Zotac IONITX-D-E Atom N330 Dual Core WiFi ITX Intel Motherboard
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Manufacturer: ZotacModel: IONITX-D-E
Product features:
- ION's 16 high-speed stream processors
- NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology
- Blu-ray playback
- D-Sub + DVI + HDMI
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Customer Review: Great HTPC foundation
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked one of these up recently for use in an HTPC, and after some time figuring out the various setup issues it's working great! I'm using it with an Antec ISK 300-65, 2GB RAM, and an 8GB USB Flash Drive as the boot drive--the whole box came together for just over $300. As I'm storing nothing on the box itself--all media is being pulled from a networked file server--the flash drive is perfect for a low-power, near-silent box.
I went the XBMC and Ubuntu w/ VDPAU route. I'm running 9.10, the latest XBMC from the SVN PPA, and the latest nVidia 190 drivers. HD playback is smooth (including 1080p) with very minimal CPU usage; and, once I'm done, a press of the power button on my MCE remote puts the box to sleep. (Another press of the power button on the remote wakes it up.) Speaking of which, I wanted to outline a few "big" issues I had initially that I was able to figure out after extensive Googling:
-HDMI audio only worked for me after enabling the "Internal Codec Only" option under the BIOS' Southbridge options
-Use the latest XBMC SVN PPA, and the latest nVidia 190 PPA; the "stable" XBMC is buggier, and the latest nVidia drivers provide better VDPAU playback
-If you run into the problem where the box suspends, then immediately unsuspends without any user input, see the bottom of this thread (ignore the instructions in the initial post): [...]
-You'll also need to manually echo your USB 1.1 devices to an "enabled" state in /proc/acpi/wakeup under Ubuntu 9.10 if you want to be able to wake your machine with an MCE remote/other USB device
The box is now up and running, and I'm extremely happy with the performance. Highly recommended for HTPC builds, and I highly recommend the Antec ISK 300-65 as well; it's a great case!
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