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and it doesn't seem to put out anywhere near the heat of a Llano. I have no way to compare how it does at any HTPC tasks though since it just crashes!
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The interesting thing to me here (pricing aside which is pretty good) is decreasing my current ~65W TDP on FM2 to a seemingly much more reasonable 25W. That kind of efficiency puts XBMC clients well into "real" STB/console range which is very exciting to me.
The problem arises I suppose when you talk about adding things like RetroPlayer - something that's a little less like a STB. And before you say Android or ARM, no, I want the extensibility and manageability of an x86 platform with Windows or OpenELEC.
So while I've mulled over a 5350 + DDR3L and have shot for just how low you could get wattage at the wall, it seems that potentially you wouldn't get the lifetime out of an AM1 client that you would out of something a little more power hungry (and slightly more expensive). In other words, you'd be replacing this more quickly, kind of like the various Android boxes that are out there, as your feature requirements change or the encoding parameters of your content changes. There's the additional challenge that has been pointed out already of stability; it doesn't appear to me that Kabini is supported at all on a stable driver, and you're currently forced to beta, however maybe I'm misinterpreting the situation.
On the other hand, if you don't care about 4K or H.265 or XBMC Next (>Gotham) or playing Super Mario Bros 3 on your client, then this might be an excellent fit particularly in terms of cost for a server-backed, "thin" client build.
Not to be the guy that says "something better's coming", but based on the data thus far, Kabini's replacement (Beema?) or >Bay Trail might be the sweet spot. Even so I'm looking forward to seeing more results on Kabini.
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Anyone got These working with XBMC / Windows or any for that matter ?
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From a quick read of this thread, I think the consensus here is that the MSI boards are problematic, but other ones seem to be ok. Is that accurate?
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I have built an HTPC with an ASUS AM1M-A motherboard and an Athlone 5350 CPU.
XMBC version is XMBCbuntu 13 beta.
This is working fine with 1080P and PCM, Dolby and DTS audio formats. However DTS HD Master Audio and Dolby True HD have dropouts and occationally some noice.
After I installed a GeforceGT520, all audio formats are OK.