The Brazos Round-Up: Eight AMD E-350-Based Motherboards

[Aussie_Bear]

Some of you are really bad at reading AMD's simple Desktop roadmaps.

(1) Performance/Enthusiast end...

2011 => FX-series (Zambezi) => 1st gen Bulldozer (Introduction.)
2012 => Komodo => 2nd gen Bulldozer (Refinement of 1st gen. => "Enhanced")
2013 => ??? => 3rd gen Bulldozer (Major changes. => "Next-Generation")

(2) Mainstream market

2011 => A-series (Llano) => K10.5-based with modifications. Up to 4-cores.
2012 => Trinity => 2nd gen Bulldozer (refinement of 1st gen). Up to 4-cores.

(3) Low-power (Nettop/Low-power/Small-Form-Factor)

2011 => E-series (Zacate) => Bobcat in 40nm
2012 => Krishna => Enhanced-Bobcat in 28nm

 

[silverblue]

That's because AMD's "simple desktop roadmaps" are in the wild along with conflicting AMD documentation. Anyway, nothing of what I've posted is incorrect. 😛

 

[pyrrocc]

Thomas,

I'm somewhat disappointed given the form-factor and power envelope of the boards reviewed here that there were no media consumption tests performed while monitoring temperature, power, and noise. I understand that not all of the boards were designed with HTPC applications in mind (Jetway), but certainly HTPCs would be a significant portion of the interest in these boards.

-Pyrroc

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]pyrrocc[/nom]Thomas,I'm somewhat disappointed given the form-factor and power envelope of the boards reviewed here that there were no media consumption tests performed while monitoring temperature, power, and noise. I understand that not all of the boards were designed with HTPC applications in mind (Jetway), but certainly HTPCs would be a significant portion of the interest in these boards.-Pyrroc[/citation]Given that they all use the same APU, I refer to the original APU review by Chris Angelini and only look for "performance problems" in benchmarks. The real point of the roundup was to see what kind of features and cooling you could get for your money.

 

[Guest]

I'd like to see more FANLESS motherboards. Those 40mm cooling fans are annoyingly loud.

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]penguin386[/nom]I'd like to see more FANLESS motherboards. Those 40mm cooling fans are annoyingly loud.[/citation]Given the heat output and some of the cases that people are putting these in, I'd like to see some 92mm slim fans running at like 600 RPM.

 

[Guest]

One of these would be a great base for Windows Home Server.

 

[kartu]

Uhm, no direct comparison to Atom?

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]kartu[/nom]Uhm, no direct comparison to Atom?[/citation]You missed that article? Chris Angelini wrote the E-350 APU article months ago.

 

[msroadkill612]

seems to me they range from $110 to $175 - what do u get for $65 now - imagine the cost & hassle of dicovering u need a port etc u didnt anticipate

extra $ on a top mobo is the best $ u ever spent

tp me - the asus deluxe seems to win

passive cpu & psu cooling would be a must for me - maybe both - a big slow fan too

 

[msroadkill612]

it may sound dumb, but may also help some

the only power consumption figure that matters is the idle for a 24/7 PC. if its busy doing work - who cares - just do what u gotta do - but if its sitting on its ass & chewing juice - thats relevant - cos thats most of the time mostly - we all gotta sleep etc.

 

[zaxevil]

i've got this one, very low gaming power T_T

 

[devBunny]

Four minutes to compress a nearly CD-sized folder brings found memories of Pentium 4s. It’s fortunate for AMD, then, that these systems use around 1/6th the power of those long-forgotten relics. Efficiency is this platform’s raison d'être.

It's 2013 and I'm contradicting you from one of those long-forgotten Pentium 4 relics. ;o)