Newegg USD Price ASRock J3455M Intel Quad-Core Processor J3455 (up to 2.3GHz) Micro ATX $64.99 ASRock J4205 Intel Quad-Core Pentium Processor J4205 (up to 2.6GHz) Mini ITX $99.99 Both Q1900M and J3455M are Embedded Solutions board CPU not upgradable.
Impressive result for both Intel board with only 10w TDP and lithography at 14nm. AMD 5370 with upgrade option on AM1 socket CPU at 25w TDP and lithography 28nm. AMD Athlon 5370 CPU cost $62 and AM1 socket cost $33 a total of $95.
If you are on budget but wanted a low power Quad-core CPU. You may consider the Intel board not only both rated at 10w TDP it also run fanless.
Found a video of ASRock J3455M running videos with 10bit High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), SUPER!
Currently AM1 socket only support 5 APU which all run 25watt.
Athlon 5370 2.2GHz quad-core USD$56
Athlon 5350 2.05GHz quad-core USD$50
Athlon 5150 1.6GHz quad-core USD$44
Sempron 3850 1.3GHz quad-core USD$36
Sempron 2650 1.45GHz dual-core USD$30
(Price from Amazon may change from time to time) Singapore retailer didn't carry any of this APU and socket. You need to order from Amazon or Newegg.
The APU AM1 socket enable you to watch HD Youtube smoothly with built in graphics accelerator (GPU) on a single chip. It's power enough to do simple task which only run on 25watt.
What is APU? Combined the both CPUs and GPU= APU
APU are not competitive with high-end or even mid-range discrete graphics cards.
At least with a APU you don't have to buy another "graphic card" just to watch HD video.
Can it game (Most questions asked)?
Yes it can but should you?
It depend how you willing to"tolerate" the lower setting for graphic.
High end GPU card will pull back the performance due to the tiny APU match it with a mid or low GPU card and you may pull something out of it.
I found videos actually able gaming on Athlon 5350 pairing with a R7250 1GB GDDR5. https://youtu.be/XoCDR0JeS_o https://youtu.be/s56TkGZSS_o
How much does it cost?
Less than USD$100 APU with motherboard from Amazon.
If a fresh built you also need to purchase a case, ram, dvd drive and a PSU.
Found videos might be useful if you like to built one. Warning video play very fast :p
