Hi, The new platfrom from AMD seems very promising: low TDP, excellent performance. I noted there are a maximum of 4 PCIe lanes, like with the NM10 chipset. The bit I am confused with is the FCH, dubbed "A50M", that ships with this platform. What is the TDP of this FCH component? With Intel, I know ...

sorrera wrote:The case quite happily fits a 120mm fan on it side.

Hi sorrera,

There is one thing I don't see very well on your pictures: did you attach the fan to the case? (how?)

Do you think any standard 120mm fan can fit?

However it has no external DC power supply. If I add an ATX/SFX power supply in my case (fanless too, obviously, and fanless SFX power supplies are very difficult to find and generally not good brands), it will be warmer. Why not get a Pico or other PSU where the brick is outside your case an there...

Take a look at the JetWay JNC94FL-525-LF (or -510-LF). Not mobile, but still has a 4X PCIe and 4 GB RAM. Good find, I can live with PCIe 4x. I can say this board competes with the AT3IONT for me. However it has no external DC power supply. If I add an ATX/SFX power supply in my case (fanless too, o...

This is a very difficult choice. Your arguments for the N550 are good. The N550 only accepts 2GB of RAM, whereas the N330 can handle 4GB. I would like 4GB, I can't develop with only 2GB without swapping. I have found the following thread which suggests the ION will reach a very hot temperature on id...

ION + N330, no extra southbridge chip. CPU (8) + Chipset (12) = 20 W 12W is the power consumption of the 9400M iGPU integrated in the ION, not the ION as a whole, which might be 14W (edit: the ION TDP seems to be 15.5W, which means the chipset part consumes 3.5W) So Pineview is ahead of the ION by ...

I've dug up my notes about Asus's regular D510 board and the temperatures are between 5C and 9C higher when the board is positioned horizontally (using a very open case without a fan). The heatsink looks similar to the one that comes with that Ion board. Wow, I'm really surprised here. You're talki...

We're all talking about mobile CPUs and chipsets, aren't we? I mean ION is a mobile chipset, just like the 945 or the NM10. Atom 'N' stands for Netbook, D for desktop. I don't believe convection works better when the board sits vertically in the case, I trust more the horizontal position. Regarding ...

Hi, Thanks for your reply. What do you mean by a mobile Atom board? Do you mean one with an Intel 945 chipset? Does this chipset really use less energy than the ION (the ION also is a mobile chipset)? Remember I intend to switch off the graphics portion of the ION. I do need a PCI express 16x slot f...

Hi, I consider purchasing the following elements: - a Thermaltake Element Q case, with no power supply - an AT3IONT-I Deluxe Mini ITX motherboard, with an 90W external power supply. This means there won't be a power supply in the Thermaltake case. - 2 x 2GB of RAM, equipped with small heatsinks. - R...