Sam460ex

Sam460ex • FlexATX form factor (21.6 × 17 cm) • AMCC 460ex SoC – passively cooled PowerPC 440 core up to 1.15 GHz and including a double precision floating point unit (FPU) • Cache L1/L2: 32KB/256KB • max 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM – 200-pin SODIMM up to 533 MHz • Silicon Motion SM502 embedded MoC (audio/video) max 64MB video memory • Audio 5.1 Realtek ALC655 codec • PCI-express 4× lanes slot (v1.1, 16× mechanical connector) • PCI-express 1× lane slot (mutually exclusive with the SATA2 port) • PCI slot, 32 bit, 66/33 MHz, 3.3V • 1× SATA2 port (mutually exclusive with the PCI-e 1× slot) • 6× USB2 EHCI/OHCI ports • 2× 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports • SD card reader • Serial port The SATA2 port and the PCI-e 1× slot are mutually exclusive, only one of them can be used at a time. Sam460ex Lite The specifications are the same as for the Sam460ex, except for: ==Reception==

Amiga Power magazine saw PCIe expansion for modern graphics cards, silent fan-less CPU operation, plenty of RAM and USB 2.0 as main advantages of the new Sam460ex board. However, the same review mentioned among weak points CPU speed, problems with audio on some motherboards and lack of 3D drivers for Radeon HD cards under AmigaOS. Reviewing AmigaOne 500, Amiga Future magazine highlighted supplied 2 GB RAM and overall system performance comparable to older Pegasos II computer, but criticized weak built in graphics chip recommending customers to buy dedicated graphics card. ==See also==