Sapphire IPC-E350M1 AMD E350 Mini ITX Motherboard Review

Manufacturer Sapphire
Name Pure Fusion Mini E350 A50M IPC-E350M1
Type / Chipset AMD E350 Dual Core CPU / AMD Hudson-M1 A50M Chipset
Dimensions — 1 mm (16 mm radius) around the socket to the next capacitor or other mainboard parts – for further information see Fit for Fan. The overall size is 170 x 170 mm.
Slots — 0x pci, 1x PCIe 2.0: 1 x16, 1x Mini-PCIe, 2x SO-DIMM DDR3-800/DDR3-1066 max. 4GB RAM
Connectors

++++ 5x SATA3, 1x eSATA, 1x serial (optional), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Atheros AR3011), 1x onBoard 10/100/1000 Mbps base-T Ethernet (Marvell 88E8057), 2x USB 3.0 (NEC D720200F1, 8x USB 2.0 (4x of them internal, slot bracket for additional ports is not included), 8-Channel Realtek ALC892 onboard 5.1 sound with 3x 3.5 mm connectors (1x optical S/PDIF out, 1x int. S/PDIF in/out, 1x int. Aux, ext. Line in, ext. Mic, ext. Front out, ext. Rear out, ext. Center/Subwoofer), 1x D-Sub VGA, 1x DVI-D, 1x HDMI and 2x fan connectors (1x 4pin, 1x 3pin).

Vcore — Not selectable in the BIOS
Multiplier — Not selectable in the BIOS, HT / NB not selectable
Host Frequency — Not selectable in the BIOS (PCIe not selectable)
VIO/VDD — Not selectable in the BIOS
Performance* ++++ Benchmark ratings with some video cards and benchmark tools.

SiSoftware Sandra 2010c Benchmark ratings with integrated AMD E-350 processor. SiSoftware Sandra 2010c Arithmetik Processorperformance in Windows 7: 8,50 GOPS SiSoftware Sandra 2010c Multimedia Processorperformance in Windows 7: 13,81 MPixel/s

3DMark Vantage Entry Test Benchmark values with integrated AMD E-350 processor. 1x onBoard AMD HD6310 GPU: 3DMark Vantage Entry Test in Windows 7: E3316 (GPU: 4212 / CPU: 2028)

3DMark06 Benchmark values with integrated AMD E-350 processor. 1x onBoard AMD HD6310 GPU: 3DMark06 in Windows 7: 2299 3DMarks

Manual and Labeling

+ Complete motherboard description, but the printed manual is only a quick installation guide. In spite of the Mini ITX form factor, no descriptions are missing and and they are well readable. The manual on the CD is very comprehensive, but the contained printed manual is only a quick installation guide with a few information.