bit-tech News: Gigabyte's GA-GC230D Atom Mini-ITX motherboard

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Hi all,

 

We have just published a review of *Gigabyte's GA-GC230D Atom Mini-ITX

motherboard*. If you could post a link on your site that would be very

much appreciated.

 

*Link:*

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/09/10/gigabyte-ga-gc230d-atom-mini-itx/1

 

 

*Picture:*

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/09/gigabyte-ga-gc230d-atom-mini-itx/fp_img.jpg

 

 

*Quote:

*/The Intel Atom certainly isn't incapable, it's just not as hardcore as

modern performance CPUs and for the cost it's a good base for very low

power, very low cost bare bones PC or any number of other uses: NAS box,

server, DVD and SD video player? We would have liked Gigabyte to have

included Gigabit Ethernet or one large heatsink with no fan - we've seen

MSI's Wind board prove that's possible, and there's little reason not to

have included the S/PDIF pin-out because the solder points are already

there.

 

Despite these flaws, we still really like the GA-GC230D though because

it inspires the imagination to do something different without emptying

your wallet. We just feel that Gigabyte could have done a bit more

customisation over the Intel reference design./

*

 

*Cheers guys!

 

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net