[PeterW]

Hello,

I am currently using a Zotac IONITX-B-E and made good experience with it. I would like to build a new ION system, and wonder what the differences of the Zotac boards are. So I compiled a table below. I assume that XBMC would run on all of them playing back HD contents? Which one is good value for money?
Cheers,
peter

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Board      | CPU                                | clock   | FSB     | Memory        | Wifi        | Other | Price UK
-----------+------------------------------------+---------+---------+---------------+-------------+-------+---------
IONITX-G-E | Intel® Atom™ 330                   | 1.6 GHz | 533 MHz | 667/800 MHz   |             |       | £ 89.99
IONITX-E-E | Intel® Atom™ 230 (single-core)     | 1.6 GHz | 533 MHz | 667/800 MHz   |             |       | £114.02
IONITX-P-E | Intel® Celeron® SU2300 (dual-core) | 1.2 GHz | 800 MHz | 1066 MHz      | 802.11n/g/b | Wake  | £151.93
IONITX-O-E | Intel® Pentium® SU4100 (dual-core) | 1.3 GHz | 800 MHz | 1066 MHz      | 802.11n/g/b | Wake  | -
IONITX-N-E | Intel® Celeron® 743 (single-core)  | 1.3 GHz | 800 MHz | 1066 MHz      | 802.11n/g/b | Wake  | £161.95
IONITX-L-E | Intel® Atom™ 330 (dual-core)       | 1.6 GHz | 533 MHz | 1066/1333 MHz | 802.11n/g/b |       | £176.64
IONITX-K-E | Intel® Atom™ 330 (dual-core)       | 1.6 GHz | 533 MHz | 1066 MHz      |             |       | £140.41
IONITX-F-E | Intel® Atom™ 330 (dual-core)       | 1.6 GHz | 533 MHz | 667/800 MHz   | 802.11n/g/b |       | £108.61
IONITX-D-E | Intel® Atom™ 330 (dual-core)       | 1.6 GHz | 533 MHz | 667/800 MHz   | 802.11n     |       | £158.43
IONITX-C-E | Intel Atom N230 (single-core)      | 1.6 GHz | 533 MHz | 667/800 MHz   |             | DC/DC | -
IONITX-B-E | Intel® Atom™ 230 (single-core)     | 1.6 GHz | 533 MHz | 667/800 MHz   |             |       | £ 88.07
IONITX-A-E | Intel® Atom™ 330 (dual-core)       | 1.6 GHz | 533 MHz | 667/800 MHz   | 802.11n     |       | £138.71

[coredump4]

So this post is several months old, but anyone reading it now (Jan. 2011), note that MicroCenter (computer retail store in the U.S.) seems to be clearing out some Zotac gear. The IONITX-B-E is down to $103.99 at my local store; see: http://www.microcenter.com/single_produc...id=0314700
I have a IONITX-B-E and am impressed with it for XBMC. The on-board nVidia 9400M graphics (PureVideo HD, CUDA) have no trouble with 1080p HD playback. I'd say it's a good low-end XBMC mobo.
MicroCenter also has the IONITX-A-U (N330 variant) for $179.99. This board comes with a 90w power supply, which saves you a few additional dollars.

HTH...

[coredump4]

So this post is several months old, but anyone reading it now (Jan. 2011), note that MicroCenter (computer retail store in the U.S.) seems to be clearing out some Zotac gear. The IONITX-B-E is down to $103.99 at my local store; see: http://www.microcenter.com/single_produc...id=0314700
I have a IONITX-B-E and am impressed with it for XBMC. The on-board nVidia 9400M graphics (PureVideo HD, CUDA) have no trouble with 1080p HD playback. I'd say it's a good low-end XBMC mobo.
MicroCenter also has the IONITX-A-U (N330 variant) for $179.99. This board comes with a 90w power supply, which saves you a few additional dollars.

HTH...

For anyone picking up this thread now, the IONITX-B-E is now down to US$83.19 at Microcenter, so definitely a good deal for a mobo with HDMI out that can play 1080p! And audio over HDMI works, FWIW, with at least the Nvidia Linux 256.53 driver.

[monkeyvsmonkey]

So this post is several months old, but anyone reading it now (Jan. 2011), note that MicroCenter (computer retail store in the U.S.) seems to be clearing out some Zotac gear. The IONITX-B-E is down to $103.99 at my local store; see: http://www.microcenter.com/single_produc...id=0314700
I have a IONITX-B-E and am impressed with it for XBMC. The on-board nVidia 9400M graphics (PureVideo HD, CUDA) have no trouble with 1080p HD playback. I'd say it's a good low-end XBMC mobo.
MicroCenter also has the IONITX-A-U (N330 variant) for $179.99. This board comes with a 90w power supply, which saves you a few additional dollars.
HTH...

How much ram you got? I'm thinking of getting the IONITX-F-E and put 4 gigs and run ubuntu.

[TugboatBill]

I'm running XBMCLine on a IONITX-F-E with 1GB ram and it's plenty fast.

[TugboatBill]

I now have a second Zotac based system, this one using the IONITX-L-E. This system is significantly faster booting (cold or standby) then the IONITX-F-E.

[Subliminal Aura]

2000 geekbench score with the IONITX-P-E is plenty fast for me