[mythtv-users] ITX motherboard to replace dead Zotac ION?

Richard Morton richard.e.morton at gmail.com
Wed Sep 10 16:49:18 UTC 2014


Please excuse brevity and pistakes as this email was composed on a mobile
phone.

Thanks and best regards,
Richard Morton
On 10 Sep 2014 17:10, "Patrick Ouellette" <pat at flying-gecko.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:18:19AM +1200, Robin Gilks wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:18:19 +1200
> > From: Robin Gilks <g8ecj at gilks.org>
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ITX motherboard to replace dead Zotac ION?
> > To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >
> >
> > > On Sun, Sep 07, 2014 at 09:00:19AM +1200, Robin Gilks wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Title says it all really. Frontend died, spare frontend also died.
Both
> > >> were Zotac IONITX-B N230 Atom boards.
> > >>
> > >> Reusing the case & PSU but new otherwise, does anyone have any
> > >> recommendations? AMD 5150 CPU on an Asus AM1I-A m/b perhaps? No idea
> > >> what
> > >> the video output is like & the audio I'd have to split out from the
HDMI
> > >> as I use SPDIF at present.
> > >>
> > >> Other ideas?
> > >>
> > > I'm considering the ASRock Q2900-ITX board.  They are quad core, have
> > > optical S/PDIF, 4 SATA, 1 PCIe 1x, Gigabit Ethernet, support 16GB RAM.
> > > http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q2900-ITX/
> > >
> > >
> > > They also have the Q2900-M with a PCIe16x slot, 2 SATA and some other
> > > minor differences.
> > > http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q2900M/
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion Pat - unfortunately the Q2900 isn't available
> > here in New Zealand :(
> >
>
> http://www.newegg.com/global/nz/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157546
> newegg.com - shipping to New Zealand $25.23 (4-10 days) or $40.09 (2-3
days)
> (prices in US dollars)
>
> I do not work for or have any monetary interest in NewEgg.
>

Don't forget that customs could charge duty and vat/sales tax on the
imported goods...

> Pat
>
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