Gigabyte Rolls Out H81N-D2H Mini-ITX Motherboard

[btarunr]

Gigabyte rolled out its latest entry-level socket LGA1150 motherboard in the mini-ITX form-factor, the H81N-D2H. Based on the Intel H81 Express chipset, the board takes in Core "Haswell" and "Devil's Canyon" processors (minus the overclocking support). The board draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 4-pin CPU power connectors, with a 3-phase VRM conditioning power for the CPU. The CPU socket is wired to two DDR3 DIMM slots, and a legacy PCI slot. Storage connectivity includes two each of SATA 6 Gb/s and SATA 3 Gb/s ports. Display outputs include one each of dual-link DVI, D-Sub, and HDMI. PS/2 on the rear panel, LPT and COM (by headers), make up legacy connectivity. Two USB 3.0 ports, and four USB 2.0 ports make up modern connectivity. 6-channel HD audio, and gigabit Ethernet make for the rest of it. The board is driven by UEFI BIOS.



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[dj-electric]

The PCI? probably GB not wanting budget gamers to "abuse" this motherboard's price tag.

/tinfoil hat

 

[S.Kim]

So, PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slot for H81 chipset is unavailable. What's going on...

 

[ensabrenoir]

The PCI? probably GB not wanting budget gamers to "abuse" this motherboard's price tag.

/tinfoil hat

+1

 

[Static~Charge]

Good job, Gigabyte - the lack of a PCI Express slot just ruined this board for use in any of my builds....

 

[Ruru]

Support for Devil's Canyon and having an ancient PCI-slot as the only one slot, what the..?