTAR A68N-5600E SoC motherboard is a compact and cost-effective solution for everyday computing needs for home, business, schools, and government agencies. The mini-ITX form factor fits in most small-form-factor PCs offering a space-saving desktop setup, perfect for HTPCs. The Radeon R4 graphics and HDMI connector offers high-definition visuals without the need of a discrete graphics card and HD audio for immersive audio for a complete high-definition audio and video setup for home entertainment PCs.

Specifications
Learn more about the BIOSTAR A68N-5600E here: https://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=949

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[eidairaman1]

They had decent boards during AM2 era, what happened?

 

[dj-electric]

They had decent boards during AM2 era, what happened?

Absolute lack of innovation and R&D happened. Nowdays BIOSTAR prefers shoving their less than average boards to reviewers and websites for ad campaigns in hope to increase sales.

 

[Valantar]

It's really weird how Biostar keeps promoting these low-end, obsolete-at-launch soldered APU boards. I guess the wind went out of their sales after they were the first to launch an AM4 ITX board, and now they're trying to stand out in any and all ways possible?

 

[silentbogo]

If the FX-version of this board made at least some kind of sense - this thing doesn't.
A4-3350B is basically toe to toe with a 5 y.o. Celeron J1900, but needs 50% more power.
The only way I'd buy it, is if it was under $50, which is impossible for an embedded board of this class, and even more ridiculous if you consider that Biostar still sells the godawful E1-2100 version of this mobo for almost $100.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I’ve had the a68n-5000 board for many years, and It’s been a very reliable board. The quad core at 1.5ghz just barely handles 1080p streaming, so this model should be a big improvement if your needs are really basic.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

I definitely see an improvement but it's so negligible I don't think it'd be worth it.

You can do an ASRock b450 fatality mitx and a 2200g for roughly $180...
I suspect the price on this is going to be $130... Unless I was super budget constrained I wouldn't even consider this... Maybe for $49.99 with free shipping.

 

[seronx]

I thought it was Llano for a second, however it's just Beema.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I definitely see an improvement but it's so negligible I don't think it'd be worth it.

You can do an ASRock b450 fatality mitx and a 2200g for roughly $180...
I suspect the price on this is going to be $130... Unless I was super budget constrained I wouldn't even consider this... Maybe for $49.99 with free shipping.

I think I bought my a68n-5000 for around $50 way back when, so hopefully they keep it realistic.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

I think I bought my a68n-5000 for around $50 way back when, so hopefully they keep it realistic.

I hope so... Honestly $85 and not a penny more.
I used a very similar board that had an E-350... It wasn't bad for a 720p Win7 MCE streaming box. But that was definitely it's upper limits...
The sad thing is simple cheap Android boxes can do 4k @7w, work with NAS etc...
They are more compatible than most are aware and again cheap... The MiBox 2 is $50.
AirTv boxes do all that and can be a OTA DVR

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

I hope so... Honestly $85 and not a penny more.
I used a very similar board that had an E-350... It wasn't bad for a 720p Win7 MCE streaming box. But that was definitely it's upper limits...
The sad thing is simple cheap Android boxes can do 4k @7w, work with NAS etc...
They are more compatible than most are aware and again cheap... The MiBox 2 is $50.
AirTv boxes do all that and can be a OTA DVR

I used my board for Win7/8 MCE. It was able to handle OTA 720p/1080i DVR work. It certainly always felt near its limit, but honestly, with an SSD it did okay. Would love to see AMD enhance Puma, add dual channel memory and updated graphics and move it to 7nm. I think it would make a great passively cooled chip. Probably not worth the effort though.

 

[Ruru]

That 45 degree fan mounting reminds me of ghetto modding a fan to a graphics card which had a similar, small passive heatsink.