Intel D510MO 'Pinetrail' Mini-ITX Motherboard Review

Mon 2010-03-08 - Posted by Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

Bigbruin have posted a review of the Intel D510MO Mini-ITX motherboard, which is based on the new Intel Pinetrail platform and features an integrated dual-core/four-thread Atom Processor D510 1.66GHz processor and integrated graphics.

Here's what they had to say:

"In the end, the most appealing thing about the Intel D510MO Mini-ITX motherboard with 1.66GHz Intel Atom dual core processor was that it could be used as the core of a completely silent system. Since the board is passively cooled, you can pick other passively cooled or solid state components for a build that generates absolutely zero noise.

To complement the silence, a system including the D510MO can also be quite compact and draw minimal electricity. The test system drew between 19W and 29W, which is a mere fraction of what a typical desktop computer might draw."

This inexpensive platform is designed for an HTPC or light-duty/web browsing computer, and it's quite good at that task. However, the lack of an HDMI port is a stupid omission.

Click here to read the full review.

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