AsRock A300 Deskmini

HeX · 11 Mar 2019 at 10:26

Couldn't see a thread on this. Looks great, super tiny form factor, great for a dinky APU bulid.

https://www.asrock.com/nettop/AMD/DeskMini A300 Series/index.asp

Snax · 25 Mar 2019 at 19:34

seems like a great solution for an htpc

bol · 31 May 2019 at 21:35

I'm looking at getting one of these, for my daughter for world of tanks, roblox etc.
Gotta say its the smallest I've seen to pair with a raven ridge apu and the stealth cooler fits with minimal modification.
Around the size of a atx psu.

an0nym0us · 2 Jun 2019 at 07:06

I was very tempted by the A300 Deskmini, but ended up going with a B450 ITX board to pair with the 2400G so that I could overclock the iGPU and CPU. If I was only going to keep everything at stock settings, I most likely would have got the A300 Deskmini instead.

InfiniteNoise · 8 Jun 2019 at 22:43

Really tempted, thinking about selling my current rig and downsize.

I just need to get 3400G (when it's released), 16GB SO-DIMM RAM @ 3000+ Mhz and Noctua L9a cooler and it's good to go (I already have other stuff like SSD, etc, sorted out).

If 3600G is a thing (the 6 core + Navi APU) and is supported, then the system becomes even better.

bol · 10 Jun 2019 at 19:28

I don't think the chipset will support new gen apu's. Can't remember where I saw it, but I don't think b350 will either, happy to be proved wrong though.
Incidentally, all the builds I see on YouTube have the am3 cooler brackets fitted why are these still a thing?

bol · 10 Jun 2019 at 19:38

https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/asus-bios-ryzen-3000-a-series,news-60512.html
Asus is a no go by the looks,

But then there's this, https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-3000-series-support-on-existing-am4-boards-confirmed-by-asrock/

Confused

an0nym0us · 11 Jun 2019 at 14:54

According to ASRock support page
https://www.asrock.com/nettop/AMD/DeskMini A300 Series/index.asp#BIOS

BIOS version 3.50:
1.Supports AMD next generation Ryzen™ processors
2.Update AMD AGESA Combo-AM4 1.0.0.1

bol · 11 Jun 2019 at 21:05

Thanks for that!

an0nym0us · 12 Jun 2019 at 01:06

No problem.

davida76 · 13 Jun 2019 at 20:30

InfiniteNoise said:
Really tempted, thinking about selling my current rig and downsize.

I just need to get 3400G (when it's released), 16GB SO-DIMM RAM @ 3000+ Mhz and Noctua L9a cooler and it's good to go (I already have other stuff like SSD, etc, sorted out).

If 3600G is a thing (the 6 core + Navi APU) and is supported, then the system becomes even better.

Isn't the 3400g a refresh of what's currently available?

InfiniteNoise · 13 Jun 2019 at 22:47

davida76 said:
Isn't the 3400g a refresh of what's currently available?

Zen+, higher base clocks for both CPU and iGPU, soldered IHS.

an0nym0us · 13 Jun 2019 at 23:13

2400G is Zen 14nm.

As stated above, 3400G will be Zen+ 12nm. According to wccftech, it will also feature the new PBO and will come bundled with the wraith spire cooler. MSRP US$149. Not seen this announced by AMD officially yet though.
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-3000-apu-price-specs-leak-ryzen-5-3400g-ryzen-3-3200g/

InfiniteNoise · 9 Jul 2019 at 16:28

So it looks like 3400G at stock performs like an overclocked 2400G, which makes it a great option for this little machine since you can't overclock anything except for RAM.

Alan1969 · 29 Jul 2019 at 16:41

after seeing this thread I am very interested in this case and a 3400G. My wife loves very small cases and this looks tiny.

Alan1969 · 29 Jul 2019 at 16:49

I wish that I had seen this thread a day earlier as I have had this case

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/silv...itx-htpc-case-black-sst-rvz03b-ca-43x-sv.html

on order for a week whilst waiting for a x570 ITX and today changed the order for a mobo that was instock - the whole lot is due to be delivered tomorrow.

Alan1969 · 29 Jul 2019 at 16:51

The AsRock A300 makes the Silverstone Raven (that can house a ATX psu) .look huge.

Alan1969 · 30 Jul 2019 at 15:02

does the power supply come with the case or do you have to get that separately? is the power supply an external one?

an0nym0us · 31 Jul 2019 at 08:54

Alan1969 said:
does the power supply come with the case or do you have to get that separately? is the power supply an external one?

It comes with an external power brick.

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asrock-deskmini-a300/
https://www.asrock.com/nettop/AMD/DeskMini A300 Series/index.asp#Specification

an0nym0us · 31 Jul 2019 at 09:06

Couple of points to note:

1. It takes 2 x SO-DIMM DDR4 RAM

2. I believe the two M.2 storage slots only support NVMe SSDs (i.e. no M.2 SATA support)
- M.2_1: Type 2280 PCIe Gen3 x4
- M.2_2: Type 2280 PCIe Gen3 x4*
*Athlon 2xxGE series APU - PCIe Gen3 x2
https://www.asrock.com/nettop/AMD/DeskMini A300 Series/index.asp#Specification

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/asrock-deskmini-a300/4.html