Intel DH61AG Pro Reviews

The Intel DH61AG is well endowed for a 6.7" x 6.7" board, offering mSATA connectivity, full and half-size mini PCIe slots, not to mention its HTPC-minded features. It's highly adaptable and the mSATA port means you won't require a 2.5" storage drive as mSATA SSDs are available in capacities up to 120GB, such as the OCZ Nocti Series. Although such a setup wouldn't be cheap, it would have no equal. Luxury accessories aside, the DH61AG costs just $125. Barebone systems using the M350 case that we mentioned above with the Core i3-2100 and 2GB of memory are available for $400. You just need to buy a storage drive. We must also give credit to the second-generation Core processors. Not only does Sandy Bridge make the Thin Mini-ITX platform possible, but also very powerful. It's remarkable to think that processors such as the Core i7-2600S feature a TDP rating of just 65 watts while AMD's recently released FX-8150 Bulldozer based processor has a 125-watt TDP. Meanwhile, the more cost effective Core i5-2400S and Core i5-2390T have a TDP rating of only 35 watts.