[GreenEyez]

Just read this on Engadget, it seems that the new E450 APU will be available as of today, with HDMI 1.4 support and 3D playback, and from the looks of it, lower power consumption.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/22/a...-1333-support/

 

[trooper11]

thats good news.


i have to wait before i can build another htpc anyway, and id love to be able to save money (and fitting it all in a small case) by going with a e450 build that is soley focused on playing back media (3d, 1080p HD, etc, etc). The e350 is missing that little bit of performance that would have made it perfect, so i hope the e450 platform is enough to put it over the top.

 

[jeffkro]



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Originally Posted by trooper11 /forum/post/20853702


thats good news.


i have to wait before i can build another htpc anyway, and id love to be able to save money (and fitting it all in a small case) by going with a e450 build that is soley focused on playing back media (3d, 1080p HD, etc, etc). The e350 is missing that little bit of performance that would have made it perfect, so i hope the e450 platform is enough to put it over the top.

The cpu portion is bumping from 1.6 to 1.65 Ghz, I don't think this is going to be that much different. The graphics core gets bumped up more but I think it wasn't the wink link. Maybe the bump in memory bandwidth will help to but I really think the two cpu's need to be bumped up to 2.0ghz. Take the same basic setup move it to 32nm, bump it to 2.0ghz, and add dual channel ddr3 support and you would have something. Best just to wait for Llano A4 in my opinion, which also gives you choice in heatsink/fan setup.

 

[bjterry62]



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Originally Posted by jeffkro /forum/post/20854361


The cpu portion is bumping from 1.6 to 1.65 Ghz, I don't think this is going to be that much different. The graphics core gets bumped up more but I think it wasn't the wink link. Maybe the bump in memory bandwidth will help to but I really think the two cpu's need to be bumped up to 2.0ghz. Take the same basic setup move it to 32nm, bump it to 2.0ghz, and add dual channel ddr3 support and you would have something. Best just to wait for Llano A4 in my opinion, which also gives you choice in heatsink/fan setup.

jeffkro is accurate for everything except the few programs that allow for hardware acceleration. With those, even the E350 is fine.


BT

 

[renethx]

 ASUS E45M1-I Deluxe

 

[mxnerd]

ASUS E45M1-M PRO Micro-ATX has been announced, but still nowhere to be purchased from.