Three AMD AM1 Motherboards For The Kabini APU, Reviewed
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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.
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jdwii
July 2, 2014 12:19:14 AM
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blackmagnum
July 2, 2014 2:27:18 AM
zetonfire
July 2, 2014 3:28:01 AM
I own this processor paired with a gt 630 from nvidia, 4 gb of ram, hdd 1tb 7200 Rpm and what can i say, it does the job well, it runs 1080p movies with no problem. I play lol with high settings at @ 30-60 fps. At WoW it kinda struggles on 25 man raids but it still playable 20+fps, to mention that settings are nealy high. (both on 1080p). Nfs mostwanted 2012, battlefield 3, grid 2 on 720p 30fps most of the time, some fps drop there and there but still ok.I think if you put a better videocard ( i had the 630 @ house standing for nothing) it could do much better in certain games that are not processor hungry.
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Lightbulbie
July 2, 2014 4:14:52 AM
wtfxxxgp
July 2, 2014 4:20:16 AM
I don't understand why THW doesn't add in games like League of Legends or DOTA2 when testing this type of hardware. I'd like to believe that the person that buys a system like this and DOES NOT buy a discreet GPU is NOT going to be playing games like Far Cry anything. LOL and DOTA2 are free to play, and therefore it is much more likely that they may, at one or other point in time, be tested on this type of system. Make the Games review relevant to the hardware if there is not a discreet GPU, pretty please?
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Eelco van Vliet
July 2, 2014 4:32:52 AM
caamsa
July 2, 2014 6:10:13 AM
I recently built a wireless router using an Athlon 5150 in a Biostar AM1ML. I'm surprised that $30 board wasn't in the comparison as it has two pretty significant advantages that none of these boards have. It's a micro-DTX board which gives it an extra PCIe slot compared to the mini-ITX units but it still fits in most of the "mini-ITX" cube cases unlike the Gigabyte unit tested here. That second PCIe slot was just what the doctor ordered as I needed to add both a wired Ethernet card and a wireless NIC for that build and it all fit perfectly in a little Silverstone Sugo.
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Puiucs
July 2, 2014 7:28:01 AM
again i see reviews and benchmarks for Kabini and none answer the right questions.
Can it play 1080p/4k videos? (30 or 60fps) youtube or downloaded
Can it play games that are meant to work on low end PCs?
What is the HTML5 performance?
What is the average total cost of the system?
How can you further improve the system value, depending on the components you choose to buy for it?
Can it play 1080p/4k videos? (30 or 60fps) youtube or downloaded
Can it play games that are meant to work on low end PCs?
What is the HTML5 performance?
What is the average total cost of the system?
How can you further improve the system value, depending on the components you choose to buy for it?
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My Temash with 2 CUs at 3-400MHz is more than capable of playing RB6: Vegas2 and FEAR at great frame rates. A Kabini with higher clocks and greater memory through-put will play older DX games just dandy.
It's just a big fail when testers throw BF4 at a 15w APU and exclaim, "It can't play!"
It's quite dumb, too.
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ta152h
July 2, 2014 7:42:04 AM
Tom's should avoid talking about this subject, because every article completely misses the point, and shows a complete lack of understanding of the market.
These sites often make the same mistake, I think intentionally in some cases (not in Tom's, I think it's just not understanding), of taking products out of their context market. They might put a line up here or there reminding people of the market, but then test it in ways it was never intended to be used. The overall effect is misleading and inappropriate, but under the guise of being accurate since somewhere on some page they mention it's a lower end unit.
Probably they don't know how to test appropriately. In any case, there aren't the right benchmarks for this type of unit, and so the confused author complains about the CPU on the last page with one last misplaced remark.
But, for the more informed people, this is a very effective and efficient architecture. It performs as much work per clock cycle as their larger cores, despite being less than 1/3 the size. It's the same size as Bay Trail, despite being on 28nm as compared to 22nm, but has roughly 20% higher IPC, as well as much greater GPU performance. It's a great design.
Tom's just doesn't know better. They should. They don't. In their blundering and dull-witted way, they think it should be used for gaming, because everyone wanting a gaming processor is going to want one. Kids will be kids.
Minimally, put a discrete GPU in each, something cheap, if you want to test with games, although it's very difficult to see people buying this platform for gaming in any context. PS4 has that covered with a derivation of this successful architecture.
To complete the lack of understanding of this baffled author, we have the uninformed remark about the processor costing twice as much as the motherboard. Sadly, this author's lack of understanding precludes him from realizing this is the point. More was put on the APU so it wouldn't have to be put on the motherboard.
Just a bad article, with no understanding of the segment or product.
Also, these motherboards and products are more geared for countries that have less disposable income. You can get a 5150 and MB for less than $90, or a 5350 and MB for around $100, and both offer good enough performance to make these attractive products for people needing a computer, but with a limited budget. And no, that market doesn't buy these things for games.
In any case, the most interesting motherboard for the U.S. market was left out ASRock AM1H-ITX. If you want DisplayPort, it's the only game in town, as well.
These sites often make the same mistake, I think intentionally in some cases (not in Tom's, I think it's just not understanding), of taking products out of their context market. They might put a line up here or there reminding people of the market, but then test it in ways it was never intended to be used. The overall effect is misleading and inappropriate, but under the guise of being accurate since somewhere on some page they mention it's a lower end unit.
Probably they don't know how to test appropriately. In any case, there aren't the right benchmarks for this type of unit, and so the confused author complains about the CPU on the last page with one last misplaced remark.
But, for the more informed people, this is a very effective and efficient architecture. It performs as much work per clock cycle as their larger cores, despite being less than 1/3 the size. It's the same size as Bay Trail, despite being on 28nm as compared to 22nm, but has roughly 20% higher IPC, as well as much greater GPU performance. It's a great design.
Tom's just doesn't know better. They should. They don't. In their blundering and dull-witted way, they think it should be used for gaming, because everyone wanting a gaming processor is going to want one. Kids will be kids.
Minimally, put a discrete GPU in each, something cheap, if you want to test with games, although it's very difficult to see people buying this platform for gaming in any context. PS4 has that covered with a derivation of this successful architecture.
To complete the lack of understanding of this baffled author, we have the uninformed remark about the processor costing twice as much as the motherboard. Sadly, this author's lack of understanding precludes him from realizing this is the point. More was put on the APU so it wouldn't have to be put on the motherboard.
Just a bad article, with no understanding of the segment or product.
Also, these motherboards and products are more geared for countries that have less disposable income. You can get a 5150 and MB for less than $90, or a 5350 and MB for around $100, and both offer good enough performance to make these attractive products for people needing a computer, but with a limited budget. And no, that market doesn't buy these things for games.
In any case, the most interesting motherboard for the U.S. market was left out ASRock AM1H-ITX. If you want DisplayPort, it's the only game in town, as well.
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blafrisch
July 2, 2014 8:13:26 AM
caamsa said:
How about the ability to over clock these CPU's with these boards? As for POV, I come at this from the viewpoint of someone who's gamed on Haswell's integrated GPU. I'm just looking for entry-level performance. As in, barely useful 3D. I'm not finding it.
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MANOFKRYPTONAK
July 2, 2014 10:19:06 AM
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Wisecracker said:
Asus AM1I-A Mini ITXTHG announced the mobo on March 16th ...
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/am1-motherboard-soc...
No reference clock control in firmware or motherboard software. If you'd like to recommend a different application, feel free.
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Crashman said:
iknowhowtofixit said:
This article is useless. You will find more useful information on Newegg's product page. The tests conducted didn't match the intended application of these parts.Where are the tests that reflect that? I don't see any HD playback testing. I also don't see but one graph that shows any testing on power consumption. Do you not think people would be interested in seeing results for tests that aren't maxing out the CPU or GPU? What about a comparison to Intel Atom configurations? Anyone who is honestly interested in learning more about this platform could care less how well BF4 benches.
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jdwii
July 2, 2014 11:22:31 AM
I have to admit Crashman you let me down this time. This product is not meant for gaming besides simple flash games. The only thing you should have tested was video playback and read and write times on a sata drive with tests done on the Ethernet speeds and of course noise and temperature and power consumption. Possibly vmware. Heck should have thrown in some linux benches too with XBMC.
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iknowhowtofixit said:
Crashman said:
I thought it was supposed to be a low-energy multimedia platform with entry-level gaming capability.Where are the tests that reflect that?
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/athlon-5350-am1-pla...
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By making it affordable, AMD has to eliminate 2 mounting holes for socket AM1, and how much did they save by doing this? It would be better if it uses 4 mounting holes for the CPU cooler, so it's secure and not feel wobbly.
I has 2 netbooks, one was a Intel Atom @ 1.60GHz, its a single core with HT, and has Nvidia ION. The other is a AMD E2-2000 APU runnning at 1.75GHz dual core with AMD Radeon HD7340 graphics.
When it comes to running flash, both of these processors are way too weak to handle it.
GPU acceleration was suppose to help with flash, but somehow they don't always work or probably bad flash coding? When it does the, Intel does a better job, maybe because the Nvidia ION is a separate unit, not like AMD graphics that's built into the APU, so when even though the GPU is handling the load, the AMD APU will always running at very high CPU resources?
Still if you want to run flash, get a better CPU. Even a Intel Celeron can do a better job at handling flash than both of these weak ones.
jdwii said:
This build should not be used for anything other then flash games for HTPC its perfect and light server work i can build this for 250$ and its perfect. I has 2 netbooks, one was a Intel Atom @ 1.60GHz, its a single core with HT, and has Nvidia ION. The other is a AMD E2-2000 APU runnning at 1.75GHz dual core with AMD Radeon HD7340 graphics.
When it comes to running flash, both of these processors are way too weak to handle it.
GPU acceleration was suppose to help with flash, but somehow they don't always work or probably bad flash coding? When it does the, Intel does a better job, maybe because the Nvidia ION is a separate unit, not like AMD graphics that's built into the APU, so when even though the GPU is handling the load, the AMD APU will always running at very high CPU resources?
Still if you want to run flash, get a better CPU. Even a Intel Celeron can do a better job at handling flash than both of these weak ones.
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gallovfc
July 2, 2014 5:07:08 PM
FlexATX board ? Battlefield 4 ? 3DMark's Fire Strike ?
Are you guys kidding me ?
How about a PROFESSIONAL focused test ?
How about a comparisson against an Intel Celeron ?
How about World of Warcraft, Dota and LoL ?
The platform matters much more than 3 virtualy EQUAL boards !
The difference resides on the USB ports and the little details, and THAT matters.
No one would buy an AM1 system for it's capability to play Battlefield 4 !
Are you guys kidding me ?
How about a PROFESSIONAL focused test ?
How about a comparisson against an Intel Celeron ?
How about World of Warcraft, Dota and LoL ?
The platform matters much more than 3 virtualy EQUAL boards !
The difference resides on the USB ports and the little details, and THAT matters.
No one would buy an AM1 system for it's capability to play Battlefield 4 !
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Crashman said:
iknowhowtofixit said:
Crashman said:
I thought it was supposed to be a low-energy multimedia platform with entry-level gaming capability.Where are the tests that reflect that?
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/athlon-5350-am1-pla...
gallovfc said:
FlexATX board ? Battlefield 4 ? 3DMark's Fire Strike ?Are you guys kidding me ?
How about a PROFESSIONAL focused test ?
How about a comparisson against an Intel Celeron ?
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/athlon-5350-am1-pla...
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gallovfc
July 2, 2014 5:24:05 PM
And it should fit any Mini ITX board...
How abot 3DMark's Cloud Gate ?
How about Cinebench R15 ?
How about an HTPC roundup where different platforms come into play ?
A Core i3 would dictate the maximum budget, and then a Celeron, a Pentium, an AM1 Kabini and a FM2+ Kaveri.
No VGAs allowed, system builders going crazy with SSDs, cases, optical drives.
But using the fastest RAM each platform supports.
How about that ?
It would go almost like a SBM, but with HTPCs.
How abot 3DMark's Cloud Gate ?
How about Cinebench R15 ?
How about an HTPC roundup where different platforms come into play ?
A Core i3 would dictate the maximum budget, and then a Celeron, a Pentium, an AM1 Kabini and a FM2+ Kaveri.
No VGAs allowed, system builders going crazy with SSDs, cases, optical drives.
But using the fastest RAM each platform supports.
How about that ?
It would go almost like a SBM, but with HTPCs.
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gallovfc said:
And it should fit any Mini ITX board... How abot 3DMark's Cloud Gate ?
How about Cinebench R15 ?
How about an HTPC roundup where different platforms come into play ?
A Core i3 would dictate the maximum budget, and then a Celeron, a Pentium, an AM1 Kabini and a FM2+ Kaveri.
No VGAs allowed, system builders going crazy with SSDs, cases, optical drives.
But using the fastest RAM each platform supports.
How about that ?
It would go almost like a SBM, but with HTPCs.
Real HTPCs have graphics cards and allow owners to rid themselves of game consoles.
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I'm a little torn, but mostly biting my tongue because this is a motherboard comparison, and that's what was compared. My only relevant gripe then is that Asrock isn't included. Maybe they didn't send a board, but their models have two potentially overwhelming benefits for some uses: 1) an add-on controller giving two more SATA ports (good for server or NAS use), and 2) a low-voltage DC-in option, making the board usable with a 19V laptop adapter (think also car-computer).
Can you put a mSATA SSD on the MSI board? That would be nice: mSATA boot, 1xSATA data, and 1xSATA optical for movies.
Otherwise, I'd really like to see an article such as the one that PCPER did where they put a GTX750Ti on one and did gaming tests; it appeared to do pretty well. I think much more data could be provided there (such as the GPU scaling done recently), but that's another article, and I'll accept that it isn't part of a mobo review.
Can you put a mSATA SSD on the MSI board? That would be nice: mSATA boot, 1xSATA data, and 1xSATA optical for movies.
Otherwise, I'd really like to see an article such as the one that PCPER did where they put a GTX750Ti on one and did gaming tests; it appeared to do pretty well. I think much more data could be provided there (such as the GPU scaling done recently), but that's another article, and I'll accept that it isn't part of a mobo review.
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Onus said:
I'm a little torn, but mostly My only relevant gripe then is that Asrock isn't included. Maybe they didn't send a board, but their models have two potentially overwhelming benefits for some uses: 1) an add-on controller giving two more SATA ports (good for server or NAS use), and 2) a low-voltage DC-in option, making the board usable with a 19V laptop adapter (think also car-computer).Can you put a mSATA SSD on the MSI board? That would be nice: mSATA boot, 1xSATA data, and 1xSATA optical for movies.
The MSI board is mini PCIe only, not mSATA. It's outlined in the article. I think they were trying to avoid the shared-port tech support issue without adding a controller.
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jdwii
July 2, 2014 10:23:21 PM
cap_awesome9870
July 2, 2014 11:14:24 PM
cap_awesome9870 said:
i would have loved to see a comparison to a low cost Intel system.http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/athlon-5350-am1-pla...
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Nintendo Maniac 64
July 2, 2014 11:55:47 PM
gallovfc
July 3, 2014 9:36:01 AM
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gallovfc said:
And it should fit any Mini ITX board... How abot 3DMark's Cloud Gate ?
How about Cinebench R15 ?
How about an HTPC roundup where different platforms come into play ?
A Core i3 would dictate the maximum budget, and then a Celeron, a Pentium, an AM1 Kabini and a FM2+ Kaveri.
No VGAs allowed, system builders going crazy with SSDs, cases, optical drives.
But using the fastest RAM each platform supports.
How about that ?
It would go almost like a SBM, but with HTPCs.
Real HTPCs have graphics cards and allow owners to rid themselves of game consoles.
Quote:
gallovfc said:
And it should fit any Mini ITX board... How abot 3DMark's Cloud Gate ?
How about Cinebench R15 ?
How about an HTPC roundup where different platforms come into play ?
A Core i3 would dictate the maximum budget, and then a Celeron, a Pentium, an AM1 Kabini and a FM2+ Kaveri.
No VGAs allowed, system builders going crazy with SSDs, cases, optical drives.
But using the fastest RAM each platform supports.
How about that ?
It would go almost like a SBM, but with HTPCs.
Real HTPCs have graphics cards and allow owners to rid themselves of game consoles.
Consoles don't have separate GPUs anymore, so beyond 4k videos andall that HTPC stuff, it would test where exactly we are on SOCs, against this new console generation.
And I bet those entry Radeons R5 230 and Geforce GT610 (not to mention Geforce 210 that are still listed) are doomed and it makes me wonder who buys them ? People who don't know nothing about about APUs and SOCs.
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silverblue
July 3, 2014 2:02:56 PM
To be honest, if you're wanting a "can Kabini do this/that and how does it fare against Bay Trail", you should be headed to the original review:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/athlon-5350-am1-pla...
This article is a motherboard comparison which serves to highlight that choice makes little to how Kabini performs, so you can concentrate on what other features are provided and whether they're worth the money. The BF4 results are interesting but only in that they didn't appear in the original review.
As a side note, the power consumption figures here, though not totally comparable between articles, are lower.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/athlon-5350-am1-pla...
This article is a motherboard comparison which serves to highlight that choice makes little to how Kabini performs, so you can concentrate on what other features are provided and whether they're worth the money. The BF4 results are interesting but only in that they didn't appear in the original review.
As a side note, the power consumption figures here, though not totally comparable between articles, are lower.
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TechnoD
July 3, 2014 6:27:19 PM
Pretty much what everyone else has said.
I bought one of these earlier. It's in a mini-itx setup hooked up to my TV. I use it to watch TV, and the occasional flash game. For its purpose, its great. Runs cool, more than capable of 1080p playback.
I do NOT use this thing to play BF4. If I wanted to play BF4 I would get on my gaming PC.
I bought one of these earlier. It's in a mini-itx setup hooked up to my TV. I use it to watch TV, and the occasional flash game. For its purpose, its great. Runs cool, more than capable of 1080p playback.
I do NOT use this thing to play BF4. If I wanted to play BF4 I would get on my gaming PC.
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TechnoD said:
Pretty much what everyone else has said. I bought one of these earlier. It's in a mini-itx setup hooked up to my TV. I use it to watch TV, and the occasional flash game. For its purpose, its great. Runs cool, more than capable of 1080p playback.
I do NOT use this thing to play BF4. If I wanted to play BF4 I would get on my gaming PC.
3DFX. Remember them?
This is a motherboard roundup that compared motherboards. Rather than make excuses for a sub-1999 visual experience, why not just ignore the data that doesn't apply to your application and skip directly to the overall performance charts?
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Nintendo Maniac 64
July 5, 2014 10:20:36 AM
TechnoD said:
You can scream "wrong game" all you like but it failed at every game, at settings that look worse than the ones I used on my last 3DFX card.Except that, not only would Kabini have looked better in those (compatible) games that you were running on your 3DFX card, but that same 3DFX card wouldn't have even been able to run the games that you tested on Kabini.
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Nintendo Maniac 64 said:
Except that, not only would Kabini have looked better in those (compatible) games that you were running on your 3DFX card, but that same 3DFX card wouldn't have even been able to run the games that you tested on Kabini.
My hope was overclocking, but that wasn't supported in firmware, in the available versions of AMD Overdrive, or in motherboard-provided software. There might be a third-party app that lets people play though.
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Quote:
Really? Dude...http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/am1-motherboard-soc...
No reference clock control in firmware or motherboard software. If you'd like to recommend a different application, feel free.
There are two links in my post ...
It's the XS "AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini OC test" thread complete with screen shots and all kinds of *Big Fun* ...


Posted in Anand's Forums ...

Don't make me whip out the Official Seal of Epic Fail, Don
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Wisecracker said:
Quote:
Really? Dude...http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/am1-motherboard-soc...
No reference clock control in firmware or motherboard software. If you'd like to recommend a different application, feel free.
There are two links in my post ...
Don't make me whip out the Official Seal of Epic Fail, Don
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Figus77
July 9, 2014 7:01:09 AM
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TL;DRWhy not throw a mid-ranged discreet GPU in there and see what happens? It's all we really want to know. Otherwise this platform is for strictly 2D flash games.
I think Tom's tried some too high level games, i got a 5150 for media player and i can play in 1920 with very acceptable frame rate many games, i'm now playing Resident Evil Revelation HD and Mirror's Edge, not last year games, but still fun, i think many other steam summer sale games will play well... and sure.. no one will buy that hardware for games... and even put a budget vga in them will not be a wise idea.. you buy that hw for low power solution, put in a vga that draw more energy than all the system is not a wise choice...
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gallovfc
July 10, 2014 1:38:14 PM
Crashman said:
gallovfc said:
And it should fit any Mini ITX board... How abot 3DMark's Cloud Gate ?
How about Cinebench R15 ?
How about an HTPC roundup where different platforms come into play ?
A Core i3 would dictate the maximum budget, and then a Celeron, a Pentium, an AM1 Kabini and a FM2+ Kaveri.
No VGAs allowed, system builders going crazy with SSDs, cases, optical drives.
But using the fastest RAM each platform supports.
How about that ?
It would go almost like a SBM, but with HTPCs.
Real HTPCs have graphics cards and allow owners to rid themselves of game consoles.
I still think that a roundup with integrated GPUs would allow much smaller cases and contribute to the overall principle of going ITX, that is to save space and look nice below my TV set, fitting my shelf.
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Mark RM
July 16, 2014 6:15:01 AM
Sorry you're getting bashed for the content here but it DOES look like a laptop article or something. I am looking to buy one to load the media library at the cottage onto it and leave it there, I know it can't game, how's the output look, how does the music sound? Any problems with XMBC? How does it run or can it run emulated antique OS's? If I install 32 bit windows versions to retain 16 bit compatibility does it still work fine? You allude to it's potential niches all over the place in the article but don't check them out in testing. ARE the legacy ports actually functional AS legacy ports without any funky nonsense because I'm telling you depending on the supplier not every parallel port acts the same for those POS dongles. What's the max bit rate transfer of the supported serial port and who supplied that? Pretty important question to replace some PLC's with. What's the performance like compared to a dual core Prescott? The industrial/kiosk space is somewhere VIA in particular targets, how do things stand up there? I have no doubt you actually know what these AM1's are going to get used for and it sure as bleep isn't Metro 2033 running across eyefinity. Sometimes the one size fits all reviews of standardized PC hardware just do not fit. I think based on feedback here you have enough information and questions to write something interesting and fresh about these suckers and their competition.
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Mark RM said:
Sorry you're getting bashed for the content here but it DOES look like a laptop article or something. I am looking to buy one to load the media library at the cottage onto it and leave it there, I know it can't game, how's the output look, how does the music sound? Any problems with XMBC? How does it run or can it run emulated antique OS's? If I install 32 bit windows versions to retain 16 bit compatibility does it still work fine? You allude to it's potential niches all over the place in the article but don't check them out in testing. ARE the legacy ports actually functional AS legacy ports without any funky nonsense because I'm telling you depending on the supplier not every parallel port acts the same for those POS dongles. What's the max bit rate transfer of the supported serial port and who supplied that? Pretty important question to replace some PLC's with. What's the performance like compared to a dual core Prescott? The industrial/kiosk space is somewhere VIA in particular targets, how do things stand up there? I have no doubt you actually know what these AM1's are going to get used for and it sure as bleep isn't Metro 2033 running across eyefinity. Sometimes the one size fits all reviews of standardized PC hardware just do not fit. I think based on feedback here you have enough information and questions to write something interesting and fresh about these suckers and their competition. Only in the legacy OS (firmware issues) and legacy port compatibility. Everything else you mentioned should have been addressed in the AM1 launch article.
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Hey, Don ...
The system clock in the Asus AM1I-A is not pinned in the BIOS to the UNB, which has its own multiplier, nor the RAMs speed which can be lowered by divider to keep the memory closer to spec. Folks are simply cranking the clock, and bumping the volts when they hit a wall.
It's standard AMD old school OC'ing without worry of the non-existent HT Link speed.
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94_xj
August 17, 2014 1:09:27 PM
So it's ultimately as capable as the $160 Celeron based NUC I picked up. Sure, it's faster but still worthless for anything more than office applications, web browsing and media playback. I'd like to see someone make a similar device with this APU, I'd love to get away from the Intel graphics software and have some overscan/underscan control.
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