MSI E-350 ITX mobo $60 AR FS

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130567

MSI E350IS-E45 $99.99 -$40 rebate with free shipping

This is a pretty typical E-350 ITX motherboard with the following features:
4x SATA 6Gbps ports
gigabit Ethernet
HDMI output
coax & optical SPDIF output

No mention of earlier rebates, but Camelegg reports historic pricing of $110-130 so it has never had a hard price as low.

 

[hellfire88]

Think this little guy can handle 1080p MKV's streaming from a WHS? Seems like it would make a nice base for a mini-HTPC (has TOSLINK SPDIF out and HDMI ports built-in etc.)

 

[Spikesoldier]

want to bite but im broke

 

[wirednuts]

decent price at 99. MIR's can die

 

[Zap]

Think this little guy can handle 1080p MKV's streaming from a WHS? Seems like it would make a nice base for a mini-HTPC (has TOSLINK SPDIF out and HDMI ports built-in etc.)

Only if your software player and/or CODEC supports GPU acceleration with the integrated Radeon. If not, it won't be able to handle it.

BTW... sold out.

 

[hellfire88]

Only if your software player and/or CODEC supports GPU acceleration with the integrated Radeon. If not, it won't be able to handle it.

BTW... sold out.

Ah Ok, guess I'll pass

 

[Eyeless Blond]

Anyone know if there's a way to replace the small, whiny fan on one of these with a larger passive heatsink, or is that something you usually have to buy a special board for? I've been considering something like this for a small HTPC frontend, but the tiny fans on most of these boards is a bit off-putting, and the passive ones usually push up the budget so high I might as well get a more expensive board/CPU combo.

 

[Zap]

According to one end user (AKA Newegg "review") the MSI board can control the fan RPM from BIOS.

FWIW I have a similar Sapphire board that could not control the fan RPM, even though BIOS had settings they did nothing.

If you don't have height limitations, you can always replace the fan with a quieter 80mm fan that spans the CPU heatsink as well as the chipset heatsink.