Sapphire EDGE HD3 Mini PC Review

When the Edge HD3 is first started, the 320GB drive ships in two partitions, with FREEDOS installed on Partition 1. We are going to install Windows 7 64 bit.

The first course of action is to wipe the hard drive as shown above.

After the install procedure – we are ready to install the software and drivers from the supplied optical disk.

The optical disc contains all the drivers needed for Windows XP, Vista and 7.

We don't really value the Windows Experience Index rating, but it can give a quick overview of the expected performance parameters. This system scores 3.9 out of a possible 7.9, held back by the processor which scores 3.9.

Above, an overview of the CPU taken from CPUz, GPUZ and Catalyst Control Center. The AMD E450 processor is a dual core design running at 1.65 ghz. It consumes a maximum of 18watts of power. The onboard HD6300 graphics has 80 unified shaders, 4 ROPS and is built on the 40nm process. Clock speed is 508mhz and the memory runs at 667mhz via a 128 bit memory interface.

The system wouldn't validate, however you can view the link here.

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