Asus A8N-BR Mini-ITX motherboard Review

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Asus A8N-BR Mini-ITX NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE

Asus A8N-BR is a Mini-ITX motherboard integrated with NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE onboard display. This board supports AM2, Athlon64 X2, Athlon 64 and Sempron processor.

Asus A8N-BR Specification

Form factor : Mini-ITX (173mm x 170mm size)
Processor : Athlon64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Front Side Bus : 2000MT/s (processor dependent)
Memory :
2 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbuffered non-ECC 533 MHZ DDR2 memory modules
up to 2 GB
Chipset :
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
Southbridge: nForce 430 (MCP51)
Audio :
Built-in Azalia 8 channel audio
Realtek ALC888 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Video : GeForce 6150 LE
LAN : Realtek RTL8201CL 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
1 x Parallel ATA connector
2 x Serial ATA connectors
1 x PC fan connector
1 x 9-pin header for power button, reset button, power LED, and HDD LED
1 x 9-pin audio header for headphone-out and microphone-in
2 x USB 2.0 headers supporting 4 USB ports or devices
Back Panel Connectors
PS/2 keyboard
PS/2 mouse
1 x SPDIF out port
1 x VGA out port
1 x IEEE 1394
4 x USB ports
1 x RJ-45 networking port (LAN)
Line-in
Line-out
Microphone-in
Side speaker out
Rear speaker out
Center/subwoofer
PCI slots: 1 x PCI slot

Asus A8N-BR Review:

Pros:
the size is perfect for small pc
Reasonably priced

Cons:
Not gigabit lan
No PCI-E slot

Asus A8N-BR is perfect for small form factor pc. But you might not find this board easily, since Asus manufacture this board for HP/Compaq only(OEM). You might found some people sell this board alone in some auction sites, search it by luck!