MSI AM1 mini-ITX mobo $24.99 FS @ Newegg

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130759

Seems like the cheapest ITX board around. Still need to purchase an AM1 APU for it though, which increases the cost somewhat.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

I've got 2 of them and they are actually pretty good boards so Awesome find!!

 

[hack_tc]

So I'm not very up to date on amd's cpus; would any be able to push an r9 390 effectively, using this mobo?

 

[MisterE]

So I'm not very up to date on amd's cpus; would any be able to push an r9 390 effectively, using this mobo?

You are going to pair a $300 video card with this motherboard? The PCIe x16 slot only operates at x4 speed.

 

[Justinbaileyman]

Really? I would say no way if your going to be using a r9 390 you need something with at least a x16 speed PCIe slot.so go for a AMD 860K or the up coming 880K and a A88X FM2+ Mobo. Now if your going to use something like a r7 260x like me then that would be fine but as it stands you'd be looking a major set back and would only be able to use like 1/5th or less of the r9 390's processing power. The Cpu and x4 PCIe slot would hold you back way way way to much.

 

[VirtualLarry]

So I'm not very up to date on amd's cpus; would any be able to push an r9 390 effectively, using this mobo?

Uhh, no. AM1 platform isn't really for gaming, more for entry-level desktops, and HTPC rigs.

This would make a nice little HTPC mobo, for example.

But as others have stated, the x4 (electrical) PCI-E slot would hold back any decent discrete GPU card too much.

 

[kowalabearhugs]

So I'm not very up to date on amd's cpus; would any be able to push an r9 390 effectively, using this mobo?

OpenCL GPU compute applications could still work well. BOINC, Folding@home.