^ One picks a SFF setup for most things except gaming or CUDA capable apps, since the onboard video is poor for that and stuffing a big powerful gaming card in the system erases most of the size advantage and lower ventilation requirements, requires larger PSU.
In that context the price seems good, but otherwise to only get down to $56 after rebate for an ASRock isn't an especially good deal tho' it does have some things going for it like 4 x USB3, wifi, 5 x SATA but you wouldn't usually be stuffing 5 x HDD or SSD in a SFF system.
... but the ELNA audio feature is just a gimmick as a better option would have been a split power rail setup so no (analog) output coupling caps were needed, lower ESR decoupling caps on power rail (which it probably has but not ELNA), and these days a purist might want digital output anyway so the ELNA caps make no difference.
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In that context the price seems good, but otherwise to only get down to $56 after rebate for an ASRock isn't an especially good deal tho' it does have some things going for it like 4 x USB3, wifi, 5 x SATA but you wouldn't usually be stuffing 5 x HDD or SSD in a SFF system.
... but the ELNA audio feature is just a gimmick as a better option would have been a split power rail setup so no (analog) output coupling caps were needed, lower ESR decoupling caps on power rail (which it probably has but not ELNA), and these days a purist might want digital output anyway so the ELNA caps make no difference.
Thank you!