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The EDGE HD4 is finished in an attractive matt black paint which does attract fingerprints rather easily. I had to clean the unit before taking photographs for example, just after taking it out of the box.
The Sapphire company logo is attractively finished into the matt chassis. The power button may be difficult to find first time as it is flush to the rest of the chassis. Under this is a hard drive activity light.
The rear of the HD4 when flipped from both sides. There are two USB 2.0 connectors here alongside a GB lan port, power connector, microphone and headphone jacks, HDMI connector and VGA connector (for older panel support).
Hidden under a flap at the front of the HD4 are two more USB ports, one of these is USB 3.0 capable. The flap stays attached to the HD4 so it can be replaced when these ports are not in use. It also means it won't get lost either.
With the stand fitted the EDGE HD4 is an attractive looking system, approximately the same size as many external DVD and BluRay drives. The stand is well constructed and can be fitted by hand, without the need for any tools.
Its a nice little system, but that celeron is a little weak, I was expecting a little more from Intel, even up to the A8 4555m performance, but AMD are all over Intel, with only a little more power demand at the socket.
I actually have the first EDGE and this seems like a decent upgrade. I might pick this up. any availability anywhere? cant find it.
Nice idea, I missed the A8 Edge first time around, that certainly appeals to me more than the celeron v ersion.
The power consumption is incredible, thats less than my light in the bedroom. Celeron is a bit gutless however, but for a media center id love it.
SSD for me of course.
I want to get the EDGE VS8 when I get the cash, i absolutely love the look of it. I will be putting Windows 8 on mine for media. This is also great, but its funny to see AMD walking away with low powered systems ! can’t say that in the high end.
that power consumption figure is crazy, that whole system is taking less than my processor. That is very tempting for a media center in my bedroom, as you could hide it behind the rear of the tv and use a bluetooth remote to get through the screen without a problem.
Why a 320gb 5,400 rpm drive? are they out of their minds. You can save money on the OS, but you have to buy the drive you will never want to use?
I think this review is too positive. that is some dire performance and there are many flaws with this range.
Firstly, the EDGE HD range was atom, then it moved to AMD E450, now its back at Celeron? Meanwhile they have the VS range which is trouncing this HD range, even if its more expensive – so far its only been AMD APU.
To confuse matters, Sapphire want you to save money on the operating system, yet they force you to buy the rubbish hard drive and some of them don’t have bare bones options as far as I can tell.
And why no Linux support? this would be ideal for linux users. I could probably locate some of the drivers, or get them to work, but they should make a linux version of this machine or help the open source market develope for it.
Hey Zardon, it’s been a while ! i was searching you to talk with you about some project.
can we talk in private when you have a moment ?
i hope that you didn’t forget about me 🙂
take care 🙂