Mini-Box.com recently sent their new
M350 Mini-ITX case over for review, and included some extra components to form the nucleus of a silent computer system. In addition to the case, they provided their
80W picoPSU and Intel's D510MO Mini-ITX motherboard, which is powered by an embedded 1.66GHz dual core Intel Atom processor. Couple these items with a solid state drive and some DDR2 memory and you have an extremely compact, low power system that is 100% solid state and noiseless.
This review is going to take a closer look at
Intel's D510M0 motherboard to see what kind of performance you can expect from a system built around this little guy. Before taking a closer look at the motherboard provided by Mini-Box.com, let's take a look at some of the features and specifications, as taken from the
product page on their website.
Features and Specifications:
» Model: D510MO
» Processor: Intel Atom Processor D510 Quad (Dual Core), 1.66GHz
» Chipset: Intel NM10 Express Chipset (TigerPoint)
» L2 Cache: 512 KB x 2 L2 Cashe
» System Memory: Single channel DDR2 800/667 MHz, 2x DIMMs (max 4GB)
» Graphics: Integrated graphic VGA port & on board LVDS (optional)
» Power: 24 Pin ATX
» Connectors (rear):
» 1x D-SUB15 (VGA)
» 1x LAN 10/100/1000MBit (Realtek)
» 3x Sound (Line Out, Line In, Microphone)
» 2x PS2
» 4x USB2.0
» Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio (ALC) Incl multi-stream support
» Connectors (internal):
» 1x PCI
» 1x Mini PCIex
» AUDIO (Front panel)
» AUDIO (SPDIF)
» 3x USB
» 2x SATA (3GBs)
» 2x COM (Serial)
» 1x Parallel
» Included:
» D510MO Main board (with 1.66Ghz Atom N510 CPU)
» I/O ATX rear plate
» SATA cable
» Drivers CD
» Form Factor: mini-ITX (170mm X 170mm)
» Thermal solution: Passive, Z-height 35mm
» Additional comments:
» Windows Vista Basic WHQL certified
» Windows 7 Starter/ Home basic support
For a Mini-ITX board, Intel has packed a decent amount of expandability into the D510MO. Two memory slots, two SATA ports, a PCI slot, a mini PCI Express connection, and plenty of USB ports should make configuring this board into a basic system rather convenient.
