So I was wondering which is considered more powerful and which consumes more power, the AMD Fusion or Atom + Ion? I looked around and didn't see any comparisons I liked.

So far my plan is to get the following parts: - ZOTAC IONITX-F-E Intel Atom 330 - LG BD-ROM - CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (2 x 2GB) - PCI-e 4 port SATA2 (because MoBo only has 3 connectors and I plan to put a few more harddrives) On the software side, I'm gonna run Ubuntu and XBMC. Has anyone ever used this MoBo or can't recommend me another setup? Thanks in advance.

Does anyone have any experience with the Zotac ZBox HD-ND02-U? It's a little dual-core Atom box with Ion graphics, 2 204-pin SODIMM slots, HDMI out, Optical Toslink out, integrated b/g/n and gigabit ethernet. Like the other ZBox models, you bring RAM, HDD and OS to the party. I was thinking of using this box with XP and Boxee (Someone convince me to use something other than XP if you think it necessary--so far it seems to do better at running Boxee than 7 does.) and strapping the ZBox to... Read more →

Been wondering why I can't find any really good online resources on HTPCs for the living room. I know that right now most pre-built HTPCs are pretty expensive but building one yourself i pretty darn cheap. I took a stab at building one, here are my specs: Processor: N330 Dual Core Atom 1.6Ghz (w/HT) Motherboard: Zotac IONITX-g-e (w/ ION GPU) Ram: Corsair 3Gbs DDR2 PC3200 Optical: Liteon Bluray OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit MISC: ATI TV wonder Capture Card MISC #2: IR Blaster (configured... Read more →