I built a machine using an older version of this board (dual core) for websurfing/netflix purposes. It's pretty snappy and handles those tasks without issue, so I imagine this would work even better. Couldn't beat the price, got it on sale for I think $45.
True at first sight : maybe now DDR3 is still cheaper than DDR4.
But in the past 2 decades, I saw how going from SDR to DDR , DDR to DDR2 and so on ... the older tech became more expensive than the newer one, because of the low production/stock numbers.
That's a nice little motherboard and processor, though I do have misgivings about single threaded performance and the idea of going back to AMD's old quad core architecture using only one FPU per pair of integer units. However, if the price is right when these hit the shelves, one might make a viable ITX system around it. The use of DDR4 might help feed an otherwise bandwidth starved iGPU as well.
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blackice85 - Thursday, January 24, 2019 - link
I built a machine using an older version of this board (dual core) for websurfing/netflix purposes. It's pretty snappy and handles those tasks without issue, so I imagine this would work even better. Couldn't beat the price, got it on sale for I think $45.R3MF - Thursday, January 24, 2019 - link
how did you get through this article without telling us the uarch of the cpu/gpu components?Valantar - Thursday, January 24, 2019 - link
The title literally says "BIOSTAR goes Carrizo". Carrizo = 8th-gen heavy machinery mobile APUs, pre-Ryzen, with GCN 1.3 graphics IIRC.alfalfacat - Thursday, January 24, 2019 - link
Literally the first link is an explanation of the Carrizo uarch.How did this guy get through the first paragraph without picking that up?
Jorgp2 - Thursday, January 24, 2019 - link
Can Carrizo do hardware h265sleepeeg3 - Thursday, January 24, 2019 - link
Yes. Duckduckgo: https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-FX-8800P-Noteboo...quorm - Thursday, January 24, 2019 - link
Kind of wish they had gone with ddr3 for a value product like this.IGTrading - Friday, January 25, 2019 - link
True at first sight : maybe now DDR3 is still cheaper than DDR4.But in the past 2 decades, I saw how going from SDR to DDR , DDR to DDR2 and so on ... the older tech became more expensive than the newer one, because of the low production/stock numbers.
Jorgp2 - Friday, January 25, 2019 - link
Yup, still have plenty of that laying aroundET - Friday, January 25, 2019 - link
I find it strange to see a Carrizo these days and not Bristol Ridge.PeachNCream - Friday, January 25, 2019 - link
That's a nice little motherboard and processor, though I do have misgivings about single threaded performance and the idea of going back to AMD's old quad core architecture using only one FPU per pair of integer units. However, if the price is right when these hit the shelves, one might make a viable ITX system around it. The use of DDR4 might help feed an otherwise bandwidth starved iGPU as well.Jorgp2 - Friday, January 25, 2019 - link
Yeah, if they're around the same price as Intel Atom based boards this is a steal.Haawser - Saturday, January 26, 2019 - link
Yeah, would far rather have this than any embedded Atom board.Gasaraki88 - Friday, January 25, 2019 - link
What year is this, 2004?