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Zotac motherboard photos

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:53:12 -0800

these were missing from earlier post....

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HTPC: ZOTAC IONITX Atom N330 Dual-Core Mini ITX Motherboard

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:51:43 -0800

Motherboard analysis now complete and I have ordered the ZOTAC IONITX-D-E Atom N330 1.6GHz Dual-Core Mini ITX Intel Motherboard for my HTPC project.

it will work well with the Silverstone SG06 case that is on route and it will play blu ray quality video as it had the NVIDIA GEFORCE 94000 GPU embedded.

Zotac Board Specs:

Onboard Video	GeForce 9400M
Onboard LAN	10/100/1000Mbps
Onboard Audio	5.1
Model	IONITX-D-E
CPU Socket	441-ball
FSB	533 MHz
Dimensions	38.40mm (H) x 177.55mm (L) x 169.93mm (W)
Chipset	MCP7A-ION
Memory Type	DDR2 667/800
Package Contents	3 SATA cable 1 SATA power cable 1 WiFi antenna 1 WiFi bracket
Memory Slots	2×240pin
SATA	3 + 1 eSATA
PCI Express x1	1 (mini)
Form Factor	Mini ITX
Video Ports	D-Sub + DVI-D + HDMI
USB	10 (6 on back panel, 4 via pin header)
Power Connector	20 Pin
RAID	0/1/0+1

GEFORCE 94000 SPECS

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CPU	Intel
Processor Supported	Core 2 Extreme Core 2 Duo
CUDA Cores	16
Memory Interface	128-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)	21
OpenGL	2.1
NVIDIA CUDA Architecture
Gigaflops	54
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)	3.6
NVIDIA PhysX™-ready
PowerMizer Power Management	8.0
Maximum Digital Resolution	2560x1600
Maximum VGA Resolution	2048x1536
Multi Monitor
HDCP
HDMI
Unified Architecture
Socket Supported	Socket P
PCI Express Configuration	1x16 + 4x1, 2x8
PCI Slots	5
FSB Speed	1066MHz
NVIDIA SLI®-ready	2-Way

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HTPC Case - Silverstone SUGO SG06 Black.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:23:00 -0800

Welcome to my HTPCBlog. I will use this blog to record the building of my own personal HTPC and hopefully leave some useful knowledge for others trying this after me. Please feel free to contact me or leave comments - i will do my best to respond quickly.

HTPC CASE

First step in the HTPC project was to find a case that would not only be small enough to be living room friendly but look like it is part of the home theatre setup and not just a PC under the TV.

After quite some searching I have bought the Silverstone SG06 case in black, its from the SUGO range (model SG06b, it also comes in silver SG06s)

The case is designed for Mini-DTX / Mini-ITX motherboards - I plan to use a MINI-ITX so perfect for me.

The size is great too: 220 mm (W) x 177 mm (H) x 286 mm (D) - this makes it living room friendly and it has a home theatre metal look to it also which means it will look like it belongs above my Yamaha RX-V2700 Amplifier.

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GENERAL SPEC

Internal Connectors

1 x 24-pin motherboard connector (300mm)
1 x 4-pin ATX12V connector (400mm)
1 x 6-pin PCI-E connector (400mm)
1 x triple SATA connector (300mm +200mm +100mm)
1 x dual 4-pin IDE (300mm + 200mm)
1 x single floppy power connectors(300mm + 200mm + 200mm)

External Ports (FRONT)

USB2.0 port x 2
Audio x 1
MIC x 1

DRIVE SUPPORT

I didn't want to use a full size optical drive as they are pretty ugly looking so i am pleased that the case only supports a slimline drive. I will initially use a DVD writer/rom/ram/yada but eventually when prices come down i will replace with BLU-RAY drive

The case can take both a 3.5" and a 2.5" drive at the same time but not two of either. again this suits me.

NEXT...

Ok, onto the motherboard now....

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