ASUS E45M1-I DELUXE Mini ITX motherboard

scwilson · 2 Nov 2011 at 14:00

Anyone know when this is going to hit the shelves in the UK? I can't seem to find stock anywhere;

http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_CPU_on_Board/E45M1I_DELUXE/

I was going to buy the E35M1 Deluxe but if this is out now or very soon, I'm thinking of waiting.

I keep going back to the Asus boards as I can't, at the moment, find any other Mini-ITX board that beats them.

scwilson · 2 Nov 2011 at 15:33

Thanks Smit. I'll probably wait a while then. I'm not really in any hurry anyhow.

scwilson · 9 Nov 2011 at 23:43

It all says "Private" - how can I post in that section?

scwilson · 9 Nov 2011 at 23:46

Ah - it's OK, I've managed to post

scwilson · 16 Nov 2011 at 00:15

I'm not sure. All I know is my current AC Ryan PlayonHD Mini has a 500MHz CPU and it plays Blu-Ray ISO and MKV without breaking into a sweat at all so I would imagine this motherboard would not have any issues.

I am waiting to see the prices because I suspect the E450 will sit somewhere around £130 - £145 which is too much and in which case, might be pursuaded by the E350 if that is reduced.

scwilson · 16 Nov 2011 at 14:29

Yeah ... me thinks I might try and weigh up whether it is actually worth the extra cost. I mean, I know the E350 is more than enough for what I want to do, it's just the question of whether I wait a little bit longer for the E450 or not. Of course, the E350 has been tried and tested so there is some re-assurance there and new products bring potentially new problems