Product Description

ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom N330 1.6GHz Dual-Core 90 Watt PSU Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Product Details

• Brand: Zotac
• Model: IONITX-A-U
• Dimensions: 9.60" h x 1.45" w x 9.60" l, 1.50 pounds

Features

• ION's 16 high-speed stream processors
• NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology
• Blu-ray playback
• D-Sub + DVI + HDMI
• Mini ITX Board

Customer Reviews

AWESOME Board
this board is AWESOME! just got it after waiting for a month and a half for amazon to stock it, and it was definately worth the wait. I am running XBMC (XBMC.org) on it, the live version (9.04.1) and it plays every 720 and 1080p MKV file i can throw at it, using VDPAU acceleration. If you want a low power, low cost media center, definately grab this board!

System specs:

Zotac ION-A-U
4GB Patriot PC6400 ram
40GB Fujitsu 5400rpm laptop drive (for OS)
Universal M350 case
XBMC Live 9.04.1

Almost perfect
This is truly a great board. It has all the features you want in a HTPC board and then some. Admittedly I'm running Windows, but it does "just work" as far as all the connections go. And full screening a blu-ray video with the right software is flawless. I don't use any fans and heat is not a problem.

Wake on USB is great as well. When you put this guy to sleep it goes all the way down, no sound no lights. Then your wireless usb mouse or keyboard wakes it right up. Yay.

Only thing I really wanted that isn't perfect is full screen flash video, such as Hulu. These services are heavy on the CPU, and at 720p resolution for the desktop and Hulu set to a 420p video, the CPU maxes out and the video is a bit choppy. Not quite watchable actually. So I usually have to drop Hulu to 360p. Or you could lower the desktop resolution down when watching Hulu.

That's the only complaint. Overall a really really great HTPC board.

Got 4 gigs of RAM and a WD 1TB Caviar Green.

The very best recession motherboard!
This board is all you need to setup a nice and clean HTPC.

I set mine up with an Intel 80GB SDD, 4GB Corsair PRO and Win XP Home,... will get Win 7 soon.
Run very smooth on a 40" Sony LCD, all the HD run very clean. Boot up less then 20 sec.
With this setup, I can afford to leave it up all night long.


Pros:

Use less "gas"
Come with power supply
DUAL CORE N330 ION
Built in HDMI
Built in 9400 Nivida
Built in Wi-Fi
Fan-less, noiseless
Play all the HD videos


Cons:

High price,..should start out at $130-$150 not $189.
Run a little hot without fan <70 C
Don't come with power switch.... j/k.