Joined on 01/27/03
Great for XBMC (openelec)!
Pros: Had to RMA a garbage AMD APU board that I initially bought for an XBMC box. Got this instead and am extremely satisfied! Runs cool even while playing HD video. HDMI video and sound works out of the box with OpenElec XBMC. I put 4GB of RAM in it and a PCI WiFi adapter.
Cons: Case power/led/reset pin header is at the bottom of the board and the case wires were pretty snug getting to the headers. Not bad enough to deduct a star though.
Followup
Pros: This is a followup to my previous review. I returned this board and got GIGABYTE GA-C847N-D Intel Celeron 847 1.1GHz Intel NM70 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU/VGA Combo from newegg.
Cons: Manufacturer replied to my first review asking me to contact them... well, I had already contacted them before ever posting the review, but they never answered! This is what I got from the manufacturer when I submitted a support request: Dear Customer, We have received your inquiry & your Case ID is 13072210015. We will reply to you as possible as we can. If you intend to check the issue processing status, please log in ECS website as follows by your email account & Case ID. Login Or go to the URL below to check it&nbs p;out: View Case ※This is an AUTO-REPLY message.Any reply to this EMAIL will be ignored!!!. And they NEVER got back to me after that, which is why I had no choice but to RMA it. So adding horrible customer service to the review...
Overall Review: Find something better!
overheats constantly
Pros: It's small...
Cons: Overheats in no time. Runs 100+ C all the time. Even just in the BIOS (UEFI) watching the temps it still overheats. Absolutely worthless. Sending back to find something that actually works.