MSI E350IA-E45 AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, dual core) AMD Hudson M1 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo

Works! Very fast for what you get. I am running Ubuntu on this machine and it runs at a rate of 40-60% at all times. This is only because Ubuntu is known for high graphic usage and CPU usage ; I use this computer for music streaming via Spotify ; No...

No cons. Works just fine

Low power - ~ 25watts w/o HDD under normal load ; Runs Windows Media Center 7 perfectly ; VGA >> Component dongle >> TV works for me without resorting to PowerStrip (720p). I have a Sony LCD, Sony DLP, Sony Rear projection CRT and Sharp...

Runs somewhat hot under normal load (~ 50°C - 60°C) in a 4U rackmount case [i.e. plenty of air flow

Highly integrated design includes flexible audio options: HDMI, S/PDIF optical and coaxial, and analog ; Wow, 6Mbps SATA and USB 3.0 on an inexpensive and tiny board ; Much better graphics performance than an Atom/Ion board, and graphics are faster...

One egg off: CPU speed is noticeably slow, and the overall bottleneck. But, faster than an Atom (AMD E-350 WEI=3.8 vs. 3.3 for an Atom D510) ; I wish it had a rear-panel eSATA port, in place of one of the many USB ports. I used one of the 4 internal...

Supports DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD pass-thru and 8 channel PCM over HDMI, low power, works nicely with Boxee/XBMC, hardware accelerated H.264 thru DXVA

fan is a bit noisy for a living room (~6000 RPM with default setting), although i don't really hear it when i play a movie

This board makes a great addition to my home network. I am using it for HTPC, but I think it could be used for whatever you want

The only con I noticed is that there is no system speaker

Low power, good graphics, cool, quiet

Battery positioning and type stink