Sapphire Edge VS8 review | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:37:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Sapphire Edge VS8 review | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Sapphire EDGE VS8 Barebones Model Review (8GB/SSD) https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/zardon/sapphire-edge-vs8-barebones-model-review-8gbssd/ https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/zardon/sapphire-edge-vs8-barebones-model-review-8gbssd/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=126232 Kitguru has reviewed many of the diminutive, versatile Sapphire EDGE systems in the last couple of years. We reviewed the EDGE HD3 in February 2012, powered by the AMD E450 and the EDGE VS8 in December 2012, powered by the AMD A8 4555M APU. In early February we also reviewed the latest Celeron powered EDGE …

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Kitguru has reviewed many of the diminutive, versatile Sapphire EDGE systems in the last couple of years. We reviewed the EDGE HD3 in February 2012, powered by the AMD E450 and the EDGE VS8 in December 2012, powered by the AMD A8 4555M APU. In early February we also reviewed the latest Celeron powered EDGE HD4. Today however we have something really special for you – the enthusiast focused barebones version of the EDGE VS8.

The EDGE VS8 has been my personal favourite of all the EDGE systems I have reviewed to date. The quad core AMD A8 4555M APU (1.6ghz) proved quite powerful and capable of handling a variety of tasks, a significant step above the Intel ATOM processors of yesteryear. It also demands very little power at the socket, which is a huge selling point if the system is to be left on 24/7.

My biggest problem with all of Sapphire's EDGE systems has been the company insistence on including a painfully slow 2.5 inch 5,400 rpm mechanical hard drive. This has had a hugely negative impact on the overall performance of the system.

The barebones version of the EDGE VS8 negates this concern, as the system doesn't ship with memory or a hard drive. You therefore have the option to populate this unit with whatever memory and hard drive, or solid state drive that you want. As the starting price has also been reduced accordingly this is surely a good thing.

The EDGE VS8 is built inside a tiny little chassis which is vertically mounted on a supplied stand. If the barebones VS8 is too expensive, then Sapphire also sell a VS4 version. This system features the 1.9ghz, dual core AMD A4-4335m.

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Sapphire Edge VS8 Mini PC Review https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/zardon/sapphire-edge-vs8-mini-pc-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/zardon/sapphire-edge-vs8-mini-pc-review/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:16:44 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=118164 Today we are looking at the latest Edge VS8 Mini PC from Sapphire, the follow up to the Edge HD3 which we reviewed earlier this year. The new Edge VS8 is based around an AMD Quad Core A8 1.6ghz APU with onboard HD7600G graphics. Our review sample ships with a large 500GB hard drive and …

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Today we are looking at the latest Edge VS8 Mini PC from Sapphire, the follow up to the Edge HD3 which we reviewed earlier this year. The new Edge VS8 is based around an AMD Quad Core A8 1.6ghz APU with onboard HD7600G graphics. Our review sample ships with a large 500GB hard drive and 4GB of DDR3 memory. Is this an ideal solution to as a diminutive ‘general use' PC when paired up with a High Definition Television set?

When I reviewed the Edge HD3 in February I was pleasantly surprised with the usefulness of the DVD sized system, even though the AMD E450 APU was a little underpowered.

The new Edge VS8 features AMD's latest A8 4555M APU, a more powerful design with enhanced graphics capabilities. The HD7600G graphics core is actually a slightly down clocked version of the GPU in the more expensive AMD A10 series.

Sapphire will be offering a ‘bare bones' unit which means you can add a Solid State Drive, with support for memory configurations up to 16GB.

The only thing you need to watch out for, is that Sapphire don't ship the Edge VS Mini with any operating system installed – so you need to budget that into the overall cost.

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