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Dead: Zotac IONITX-A-U $116 at Amazon

Shame on me for not having $120 in disposable income. Would make a great HTPC for me
 
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Caveman said:
This is goign to sound ignorant but what does this MoBo offer that any other doesn't?
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its an ion, which is a huge premiunm over other atom dual core boards since it has hdmi with hd decode and will work with adobe flash 10.1 for youtube / hulu.

and it has an onboard dc power supply with ac adapter, which seperately runs like $50

these normally sell for $180 ish.
 
Wow, this is a smoking hot deal. It's still $180 at Newegg.

Flash 10.1 is out as a public beta, which on Windows only, will offer hardware acceleration of Flash HD content. For $120, I might roll the dice and see if it'll work for Hulu.
 
sjwaste said:
Wow, this is a smoking hot deal. It's still $180 at Newegg.

Flash 10.1 is out as a public beta, which on Windows only, will offer hardware acceleration of Flash HD content. For $120, I might roll the dice and see if it'll work for Hulu.
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$185 + shipping at newegg... so probably $194 .

honestly for me this was flaming hot. i live in CA so newegg sucks for me. ill be trying it out, worst case scenario sell it if i dont like it. cant lose.
 
Ok, good to know I wasn't overlooking something.

@Caveman. You essentially get a Processor, MoBo, Vid Card with HDMI that can pass audio through it, wifi, and a powersupply. Super energy efficient and small. I hope this will make a fine HTPC for my 50" panny plasma
Amazon has the one w/o the powersupply for like $160, so I was scratching my head for a while trying to figure it out.
 
Can anyone recommend a good case for this? Probably in my situation I would use a desktop hard drive and maybe standard size DVD-R.
 
Thanks big time dude. Not only this is a great deal price wise, this is also a great product for my HTPC/Home server build. Power efficient, easy to put together with everything including PSU already.
 
wow insane price. nice find. was gonna buy a cheap AMD combo for low power system, but this is better for the same price.
 
drnickriviera said:
Ok, good to know I wasn't overlooking something.

@Caveman. You essentially get a Processor, MoBo, Vid Card with HDMI that can pass audio through it, wifi, and a powersupply. Super energy efficient and small. I hope this will make a fine HTPC for my 50" panny plasma
Amazon has the one w/o the powersupply for like $160, so I was scratching my head for a while trying to figure it out.
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Thanks for answer. I had no idea... So... This is great bang for buck if one is looking to set up a dedicated HTPC. All one needs is a small HTPC case... I can see the value...

I was thinking of building a new rig for flight simulation and having HTPC functionality as a second priority:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2026872
 
Caveman, you are the man. I had three in my cart but talked myself down to 1 since they don't have any expansion slots and the other 2 PCs I need to build need one expansion slot, each.

Perfect timing too as I was going to buy a Nyko Wii wireless sensor bar for $15 today and needed to find $10 in other stuff for free shipping. Well, I found $116 in other stuff!
 
dualsmp said:
Can anyone recommend a good case for this? Probably in my situation I would use a desktop hard drive and maybe standard size DVD-R.
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I am looking at the "M350 Universal Mini-ITX"

Anyone got any other recommendations?

I want small not expandable, this thing is gonna be an htpc that PXE boots off the fileserver.
 
dualsmp said:
Can anyone recommend a good case for this? Probably in my situation I would use a desktop hard drive and maybe standard size DVD-R.
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rchResult=True

Specifically:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-179-_-Product

Or the silver-face version:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811108097

Pull out crap PSU, put in Zotac ION with "brick" PSU, wallah! The 80mm exhaust fan is very nice and lines right up with the 9300 heatsink, drawing the hot air right out of the case. Can fit a full-size/length optical drive.

The only catch I found is that the SATA power plugs won't quite reach the drive cage, so a Molex extender will fix the problem.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-077-_-Product

I'd get that cable just because you can mod the floppy drive connector to go to the fans on the +5v rail.

Edit: What's sad is that 4GB of RAM will set you back nearly as much as this fantastic little board. Just imagine if memory was still around $25 for 4GB!
 
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i have that bm648 case (actualy have had both the black and silver bm643 ones) that power supply isnt THAT bad. not silent though, but yeah its a great case otherwise. i have had the silver and the black face version, the one advantage to the silver is there isnt a door to break off for the headphone / usb ports.
 
thelamer said:
I am looking at the "M350 Universal Mini-ITX"

Anyone got any other recommendations?

I want small not expandable, this thing is gonna be an htpc that PXE boots off the fileserver.
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i am debating getting that case too. this board given its onboard psu is perfect since the m350 has no psu .
 
thelamer said:
I am looking at the "M350 Universal Mini-ITX"

Anyone got any other recommendations?

I want small not expandable, this thing is gonna be an htpc that PXE boots off the fileserver.
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I am looking at this

http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Chassis/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=3109

Newegg sells it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-060-_-Product

The benefit is that the PSU is also a 60W power adapter so I am hoping I can just remove it and use the one from the Zotac package without a big hole in the case. This case also come with integrated monitor stand (removable if you are not using it) if you need it. The best thing is that this case can accomodate 1x5.25 and 2x3.5 (1 internal, 1 external), perfect for my planned raid 1 build and the 3 SATA connection the Zotac mobo has.

Only thing is I am not in the US right now and can only get this during my Taiwan trip in a few weeks.
 
rchiu said:
I am looking at this

http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Chassis/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=3109

Newegg sells it: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-060-_-Product

The benefit is that the PSU is also a 60W power adapter so I am hoping I can just remove it and use the one from the Zotac package without a big hole in the case. This case also come with integrated monitor stand (removable if you are not using it) if you need it. The best thing is that this case can accomodate 1x5.25 and 2x3.5 (1 internal, 1 external), perfect for my planned raid 1 build and the 3 SATA connection the Zotac mobo has.

Only thing is I am not in the US right now and can only get this during my Taiwan trip in a few weeks.
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people on ebay actually buy those 60W power supplies too, so you could probably get back some of the money.

that case claims to be able to hold up a 23" monitor. i'm somewhat skeptical but its a pretty unique feature.
 
You can get the same mb at ewiz/superbiiz for $165 after 10% off coupon advertised on their front page. Not as good but still decent price. Don't forget bing cashback too. I have the M350 case and it is a perfect fit for this mb.
 
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