Cheap AM3 ITX - MINIX 6150SE-UC3

[imamage]

Just bought it today for HKD $ 399 ( ~$51 USD)
with "Old" GeForce 6150SE


Pic from HKEPC

The board itself support up to 95W TDP CPU

It uses Desktop DDR3 RAM , which is good news to me as I have couple of DDR3 available

The onboard comes with D-Sub (VGA) port output , but with PCI-e x16 slot
you can plug in any PCIe Graphic Card ( as long as it fits in your ITX Case!)

It doesn't have WiFi , USB 3.0 or eSATA port, but for a cheap ITX Build you can't really beat the price

I will upload some pic of it later tonight

[SubZero.it]

No hdmi?and i fear that pwm there...

[imamage]

No hdmi?and i fear that pwm there...

Something wrong with it??
I won't use 95W CPU with it , as it's for my ITX build I will get a 240e , maybe a Sempron 145/Athlon II x2 260 at max

[SoulsCollective]

For the price that looks like a very nice little board. I wouldn't try and run a 95W chip in it, as the CPU area looks a little weak, but for USD $50 even a 95W chip is probably going to be overkill. As for the lack of HDMI - you'd be crazy to try and use the onboard to drive a TV. Board is clearly meant to have a silent expansion card slotted in and used for video decoding.

[imamage]

For the price that looks like a very nice little board. I wouldn't try and run a 95W chip in it, as the CPU area looks a little weak, but for USD $50 even a 95W chip is probably going to be overkill. As for the lack of HDMI - you'd be crazy to try and use the onboard to drive a TV. Board is clearly meant to have a silent expansion card slotted in and used for video decoding.

I wish more company come up with AMD ITX board
Currently only ASUS , Zotac , Jetway and J&W (*MINIX)
Hopefully more will join the AMD ITX camp when Bobcat release

I bought this intend to use it with my Sempron 145 and my spare DDR3 RAM

[imamage]

Here is some pic of the board itself

[Tomasis]

i like it ITX and ddr3 yeah.. run 1055T 95W?

[choco banana]

Hey,

Is that an PCIe 16x or PCIe 16x 2.0 Port?

cheers

[richierich]

interesting, I will look into this board

[imamage]

Hey,

Is that an PCIe 16x or PCIe 16x 2.0 Port?

cheers

PCIe x16
as GeForce 6150SE don't have native support with PCI-e 2.0

[choco banana]

And Undervolting-Functions?

[imamage]

Will test it tomorrow night with Sempron 145
Too many OT lately , just too tired to test it out

[SubZero.it]

I wish more company come up with AMD ITX board
Currently only ASUS , Zotac , Jetway and J&W (*MINIX)
Hopefully more will join the AMD ITX camp when Bobcat release

I bought this intend to use it with my Sempron 145 and my spare DDR3 RAM

Yeah would be really happy swapping it my cpu in a AM3+ ITX

[Baam]

The 45 watt quad-cores good for that mobo?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...eId=1&name=45W

[imamage]

65W / 45W CPU should be fine

[doxology83]

there any place in the USA that sells this board cheap? looks like a great little board for a low power small theater pc to put in multiple rooms.

[choco banana]

And Undervolting-Functions?

And?

[celemine1Gig]

For all who are still interested, I just ordered the board. Will report back when I had the time to test it. Still need RAM to go with it.

The reasons for choosing this particular board are:
- low price
- official support for 95W TDP CPUs (upgrade path to X6 in the future)
- large variety of BIOS options (most importantly for me undervolting options for the CPU)
- single chipset --> easier to cool
- pcie slot for an additional video card (thinking about using a Nvidia G210 that I have lying around)
- uses standard DDR3 RAM

[imamage]

And?

You can undervolt your CPU
It work nicely with my Sempron 145 (unlock into Athlon II X2 4450e )

[duron]

i wonder how good is it for HTPC 1080p vids?
i just got an X2 220 (wont unlock on my HA08) & hope to pair with this
HTPC + Torrent Box = yeahhhhhh

[celemine1Gig]

i wonder how good is it for HTPC 1080p vids?
i just got an X2 220 (wont unlock on my HA08) & hope to pair with this
HTPC + Torrent Box = yeahhhhhh

The Geforce 6150SE isn't really fast when it comes to HD videos. It's much too old for that task. But you can still add a video card like a small Geforce or Radeon to make it a nice HTPC. For good HD video decoding you want at least a Nvidia Geforce 8200 chipset (or newer) or a AMD 780G chipset or newer.
But if you have a dual core CPU, it should still work. The CPU load will be high, but it should do the trick.

[Hawkeye4077]

You can undervolt your CPU
It work nicely with my Sempron 145 (unlock into Athlon II X2 4450e )

Have motherboard makers actually been able to unlock cores with Nvidia Chipsets? I've had 3 Nvidia based boards. All of which advertise some form of ACC/UCC and none of them work. Plop the cpu in pretty much and AMD chipset and it doesnt break a sweat.

[chinaguy]

I will be in Hong Kong in about 3 weeks so where did you buy this board please?

[AbortRetryFail?]

Have motherboard makers actually been able to unlock cores with Nvidia Chipsets? I've had 3 Nvidia based boards. All of which advertise some form of ACC/UCC and none of them work. Plop the cpu in pretty much and AMD chipset and it doesnt break a sweat.

Pretty much this & ...

The Geforce 6150SE isn't really fast when it comes to HD videos. It's much too old for that task. But you can still add a video card like a small Geforce or Radeon to make it a nice HTPC. For good HD video decoding you want at least a Nvidia Geforce 8200 chipset (or newer) or a AMD 780G chipset or newer.

There is a Zoltac ITX from the Egg with WiFi and the Geforce 8200 which goes on sale from time-to-time. Otherwise ....

J&W stuff never makes it to the States -- not sure about distribution in Europe. Here is the model I'd like to put on the bench if I could get my hands on it ...

J&W MINIX™ 890GX-USB3 SATA 6Gb/s

[SubZero.it]

Pretty much this & ...



There is a Zoltac ITX from the Egg with WiFi and the Geforce 8200 which goes on sale from time-to-time. Otherwise ....

J&W stuff never makes it to the States -- not sure about distribution in Europe. Here is the model I'd like to put on the bench if I could get my hands on it ...

J&W MINIX™ 890GX-USB3 SATA 6Gb/s

So dimm...ty