SAPPHIRE Pure Fusion Mini E350 Motherboard Review

Thu, 2011-04-14 12:45 -- B. Ramirez

This is the new Sapphire Pure Fusion Mini E350 motherboard. This is a Mini-ITX form factor motherboard that features the latest technology. This board retails for about 140 dollars.

  • AMD E350 dual core processor
  • AMD Radeon HD 6310 integrated graphics processor
  • 2 x DDR3 SO-DIMM Single Channel 1066/800 4 gigs max
  • 8 Channel High Definition Audio
  • 1 PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot with x4 bandwidth, 1 Mini PCI-E 2.0 x1
  • PCI Express Gigabit LAN
  • 2x USB 3.0 rear I/O
  • 4x USB 2.0 rear I/O (up to 8 total)
  • 5 SATA 3.0 6Gb/s Supports AHCI
  • 1 ESATA 3Gb/s Supports AHCI
  • Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR support
  • 1x Optical SP-DIF out port
  • 1x Front Audio header
  • 1x SP-DIF I/O header
  • LED Diagnostics
  • Dimensions- 170x170mm Mini-ITX form factor

As you can see this is a fully featured Mini-ITX motherboard. The ability to use the latest hard drive and connectivity technology is very impressive. The built in APU, with this chipset from AMD, will allow you to watch videos in full HD with as low as 20% CPU usage. This will fit a multitude of uses and customer needs. These boards have been very popular with those who want the functionality of a full desktop, but without the noise or the power consumption. These won’t appeal to gamers because that isn’t what these are designed for, but they are quite useful for storage and even some networking. These boards have also been very popular for those that are into extreme modding. The reason for this is that these boards are small enough to fit into almost anything. Even toasters have been converted into computers with boards like these. So now you will be able to mod in style.

The Sapphire Mini E350 Pure Fusion has some really good features and will give more capabilities than a lot of mini-ITX boards that are currently available on the market for a solid price.

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