Asus AM1I-A

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Pros:

Nice layout. Good connectivity, including six USB ports. GUI-based BIOS screens.
Six USB ports, Attractive UEFI BIOS, Smart board layout

Cons:

Some of the extra features are legacy-based. Pricey for an AM1 motherboard
Pricey, as AM1 boards go, Most features for the extra money (COM port, parallel header) only of specialized interest

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Last revision on March 29, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Nice layout. Good connectivity, including six USB ports. GUI-based BIOS screens
Six USB ports, Attractive UEFI BIOS, Smart board layout

Reviewers Didn't Like

Some of the extra features are legacy-based. Pricey for an AM1 motherboard
Pricey, as AM1 boards go, Most features for the extra money (COM port, parallel header) only of specialized interest

Expert reviews and ratings

The AM1I-A may be the fullest-featured AM1 motherboard you can buy, but its price premium is tough to dismiss on this extreme-budget platform, given that similar boards sell for as little as $35. Read...

By Computer Shopper on June 19, 2014

Comparing the AM1 motherboards the ASRock AM1H-ITX is our favourite. In terms of functionality this board is clearly a step above the rest. It has the option to use an external DC-adapter, 4x USB 3.0, 4x SATA600, Displayport and the option to place a...

By uk.hardware.info on December 24, 2014

The Asus AM1I-A is a budget motherboard made for AMD's AM1 System on Chip (SoC) processors. It has a full feature set, but some of those features may seem extraneous in a sleek, modern...

By PC Mag on November 26, 2014

Targeting power-misers, AMD's low-energy Kabini-based APUs could easily find their way into entertainment PCs, office machines, and PoS terminals. Of course, you need a motherboard to make it a “platform” and we found three companies willing to help. ...

By Tom's Hardware on July 02, 2014

The AMD Athlon and Sempron return... sort of! These new Athlon and Sempron parts (codenamed Kabini) are nothing like the ones of days past. These puppies sport an on-chip GPU (Radeon R3, Radeon HD 8400 graphics) making them APUs, AMD's System on Chip...

By Neoseeker on April 23, 2014

Linux Compatibility:The AM1I-A is the main motherboard we have been using up to this point for all of our Athlon/Sempron AM1 benchmarking at Phoronix. The board has been working very well with modern Linux distributions; support for the AMD AM1 goes...

By Phoronix on April 18, 2014