ASUS Intros N3150-C and N3050-C Celeron "Braswell" Mini-ITX Motherboards

[btarunr]

ASUS introduced the N3150-C and N3050-C, two mini-ITX motherboards based on the Intel Celeron quad-core N3150 and N3050 SoCs, respectively. The two SoCs are based on the "Braswell" silicon, embedding quad-core or dual-core CPUs based on the 64-bit x86 "Airmont" CPU micro-architecture. The dual-core N3050 features HyperThreading, enabling four logical CPUs, while the quad-core N3150 lacks it. Both chips also embed dual-channel DDR3L IMCs, supporting up to 8 GB of memory; 8th generation Intel graphics with 12 execution units, and TDPs under 6W.

The N3150-C and N3050-C from ASUS feature a common PCB design, with 24+4 pin power inputs, two full-size DDR3 DIMM slots, a single open-ended PCI-Express 2.0 x4 expansion slot, an mPCIe slot, two each of SATA 6 Gb/s, USB 3.0, and USB 2.0 ports, 6-channel HD audio, gigabit Ethernet, HDMI and D-Sub display outputs; and legacy connectivity that includes two PS/2 ports, and a serial (RS-232) port.



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[Hood]

The Intel N3050 SOC is a dual core, but has no HyperThreading, (http://ark.intel.com/products/87257/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N3050-2M-Cache-up-to-2_16-GHz). The N3700 quad-core is the fastest CPU in the "Airmont" series, (http://ark.intel.com/products/87261/Intel-Pentium-Processor-N3700-2M-Cache-up-to-2_40-GHz?q=N3700), but Asus doesn't offer that SOC on it's boards. Asrock, however, is offering a board with N3700, (http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/N3700-ITX/), although it's not in retail channels yet (and possibly will not be offered in the U.S.) Airmont architecture SOCs are faster than the Bay Trail SOCs they replace, but they're clocked a lot slower, so they run about the same. The advantage of Airmont is a 6 watt TDP and up to 16 EUs, (as opposed to Bay Trail's 11 watt TDP and only 4 Execution Units). So graphics are now on par with AMD's SOCs like the Kabini A4-5000 (which has a 15 watt TDP).

 

[michael]

Useless unless it has DC input...

 

[brunello]

Useless unless it has DC input...

indeed, I'm searching for an ITX with DC input, the only I can find is the Asrock AM1 (and still here is 70€!!), I'd love an FM2+ itx with DC input, or a decend 1150...

I don't get why they even bother to put the 24pin + 4pin EPS on a soldered board with sub 10w cpu....

 

[Dragonsmonk]

The Intel N3050 SOC is a dual core, but has no HyperThreading, (http://ark.intel.com/products/87257/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N3050-2M-Cache-up-to-2_16-GHz). The N3700 quad-core is the fastest CPU in the "Airmont" series, (http://ark.intel.com/products/87261/Intel-Pentium-Processor-N3700-2M-Cache-up-to-2_40-GHz?q=N3700), but Asus doesn't offer that SOC on it's boards. Asrock, however, is offering a board with N3700, (http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/N3700-ITX/), although it's not in retail channels yet (and possibly will not be offered in the U.S.) Airmont architecture SOCs are faster than the Bay Trail SOCs they replace, but they're clocked a lot slower, so they run about the same. The advantage of Airmont is a 6 watt TDP and up to 16 EUs, (as opposed to Bay Trail's 11 watt TDP and only 4 Execution Units). So graphics are now on par with AMD's SOCs like the Kabini A4-5000 (which has a 15 watt TDP).

Even though the issue on the Asrock one is a PCIE x1 slot only and I was able to find it in only one store in Germany.

 

[stupido]

indeed, I'm searching for an ITX with DC input, the only I can find is the Asrock AM1 (and still here is 70€!!), I'd love an FM2+ itx with DC input, or a decend 1150...

I don't get why they even bother to put the 24pin + 4pin EPS on a soldered board with sub 10w cpu....

Indeed!

 

[Assimilator]

Open-ended PCIe slot? Yes please!

 

[haswrong]

no usb 3.1

 

[Uplink10]

Useless unless it has DC input...

Depends on what are you going to use it for, if you are going ro use it as a NAS PC and plan to buy additional PCIe-SATA card or you are going to use both SATA ports for storage then normal PSU is better suited.

If you want you can buy picoPSU and avoid having traditional PSU.