The ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom N330 WiFi N is a little different than most motherboards, in that it comes with Atom N330 CPU attached along with an onboard 9400M GPU all on a Mini-ITX board that supports up to 4GB of DDR2-800.  Thanks to nVIDIA’s 9400M it is capable of displaying Blu-Ray content up to 1920×1440 at 75MHz on an external HDMI display.  If you are looking for a great base to build an HTPC off of, you could do much worse that this board.  Benchmark Reviews has the whole story.

“We all want more for less. That’s why enthusiasts overclock, and that’s why we build HTPCs. The PlayStation 3 game console has sold millions of units because of its ability to delivery realistic video game performance, but Sony has sold more units because of the PS3’s Blu-ray Disc player capability than any other factor. Bringing personal computer technology into the home theater environment has just come one step closer, thanks to the NVIDIA ION platform. The synergistic effect of an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M and the dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom process have delivered true high-definition performance beyond any HTPC before it. The Zotac IONITX-A-U packages the Atom N330 CPU and 9400M GPU on a Mini-ITX DDR2 motherboard. Benchmark Reviews discovers how nice it is to have native HDMI connectivity from the HTPC into the HDTV in this article.”

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