[Goga777]

new product for htpc

http://myka.tv/myka-ion.html

http://myka.tv/images/stories/myka%20pro...20copy.jpg

Motherboard Processor 1.6 GHz Intel Atom 330 Dual Core
533 MHz FSB
Chipset NVIDIA MCP7A-ION
System Memory 2 Dual channel DDR2 667 DIMM slots
Up to 4 GB of memory
VGA Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9400M Graphics
Supported Resolution 1920 x 1440 (VGA)
Expansion Slots PCI Express Mini Card
Onboard IDE None
Onboard Serial ATA 3 SATA (3 Gb/sec.) connectors (RAID 0, 1, 0+1)
Onboard USB 10 USB 2.0
Onboard LAN Realtek RTL8211C GbE 10/100/1000
Onboard Audio Realtek ALC662 5.1 channel HD codec
Back Panel I/O 6 USB 2.0 ports
1 VGA port
1 DVI-I port
1 HDMI port
1 eSATA port
1 LAN port
1 PS2 keyboard port
2 S/PDIF-out ports (coaxial/optical)
3 Audio jacks: line-out, line-in, mic-in
1 DC jack
Onboard I/O Connectors 3 SATA connectors
4 USB 2.0 via 2 pin headers
1 RS-232 COM pin header
1 Front panel audio pin header
1 Front panel pin header
2 Fan pin headers
4-pin Molex connector (for peripheral power)
BIOS AMI BIOS 8 Mb flash memory
System Monitoring & Management System power management, RTC timer
Operating Temperature 0ºC ~ 50ºC
Power DC 19 V @ 4.74 A
Form Factor Mini-ITX (17 x 17 cm)
Includes Driver CD
90 W AC adapter & cord
3 SATA cables
1 SATA power cable
User manual

[sircube]

Loooks nice! Would be the first ION Solution with passive cooling and dual core. hmmm... And they only report 50C operating temperature. Too good to be true. Just a shame they only have blueray and no dvd option. Blueray with mandatory win7 license pushes the price over 600$. Hope there is a way to build in dvd manually. I look forward to a user experience report.

[DeadPenguin]

In the link below it says the base model is $379 and it gives a the cost of the Bluray add on at $225.
http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2009/11/06/m...more-14112

[sircube]

In the link below it says the base model is $379 and it gives a the cost of the Bluray add on at $225.
http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2009/11/06/m...more-14112

http://torrentfreak.com/the-myka-bittorr...am-090118/

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2009/10/...-myka-250/

I mean even after reading these I'm quite suspicious going for an order. No support on forums. No live pictures or review on e.g Youtube or more HW famous review sites.

[ion_man]

Seems like a Zotac board inside a fairly crappy looking case to me.

Much better to buy the parts from newegg and build it yourself.

[ion_man]

http://torrentfreak.com/the-myka-bittorr...am-090118/

http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2009/10/...-myka-250/

I mean even after reading these I'm quite suspicious going for an order. No support on forums. No live pictures or review on e.g Youtube or more HW famous review sites.

These are not Atom+ION boxes, these are Popcornhour clones, XBMC will never work on those.

[sircube]

These are not Atom+ION boxes, these are Popcornhour clones, XBMC will never work on those.

Indeed. What I meant is that even this company released a popcorn hour clone 6 months ago, you hardly find evidence it exists. ION version might be another mistery...