Sapphire have always been regarded as one of the key partners for AMD based products, especially in the UK, as some regard them as the biggest AMD partner when it comes to graphics card products. Over the years they have decided to move into other segments in the computer market and today sees us delving into that area as we aren't looking at a graphics card from Sapphire, or even their new ventured market of motherboards which happen to be made for the Intel and AMD platforms but instead we look at another Intel based product from the market leader.

Sapphire delved into the nettop market at the start of 2011 with the release of the Edge HD mini PC which offered up a simple ATOM/ION based solution in a small form factor with a wealth of connectivity options. There was sadly a few things that let the mini PC down and it mainly came down to the hardware used inside. Whilst it offered up a high-end ATOM/ION combination at the time, it was still a bit behind in terms of playing HD content to the fullest and Sapphire knew this too.



Link: eTeknix.com