Originally Posted by Bindibadgi But, damn expensive :(
I really really want to do a feature on making your own NAS :(
ya but certainly worth every penny, however my pennies lucked out as I got both of them for free bust still excellent system, ya a how to would be nice, I took some old hardware in the past and built my own low powered nas system but since I got those two QNAP Systems I retired that old rig.
Can you check to see if it suffers from the same problem as Zotac 9300 motherboard: Non-powered USB ports. This prevents the computer from being able to be woken up by USB. This is a big deal for HTPC enthusiasts because it means the motherboard can't be powered on by a remote control.
I really like the whole ION system. I am going to make a HTPC out of one as soon as I have the funds (or can get a sponsor). My only requirement is for the board to be Duel Core, have slots for 2 DDR2 dimms, have built in WiFi and a PCI-e slot for a better sound card.
I really like the whole ION system. I am going to make a HTPC out of one as soon as I have the funds (or can get a sponsor). My only requirement is for the board to be Duel Core, have slots for 2 DDR2 dimms, have built in WiFi and a PCI-e slot for a better sound card.
Shoot me a PM if/when you find one?
I have the same requirements. :p I'm even willing to let up on the powered USB ports (I can make the extra effort to hit the switch)
I promise I'll let you know if I have any luck, too :D
Well this Zotac board is almost exactly what I am looking for except it is missing the PCI-e slot and I would really prefer the board without the built in PSU, perhaps they will release another model which will be perfect.
I will let you know if I find any, these boards anre just starting to roll in now.
I really like the whole ION system. I am going to make a HTPC out of one as soon as I have the funds (or can get a sponsor). My only requirement is for the board to be Duel Core, have slots for 2 DDR2 dimms, have built in WiFi and a PCI-e slot for a better sound card.
umm the board you linked to does all that minus the built in Wifi, just get the Atom 330 model which is a dual core. and a USB based wifi and if it must be internal then get a usb header to usb adapter and plug it inside the system lol.
People may be losing sight of what Ion was designed to do above and beyond a regular Intel Atom platform.
Ion adds much better graphics capability to a low power x86 processor. Some codecs get a boost from nVidia's graphics technology allowing some to be played at 1080p and less intensive games may now be playable at a 720p-type resolution.
Moving to a dual-core Atom adds some processing power for non-accelerated video, primarily flash at full screen 720p and will probably allow slight more intensive games to be played on a 720p output.
These seemed to be designed as a HTPC front-end, running something along the lines of WMC, XBMC or MythTV and should be tested as such. It's also worth seeing how well, or not as the case may be, these run simpler main-stream games, on-line flash games and things that a family may use a computer plugged into the main TV for.
Ion is way too over-powered for a NAS, you're burning power running the nVidia graphics when you don't need to. In fact, you could find that the Atom platform itself is over-power unless you solely want to run x86 compatible software.
What I'd like to see for NAS and similar type applications is something like the Beagle Board:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeagleBoard
These are at least 3x the price they should be simply because of the economies of scale that Intel, nVidia and AMD enjoy.
However, nVidia is bringing out it's own low-power chip soon (hopefully) and Tegra may well be the low power platform of choice if they position it correctly:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Tegra
Both of the above use processors are based on ARM technology and so should run the Linux distributions that have been made available for this platform.
In the official review, can we get numbers on heat with and without the heatsink fan? I'm not a big fan of fans but I want the dual core 330 and I want to know if this board can handle it.
Originally Posted by amdavies Ion is way too over-powered for a NAS
agreed, and cool link on that Beagle Board +1 rep for you!
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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi I really really want to do a feature on making your own NAS :(
isnt that what the linux server article was all about? just add SAMBA and mdadm for linux RAID.
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Originally Posted by [USRF]Obiwan
Since everyone is looking to see if this is the next HTPC, can you please review it as such with all the bells and whistles like, BR playback, MKV container playback, XBMC or Other media centers.
I definatly need this ftw!
i run XBMC with windows on an old laptop at the moment, it does the job fine but im looking for an upgrade. This Zotac board and a VESA mouted case will give me all i need.
im looking forward to the review.
EDIT:: ALSO, what about audio passthrough over HDMI?
isnt that what the linux server article was all about? just add SAMBA and mdadm for linux RAID.
Yes that is. But I mean "for the rest of us"
Hardware choice, build guide, FreeNAS install. Somewhat simpler and something everyone can try.
Multiple media centres is too much time to test, plus they get updated all the time. We'd be here forever testing every type of file + codec + software combination.
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ReplyBut, damn expensive :(
I really really want to do a feature on making your own NAS :(
ya but certainly worth every penny, however my pennies lucked out as I got both of them for free bust still excellent system, ya a how to would be nice, I took some old hardware in the past and built my own low powered nas system but since I got those two QNAP Systems I retired that old rig.
Please do! That would be a nice addition to the guides on the site!
http://www.techpowerup.com/93687/Point_of_View_Releases_its_First_NVIDIA_ION_Mainboards.html
How about getting one of these to review? :D
I really like the whole ION system. I am going to make a HTPC out of one as soon as I have the funds (or can get a sponsor). My only requirement is for the board to be Duel Core, have slots for 2 DDR2 dimms, have built in WiFi and a PCI-e slot for a better sound card.
Shoot me a PM if/when you find one?
I have the same requirements. :p I'm even willing to let up on the powered USB ports (I can make the extra effort to hit the switch)
I promise I'll let you know if I have any luck, too :D
I will let you know if I find any, these boards anre just starting to roll in now.
umm the board you linked to does all that minus the built in Wifi, just get the Atom 330 model which is a dual core. and a USB based wifi and if it must be internal then get a usb header to usb adapter and plug it inside the system lol.
Ion adds much better graphics capability to a low power x86 processor. Some codecs get a boost from nVidia's graphics technology allowing some to be played at 1080p and less intensive games may now be playable at a 720p-type resolution.
Moving to a dual-core Atom adds some processing power for non-accelerated video, primarily flash at full screen 720p and will probably allow slight more intensive games to be played on a 720p output.
These seemed to be designed as a HTPC front-end, running something along the lines of WMC, XBMC or MythTV and should be tested as such. It's also worth seeing how well, or not as the case may be, these run simpler main-stream games, on-line flash games and things that a family may use a computer plugged into the main TV for.
Ion is way too over-powered for a NAS, you're burning power running the nVidia graphics when you don't need to. In fact, you could find that the Atom platform itself is over-power unless you solely want to run x86 compatible software.
What I'd like to see for NAS and similar type applications is something like the Beagle Board:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeagleBoard
These are at least 3x the price they should be simply because of the economies of scale that Intel, nVidia and AMD enjoy.
However, nVidia is bringing out it's own low-power chip soon (hopefully) and Tegra may well be the low power platform of choice if they position it correctly:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Tegra
Both of the above use processors are based on ARM technology and so should run the Linux distributions that have been made available for this platform.
I definatly need this ftw!
i run XBMC with windows on an old laptop at the moment, it does the job fine but im looking for an upgrade. This Zotac board and a VESA mouted case will give me all i need.
im looking forward to the review.
EDIT:: ALSO, what about audio passthrough over HDMI?
Yes that is. But I mean "for the rest of us"
Hardware choice, build guide, FreeNAS install. Somewhat simpler and something everyone can try.
Multiple media centres is too much time to test, plus they get updated all the time. We'd be here forever testing every type of file + codec + software combination.
As long as the review comes out within the next month ill be a happy monkey. Im looking forward to the pearls of wisdom from Bit
I'm kind of underwhelmed by the lack of PCIe on this board.
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