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The Sapphire EDGE-HD Mini PC arrives in a small box with the product specifications and image highlighted on the front.
Inside, the bundle is comprehensive with an HDMI cable, HDMI to DVI converter cable, power adapter, case stickers and literature. Sapphire also supply a USB pen drive with drivers for various operating systems.
The EDGE-HD Mini PC can be used either vertically or horizontally depending on your preference. There is a supplied stand which screws into the underside of the chassis.
The costs are reduced as Sapphire don't bundle a Windows Operating system for the £250 asking price. You do however get the FreeDOS operating system which is targeted at the education and small business segments. We will also assume that many enthusiast users will fancy one of these machines for a living room or bedroom, as a tiny HD capable media player.
Sapphire include all the drivers for Windows XP, Vista and 7 on the little USB key chain and we had no problems installing Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate from a Corsair Voyager USB flash drive.
Connectivity isn't the most thorough we have seen in the KitGuru labs, however there is more than enough for the target market. There is an HDMI port (with DVI adapter supplied), two USB 2.0 ports, a 10/100/1000 lan and a microphone and headphone connector. 802.11n Wifi is also included via the AzureWave chip.
There are two lights on the side of the chassis – one for power on (blue), and the other for hard drive activity (red).
I cant get over the size of that, its staggeringly small.
Beautiful bit of kit, reasonable pricing too. silent and low power, we all should be working toward that, not 40GB processing power.
My electric bill this quarter was insane. 🙁 I need to go green.
They should have made it with Fusion E350, its much better !maybe a revision 2 ?
They really should have made the stand thinner to match the low profile shape. its by far the biggest part of the design. It looks to me (although I might be wrong) that they could have made it much thinner but kept it stable and balanced.
Nice product, but ive already got an atom netbook and it drives me friggin crazy. they are such a crap CPU.
This is certainly a showcase of engineering capability. its hard to get good cooling in such a case design. I love it, even though its an Atom. E350 would make much more sense for Sapphire, but obviously they were tied into the atom platform for this build.
Ideal for a home server/media center. looks great.
I like the fact they opted for a decent sized hard drive in it.
Shocked to see Sapphire working with Intel and nvidia components in this. just checked that hell hasnt frozen over.
is it silent enough to have it in the sleeping room or does only the shuttle xs fanless design work there?
I think its quiet enough to have in a bedroom yes. I couldnt even hear it from 5 feet away. Id hate to say its completely silent because if you had this unit close to your head and under load during the evening then perhaps you would hear the fan.
I’m sorry, does everyone seem to forget the Raspberry Pi these days?