[geeks] Low-cost AMD E-350 MB at Newegg

[Lionel Peterson]

I forgot to provide a link to the board:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135290

And the rebate is good thru 4/2/12

Lionel

On Mar 23, 2012, at 6:39 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I just ordered one, and thought a few here might be interested as well
> - over at Newegg.com they have an AMD E-350 MB on sale for very little
> money ($50 after $30 rebate) that has some nice features and a low
> price (IMHO):
>
> - it has a PCI expansion slot, while slow, it lets you use older expansion
cards
> - it uses DDR3 memory (currently the cheapest form of RAM available -
> 8 Gigs for $35 is fairly common)
> - it can take a 4 Gig DDR3 DIMM in each slot, and with two slots, 8
> Gig of RAM is possible
> - only two SATA ports on-board
> - 8 USB ports onback, with two more headers on-board
> - it has an HDMI connector for video (also a VGA port)
> - the integrated Radeon HD 6310 supports DX11 graphics under Windows 7
> - Atheros gigabit Ethernet port
> - It's $50 + tax, after $30 rebate
>
> The E-350 is a low-power CPU, as is the Turion found in the HP
> MicroServer and the Intel Atom found in countless netbooks - this site
> has a performance comparison between these three CPUs:
>
>
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/AMD-Zacate-E350-Processor-Performance-Preview/
>
> Thought others might be interested - I haven't got mine yet, just
> ordered it this afternoon...
>
> --
> Lionel Peterson
> lionel4287 at gmail.com