Instead, i converted a cheap nettop into a standalone xbmc settop box. For those of you who dont know the asrock ion, its a tiny desktop pc driven by an intel atom cpu, and featuring an nvidia ion graphical chip. Its the basic model intel atom 330 with ion 1 chipset, 2 gb ram, 160 gb. Combining a highperformance nvidia ion graphics processor with an energyefficient dualcore intel atom 330 processor, 160gb hard drive, and 2gb of ddr2800 memory, the zotac mag delivers an computing experience that a high performance punch in a compact 186mm x 189mm x 38mm package. I received a intel atom z3735f based box mele pcg03 directly from the manufacturer for testing, and decided to try getting debian run on it. Xbmc 12 frodo arrives, bringing raspberry pi and android versions, airplay audio for windows and 64bit os x support. Intel boxd945gclf2 atom 330 intel 945gc mini itx motherboardcpu combo kingston 2gb 240pin ddr2 sdram ddr2 667 pc2 5300 ati remote wonder usb this works better with latest revision without lirc maxtor 120gb 7200 rpm ubuntu 8.
Hack reenables atom processor compatibility for mac os x 10. Intels partners are very cautious when supporting a product like ion. I also realised that it would not take long before gnulinux based distros would adopt to be able to run on the new atom based solutions, and today i want to share what i have found already today. Hack reenables atom processor compatibility for mac os x. Although the atom cpu is considered slow, the nvidia ion chipset more. Intel atom 330 dualcore cpu experience with xbmc for. Installing xbmc on asrock ion 330 ht with ubuntu 10. Buy the zotac maghdnd01u mag minipc at a super low price. Buy intel boxd945gclf2 atom 330 intel 945gc mini itx motherboard cpu combo with fast shipping and toprated customer service. Optimizing intel atom and vlc playback gentoo forums view topic. Pr sentation des neuen intel desktop board d945gclf2 mit atom 330 dualcore prozessor f r mehr multitasking performance. Asrock put out an ion system based on the intel atom 330 processor.
For a few years, until the cats fucked up my hdmi output. I have pretty much the same cpu but with an nvidia gpu that handles all the video decoding ion 330 and it runs perfectly. This is what i have for my atom 330 based media computer. Zotac maghdnd01u mag minipc intel atom 330 dual core.
Myka ion brings intel atom and ion graphics into the living room. Gentoo on alternative architectures, gentoo for mac os x portage for mac os x. August 22, 2010 ddewaele leave a comment go to comments. I can say that xbmc live works great on the zotac board. Comparing the zotac zbox and the acer aspire revo as htpcs. Vs i have been using an acer aspire revo running xbmc live as an htpc for a. Both of my mac minis also have intel gpus without any issues. Build a silent, standalone xbmc media center on the cheap.