Previews - AMD Athlon 5350 (28nm Kabini)

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

CAT's started compiling a review thread in hardware:

http://forums.hexus.net/cpus/319797-...ew-thread.html

tbh, we won't get any realistic power draw figures until someone does a review with a < 100W pico - at wall draws are < 40W, which on the PSUs most people are using are < 10% load so likely to be very inefficient....

http://nl.hardware.info/reviews/5330...mverbruik-idle

They used a 150W pico-PSU and the system consumed under 10W at the wall when idle.

This motherboard was £21.99:

http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Componen...imit=30&page=1

[shaithis]

Yup, just re-doing my spec and the case and psu are going to cost more than the cpu and mobo....

[Agent]

10W idle.....

I think I'm in love.

Now....undervolting?

[Goobley]

It's getting to the point where your screen and other peripherals are going to dominate the processor in power use... I know that my non-LED 22" screen (at home and almost 6 years old now) consumes 60W...

[mtyson]

MSI releases AM1 socketed Kabini Mini-ITX AM1I motherboard

[Biscuit]

If only there was one with a bucket load of SATA ports! PCI-E x4 is good for a storage drive controller card mind

[flufflogic]

Good for streaming and video, then? Wonder if it'll support 3D output for blu-rays...

[tonyd223]

HP Proliant Microserver G7 after rebate is £100, so you get a dual core processor, 2Gb RAM, 250 Gb HDD, case, power supply, motherboard - you put a discrete graphics card in that and it makes much more sense...

[nepenthes]

Seems to be very good for a budget build, one for the parents maybe

[HalloweenJack]

and why is the review not testing against an ATOM - the i5`s in the review cost more than the entire itx build would!

[DanceswithUnix]

If only there was one with a bucket load of SATA ports! PCI-E x4 is good for a storage drive controller card mind

Asrock are doing ITX boards with 4 SATA ports which would be enough for me. I really want mATX board though so I can plug a couple of cards in.

For £35 Newegg have the one that can take an power brick plugged in, no idea what their UK shipping costs though. Anyone tried them yet?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157491

[mercyground]

Newegg ship here now. (seems to be 10-15quid depending on time)

[kompukare]

Asrock are doing ITX boards with 4 SATA ports which would be enough for me. I really want mATX board though so I can plug a couple of cards in.

For £35 Newegg have the one that can take an power brick plugged in, no idea what their UK shipping costs though. Anyone tried them yet?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157491

Available in the UK too. Already mentioned in Cat's epic thread:
http://forums.hexus.net/cpus/241925-...ml#post3248809

Think the newegg price will the be same once you've added postage (and would you get hit with VAT and custom on top of that?). Nah, those comments on the newegg thread are spot on I think. Newegg's expansion to the UK and Australia must be something to impress their board or shareholders. See them leaving faster than Bestbuy (although how can they leave if they never even got here?)

[3dcandy]

Typical - can't find it now but there was a couple of places with pre-orders for the ASRock mobo @ £35
I do find it interesting that the biggest complaint seems to be the odd 2 hole mounting mechanism that is a bit bizarre. Also, that ASRock has a mini-pcie slot but I can't see where the screw holes are to screw it down...

[DanceswithUnix]

Well hopefully that will settle down to about £40 here in a week or so.

Really cheap cases do come with a PSU built in, but I think I would rather avoid using one of those

http://www.ebuyer.com/501593-cit-mtx...u-cscitmtx005b

[keithwalton]

Cheap yes, cheerful maybe, can I find a use for one unlikely.

As they say you get what you pay for and you don't get much cpu grunt in that, would be interested to see how it fairs to the latest arm and atom cores, not good i'm suspecting