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Alex B.

Alex B.

Joined on 12/26/06

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Most Favorable Review

Excellent low power APU

AMD Athlon 5350 - Athlon Kabini Quad-Core 2.05 GHz Socket AM1 25W AMD Radeon R3 Desktop Processor - AD5350JAHMBOX
AMD Athlon 5350 - Athlon Kabini Quad-Core 2.05 GHz Socket AM1 25W AMD Radeon R3 Desktop Processor - AD5350JAHMBOX

Pros: Low power draw Low temps with stock cooling. I'm currently running some distributed computing software on it and its reporting room temp (74F) Performs better than Atom Relative low cost

Cons: Needs to be a bit cheaper Single channel memory No overclocking but its not supposed to be OC'd anyways Graphics are a tad weak but ok for something like Bastion No word on whether or not Beema is compatible with the AM1 socket

Overall Review: The price of this and a mobo are within the region of a Haswell Celeron and mobo. However as a low power solution, you won't find better than this.

Most Critical Review

Not worth it.

GIGABYTE GA-Z87-HD3 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z87-HD3 LGA 1150 Intel Z87 HDMI USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Stock settings sort of work as intended. Decent for anyone with a non-k CPU that may want to Crossfire later.

Cons: Was the sole purpose of numerous BSODS before a UEFI update.

Overall Review: Doesn't like OCing either, but will happily underclock my CPU to 800MHz at 1.2 volts. Kind of odd that it has OCing options that do this.

A Good First Try

Intel BOXD201GLY2 Intel Celeron 220 with a 533 MHz FSB SiS 662 Micro ATX Motherboard / CPU Combo
Intel BOXD201GLY2 Intel Celeron 220 with a 533 MHz FSB SiS 662 Micro ATX Motherboard / CPU Combo

Pros: It's cheap. Faster than anything VIA has to offer right now. 2 USB headers for 6 USB ports total.

Cons: The integrated graphics system sucks horribly. No reset CMOS jumper. One ram slot, though it's no big deal.

Overall Review: The SiS chipset was a horrible idea. You can't listen to music and play a Genesis game in full screen at the same time without dropped frames. Unless you will use this board as a server, get a graphics card.