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If all you want is an HTPC might as well just get an Atom Ion board and a sound card or something.
It's hardly perfect.Like I said... Atom 330 Ion... perfect low power HTPC....
It's hardly perfect.
Don't be so harsh It's a lovely platform to put a decent low-power machine together.
It is, it just isn't "perfect." For one, flash video sucks on it. Things like Hulu blow on it. That hardy screams "perfect" to me. I like them, I plan on picking up a 330 myself but in no way is it perfect. I have a pet peeve about people pointing to these things and always saying how awesome they are for building an HTPC with when they're not. When they are one of the stupidest choices for it.
Quoted for truth and great summarization of the limits this platform has.
If you want a "perfect" HTPC then Zotac's other board, the 9300 ITX Wifi, is going to be it. Small, uses regular desktop CPUs, decently low powered. It has all the same perks as the Ion while also being able to take a much faster CPU, more memory and either a video card or any PCIe card. Now that screams "perfect" to me, the only thing that I would have added to it is two more SATA ports and Wireless N.
I know, it's a great board, I just build a system with one Although it is playing in a different league in terms of power consumption and heat output. I'm not using it as a HTPC either, just my main system for everything. With Hulu and other great Flash content sources, the Atom really faces some issues for general HTPC usage. You would have to make very sure what you want to do with the thing.
It is, it just isn't "perfect." For one, flash video sucks on it. Things like Hulu blow on it.
Agreed. I find it unfathomable that a platform could run WoW but not the turd that is Flash.
A 330 overclocked to 2GHz could probably handle flash at 720p even if it chokes at 1080p.
To clarify I meant Ion by the way. If all you want to do is play HD video and shit on your HDTV, it's an excellent low power quiet option.
From what I have seen the Ion is very good at streaming HD. I have never used one so I cannot comment, but with the GeForce 9400 decoding the content, what goes wrong?
I've never heard any problems about this.