Why pick the AIMB-210 Mini-ITX SBC?
Who should be interested in the AIMB-210? In short, anyone building systems that have substantial I/O requirements, including strong legacy support, yet must also run quietly and economically. The AIMB-210 certainly fits the bill here as it offers more connectivity than many full-size boards, and fanless operation doesn’t only mean no noise, but also no electric fan that can fail. Atom-based systems also cost a lot less than Intel Core 2 Duo solutions, so if targeted performance at the lowest possible cost is an issue, this board definitely fits the bill. Keep in mind that as of now, almost all N270-powered boards, including the AIMB-210, use a complementing chipset that is substantially less future-oriented than the chip itself. The Intel 945GSE is a version of Intel’s older 945 chipset running at lower frequency (and performance). The chipset’s Graphic Medica Accelerator 950 is a tried-and-true design, but it not new and cannot, for example, decode HD signals. That’s generally no big
