MITX Advice

Darkninja462 · 6 Jun 2010 at 17:58

Currently have a MITX case with power supply lying in my house, and being to wonder about kitting it out, I have a spare 775 E5200 porcessor. What would be the best option to get motherboard wise or would an Atom be a better buy ?

Use :
General internet browsing (Msn and such like)
whatching HD-movies (.mkv files 1080p/720p)
storing music

what would my options be ?

Case if needed : InWin BP665

Reguards

Ninja

chipps101 · 6 Jun 2010 at 18:12

i'd suggest the zotac g41-itx wifi, its hard to find but worth it.

wouldn't touch an atom with a bargepole myself.

.:SAmSuNG:. · 6 Jun 2010 at 18:38

I have a Zotac GF 9300-I-E Nvidia itx board myself which coupled with a stock E5200 plays back 1080p files fine. Even though its a 2nd rig I wouldnt want anything slower like a atom.

Darkninja462 · 6 Jun 2010 at 21:17

I thought id ask about atoms because there out there I didn't think to highly of them anyway looking at the specs

@Samsung can i ask how much ram you have ? just as a benchmark for me ?

SimonR · 6 Jun 2010 at 22:06

It seems a lot of people, who have no experience of atoms, tend to **** them off, with no real substantiation. Atoms and especially Ions are very good at what they are designed to do. If you dont believe me ask Phil (purchasing Manager for OcUK) he had nvidia into the store giving them a dem of the Ion platform.

My Ion has not skipped a beat yet with ANYTHING that has been thrown at it yet.

Mushii

jellybeard999 · 6 Jun 2010 at 22:38

Atoms are fine if you don't need to do anything CPU intensive. They're fine for video (even HD if using hardware acceleration) browsing etc.. basically everything except encoding or gaming.

chipps101 · 6 Jun 2010 at 23:36

i've had an atom 270 and a 330 so i do have experience of atoms.
i would not have another one because i found even the dual core 330 far to slow for my basic needs.

@ the OP i also have a zotac 9300 wifi with an e2180 and i use 2gb ddr2 800 with it and it happily runs win 7 fine and linux ubuntu when i had that on it also.

i have the zotac g41 wifi for a project i will be doing and the height of the cooler on the gpu is much shorter than the 9300's so will have a lot less problems with low profile aftermarket coolers than the 9300.

Darkninja462 · 7 Jun 2010 at 13:07

So if I was to acquire a :

ZOTAC GeForce 9300-ITX WiFi Socket 775 DDR2 onboard VGA DVI HDMI PCI-E ITX Motherboard

&&

Crucial 2GB Kit (2x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 Memory CL6 1.8V

I should be able to play full HD movies near enough seamlessly ?

or would a "Zotac GT218-ION 512MB GDDR3 DVI HDMI Out Graphics Card For Zotac Ion M-ITX Boards" be an option aswel ?

trying to keep this build as cheap as possible

chipps101 · 7 Jun 2010 at 15:04

if your trying to do it as cheap as possible the g41 wifi is around £30 - £40 cheaper than the 9300 and either will be enough to play hd movies as long as your not adding post processing effects.
the 9300 does get a little toasty in cases without much airflow though.
mine hit 90c in a lian li pc-q07b and now lives in a silverstone sugo sg03 where it can still hit the high 70's when tested looping the 1080p predators trailer from apple trailers using quicktime 7 (i'm using the intel stock cooler).