ASUS is one of the first to jump on the AMD Fusion APU platform and beside using the energy efficient Brazos platform for notebooks it will also use it for desktops, focusing on HTPC and multimedia PCs. We now have high resolution pictures ASUS E35M1-I Deluxe, one of the most packed boards of this segment.
ASUS E35M1-I Deluxe appeared on pictures earlier, but those were of early samples, the pictures we have are of the final product that will be available in stores soon.
The motherboard use the mini-ITX format and use a dual-core 1.6 GHz Zacate APU with an integrated Radeon HD 6310 GPU sporting DirectX 11. The APU is cooled passively and one of the differences with the retail version is a gray heatsink fanked by a bunch of connections and functions. Below is a more detailed walkthrough of the specifications.
ASUS E35MI-I Deluxe specifications
- AMD E-350 APU (1.6GHz, 18W)
- ‘Hudson’ M1 southbridge (sub 5W)
- AMD Radeon HD 6310 GPU (80 stream processors)
- 5 x SATA 6Gbps ports and eSATA port
- PCI-Express 16x plats (full bandwidth)
- Two DDR3 1333MHz slots (single-channel) and MemOK failsafe button
- HDMI 1.3b and dual-link DVI-I (dual digital output support)
- 4 x USB 3.0 ports (two on I/O panel and two through extra pins) and on/off charge
- 8 x USB 2.0 ports (four on I/O panel, 4 via pins)
- Bluetooth 3.0 and 802.11n WiFi
- Realtek RTL8111E Gigabit Ethernet
- Realtek ALC892 7.1 surround sound (analog putputs for 5.1), with S/PDIF out
- ASUS TurboKey II for automatic overclocking
Exactly when the board will arrive is unclear, but most likely within the coming weeks and we are still hunting for a price tag. Until then you will have to settle for the high resolution pictures we have below.
