recommend ITX Motherboard for 1080p mkv playback over onboard HDMI

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hi guys,

I'm giving some thought to selling on my existing HTPC (nothing wrong with it, just it mATM so a bit bigger then i wanted).

I'm wondering if there is anything out there at the moment which ticks the following boxes:

Onboard video with HDMI output (for video and sound)
Will be able to run using a PicoPSU
Powerful enough to playback 1080p mvk blueray rips and DVDs.
Take 4gb DDR3 (already got 4gb slimline ram I wish to reuse)
SATA2 (got a vertex 2 as boot drive), all media will be on an unraid server.

Looking at building a case myself and moving to mini ITX so i can mount case to back of 40" TV.
 
I've jhad a quick look around over the weekend and there two look ok:

Sapphire PURE Fusion MINI E350 with AMD Radeon HD6310 - £115 -

Asus AT5IONT-I Deluxe Fanless Dual Core 1.8GHz Atom ION2 - £160 -

Leaning towards the Pure Fusion as the price is decent, adding a picoPSU into the mix still works out cheaper than the Asus. But the Asus has the build in power which i like, the wireless and passive.

Is there any good direct benchmarks of the e350 system vs Atom dual Core & ION2??

Both system would surely reduce my power useage by a fair bit as i'm using a desktop PC setup as a media centre right now.

EDIT: Or maybe this one - looks to be best of both worlds maybe. Passive, has the E350 setup - would just need a PicoPSU for it.

Don't post competitor links!
 
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