If you are looking for a small mainboard to power your HTPC, the ECS HDC-I2 (V1.0) might be a good product to loko at. Based on the AMD E350, it not only conserves space, it also takes up less power. With the embedded graphics capability within the processor, it is capable of processing videos at high resolutions. Most importantly, ECS packaged it with free software MediaShow and MediaEspresso.
Supports AMD E350 DDR3 1066MHz
The HDC-I2 supports AMD new Brazos platform based on the AMD Hudso D1 chipset plus the latest dual core processors E350 and integrated DDR3 1066/800 memory controller.The HDC-I2 provides the optimized performance with energy efficiency and a significantly lower cost
| CPU | º AMD Dual-Core Processor E-350 |
| CHIPSET | º AMD Hudson D1 FCH |
| GRAPHICS | º On APU(ATI™ Radeon HD6310 graphics ) º Integrated DirectX 11 graphics processor º Support UVD 3 |
| MEMORY | º 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 8 GB º Support DDR3 800/1066 SDRAM Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation |
| EXPANSION SLOT | º 1 x PCI slot |
| STORAGE | º Support by Hudson D1 • 2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s devices |
| AUDIO | º VIA® VT1705 6-channel audio CODEC |
| LAN | º Atheros AR8151 GIGA LAN º AR8152 10/100 LAN(optional) |
| REAR PANEL I/O | º 1 x RJ45 LAN connector º 1 x Audio port º 1 x D-sub(VGA) º 8 x USB 2.0 ports º 1 x DVI connector º 1 x HDMI Port(Optional) |
| INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS | º 1 x 4pin CPU_FAN connectors º 1 x Clear CMOS header º 1 x Case Open header º 1 x Speaker header º 2 x USB 2.0 header support additional 4 USB ports (USB3, USB 4) º 1 x F_Audio header º 1 x SPDIF out header º 1 x F_Panel header |
| SYSTEM BIOS | º AMI BIOS with 16Mb SPI Flash ROM |
| FORM FACTOR | º Mini ITX 170x170mm |