AMD Fusion Mini-ITX

Skilty · 28 Jan 2011 at 00:05

Review in AnandTech for the MSI board is up.

The Brazos Review: AMD's E-350 Supplants ION for mini-ITX

Methanoid · 28 Jan 2011 at 08:06

And if you skip towards the end where there are some real world tests (app loading, app usage) its generally less than 10% faster, better graphics performance for games etc, higher CPU usage for video (WTF?) and better power consumption (that WAS a surprise), all in comparison to D510 or Ion assisted Atom. And it strangely says target price $100.

So pretty much all as I said earlier and was challenged on

Still, do feel its gotta be better than the Atoms and gives it some competition and impetus to be improved by Intel & Nvidia

Emlyn_Dewar · 28 Jan 2011 at 09:54

Around $100 but with costs creeping up to around $130 once boards start to add "enhancements".

I can see their recommended ~$100 translating to a clean £100 at release, with the Asus board costing more.

"Remember that the Atom 330 is a dual-core CPU with SMT (4-threads total) so you’re actually getting 17.2% of four hardware threads used, but 34.4% of two cores. The E-350 by comparison leaves 27.8% of its two cores in use during this test. Both systems have more than enough horsepower left over to do other things."

I guess that covers the higher utilisation bit, I completely forgot the Atom had hyperthreading...
Interesting to see the Pentium 4 put in there aswell at the end for comparison, surprised it did so poorly.

They seem quite impressed with it's performance over Atom, I agree with their point about the SSD also. Using mine in the current HTPC and it really does make the difference.

It looks good to me, especially with those power usage results.

They need to hurry up and be released in the wild!

Skilty · 28 Jan 2011 at 13:50

I just want it to replace the current AMD 7750 and Ati 5450 setup I have.

Not interested in 3D so HDMI 1.3 is fine by me! As it will have a light install of Windows 7 and only be used for WMC looks like it is the ticket combined with a PicoPSU

Aruffell · 2 Feb 2011 at 08:27

Just an update to Adam's Fusion Mini-ITX preview with the first review of the Asus E35M1-M Pro - http://www.eteknix.com/motherboards/asus-e35m1-m-pro-amd-fusion-mini-itx-motherboard-review-727/

Hopefully Gibbo can shed some more light on when they will be ready to grab

Thanks,

Andy

Sootie · 2 Feb 2011 at 13:21

Very interested in one of these. Especially for £100 or less.

Methanoid · 3 Feb 2011 at 08:50

The Asus one is now listed in UK at £107 inc. Given that this is the "top spec" Zacate board I'd actually say... wait for it..... that I think it's pretty good value.

I do note that no-one has managed to overclock Zacate past 1.64ghz which is a bit disapointing (in reviews etc)

Skilty · 3 Feb 2011 at 11:53

According to another site they should be available next week.

Have seen the Asus pro version listed for £120 but this is mATX rather than MiniITX so I am holding out until next week.

Really want to get my grubby hands on the Asus Deluxe board!

Methanoid · 3 Feb 2011 at 12:29

Didnt even notice it was mATX!!! Thats cos my eyes are shot

http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/motherboards/1282435/asus-e35m1-i review suggests that a UK price of £141 for the ITX board. Sheesh thats a lot! I hope Asus bring out a "non-Deluxe" model too.

vanandjuanunited · 7 Feb 2011 at 11:52

ANy more word on these?

Interested in its gfx capabilities ie HD audio over hdmi for htpc

Skilty · 8 Feb 2011 at 10:16

vanandjuanunited said:
ANy more word on these?

Interested in its gfx capabilities ie HD audio over hdmi for htpc

From memory these do bitstream over HDMI (1.3), same reason I am getting it for my 7.1 surround sound setup in the lounge.

Still not seen stock listings anywhere.

Sareth · 8 Feb 2011 at 18:36

Skilty said:
From memory these do bitstream over HDMI (1.3), same reason I am getting it for my 7.1 surround sound setup in the lounge.

Still not seen stock listings anywhere.

I've only seen pre-orders on the Asus.

Skilty · 9 Feb 2011 at 10:38

Sareth said:
I've only seen pre-orders on the Asus.

Same here the PRO is on pre-order for around £108, so not sure what the pricing will be on the Deluxe.

Cleanthes · 14 Feb 2011 at 15:46

vanandjuanunited · 14 Feb 2011 at 17:34

Well thats my order in.

Delivery stated for next Monday so we will see.

Might have to change my psu for this new monster combination. Currently using a Corsair 620W psu. Not sure it will cope

Skilty · 15 Feb 2011 at 17:45

Seen the Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 on pre-order for around £110.

Still waiting to see the Asus Deluxe in stock somewhere, preferably here Gibbo!!!

Skilty · 18 Feb 2011 at 13:07

In the end I went for a miniITX case that can take a microATX board by obscuring the pci and pci-e ports (which I don't need) and got the Asus pro m/b. Add in 4gb memory and a Crucial SSD it should be a rocking and silent HTPC build!!

Emlyn_Dewar · 18 Feb 2011 at 13:21

Looking forward to seeing people's builds with these.
I'll be waiting to check out boards with PCI slots as I'd quite like to keep using my TV card.
Got a more discreet ITX case that I'll be trying to squash everything into, the mini skeleton isn't loved by everyone.

Methanoid · 18 Feb 2011 at 13:29

Which case?

vanandjuanunited · 18 Feb 2011 at 13:54

I want the deluxe one but cant find it anywhere