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6/23/12 at 4:40pm
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I was debating between the one with the e450 (HD6320) APU and the one with the Atom 2700 and gt520m. I want to use it as an HTPC, and whatever else I can find use for. Both are about $230 for the barebones (no memory or hard drive). None of them come with an OS. Just slap 4gigs of memory and an ssd in there, copy of windows, and it seems like a sweet little toy to play with.

Has anyone here seen any good reviews of it? I've found a few unboxing videos on youtube and stuff, but I'd rather get some first hand experience. The price is right on them, and the cool factor is through the roof.

These are the specific models I'm looking at:

Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173034

AMD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173035
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6/23/12 at 5:01pm
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I was debating between the one with the e450 (HD6320) APU and the one with the Atom 2700 and gt520m. I want to use it as an HTPC, and whatever else I can find use for. Both are about $230 for the barebones (no memory or hard drive). None of them come with an OS. Just slap 4gigs of memory and an ssd in there, copy of windows, and it seems like a sweet little toy to play with.
Has anyone here seen any good reviews of it? I've found a few unboxing videos on youtube and stuff, but I'd rather get some first hand experience. The price is right on them, and the cool factor is through the roof.
These are the specific models I'm looking at:
Intel http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173034
AMD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856173035

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40C5CHMj-5A

according to Linus, deffinitley go Intel.
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6/23/12 at 5:08pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40C5CHMj-5A
according to Linus, deffinitley go Intel.

The intel runs extremely hot. Idles at 65 in another video, and it is one of the complaints on newegg reviews, too.
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6/23/12 at 8:42pm
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These things are really cool. I kinda want one just to see what it can do, but resale might be an issue down the road. They're really not good for much of anything but media. The AMD one actually played some Dirt 3 and not completely horrible framerates tongue.gif
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