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KitGuru has looked at several new Fusion boards from AMD partners MSI and Sapphire. Both products left us with positive feelings – the mixture of low power drain, competitive pricing and excellent high definition media performance is certainly a heady combination. Today we are building a more expensive media system based around the Asus E35M1-I Deluxe motherboard and stylish Thermaltake Armor A30 chassis.
AMD Fusion is the marketing name for a series of Accelerated Processing Units that have been in development since 2006. This design combines general processor execution with 3D geometry processing and other functions of modern GPU’s into a single chip.
The passively cooled Asus motherboard features the new dual core AMD E350 CPU with AMD Radeon HD6310 graphics. It offers HDMI, DVI output with wireless, Bluetooth, Sata 6GB/s and USB 3.0 connectivity.
This is our first in a two part review of the Asus E35M1-I Deluxe. Next time we will be focusing on gaming performance with some discrete solutions. All our testing today on the Asus E25M1-I Deluxe will be at at our maximum overclocked figures.
| CPU | AMD CPU on Board ;Integrated dual-core AMD® Zacate™ 18W Processors |
| Chipset | AMD Hudson M1 |
| Memory | 2 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 1066/800 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory * Please refer to www.asus.com or user manual for Memory QVL. * When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended. |
| Expansion Slots | 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (at x4 mode, with latch) |
| VGA | Integrated AMD® Zacate™ Graphics Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920×1200@60Hz Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 1920×1080@60Hz Supports D-sub with max. resolution up to 2560×1600@60Hz |
| Storage | Southbridge 5 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports 1 xExternal SATA 6Gb/s |
| LAN | Realtek® 8111E PCIe Gigabit LAN controller |
| Audio | ALC892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC Supports DTS Surround Sensation Ultra-PC * Use a chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to support an 8-channel audio output. |
| USB | NEC Controller: – 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports at mid-board, 2 ports at back panel) Chipset built-in: – 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel) |
| ASUS Unique Features | ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 AI Suite II TurboKey II Mem OK! Q-FAN Anti-surge DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC ASUS@Vibe Support |
| Back Panel I/O Ports | 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo port 1 x DVI 1 x HDMI 1 x External SATA 6Gb/s 1 x LAN(RJ45) port(s) 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 1 x S/PDIF Out (optical) 1 x Bluetooth 3.0 adapter 2 x Wifi antenna ports 3 x Audio jacks |
| Internal I/O Connectors | 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 connector(s) support additional 2 USB 3.0 ports 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connector(s) support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports 1 x MemOK! switch 5 x SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU Fan connector(s) 1 x Chassis Fan connector(s) 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector 1 x S/PDIF Out connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector 1 x Front panel audio connector 1 x System Panel connector 1 x Turbo Key II switch |
| BIOS | 32 Mb Flash ROM , AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, ACPI 2.0a, SM BIOS 2.6 |
| Accessories | User's manual 1 x I/O Shield 2 x SATA 6.0Gb/s cables 2 x Wifi antennas 1 x Support DVD |
| Support Disc | Drivers Anti-virus software (OEM version) ASUS Update ASUS Utilities |
| Form Factor | Mini ITX Form Factor 6.7 inch x 6.7 inch ( 17 cm x 17 cm ) |
