Storage (A Kingston SSD module was used). DDR3 Memory (A single 2GB DDR3 module was used). This leaves us with the following additional components to complete the build : DC Power port (using the Asus power brick, there’s no need for an internal PSU). The Asus board is a fairly complete system as it offers you : XBMC was used as the main media player for the system. Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 were used for testing. This leaves additional room in the case for heat dissipation. As already stated, the provided AC/DC adapter will provide the power to the Asus mainboard. The case provides room for fitting an internal PSU, but no internal PSU will be used. The Asus board was fitted into a Lian-Li PC-Q07 case, with no case-fans attached. When looking at the sheer size of the package, one can already tell that it is feature packed, and that all these necessary goodies are included for having a nice custom HTCP build. For completing your build, all you need is a case, some memory and storage, and your good to go. It’s a complete package, not only offering the Intel Atom/Nvidia Ion motherboard, but additional features like remote control, onboard DC/DC converter (eliminating the need for a PSU), WiFi, Bluetooth and perhaps most importantly, a complete passively cooled system. 
Thus people end up buying additional components to hook up to their Atom board, adding to the cost, and the potential issue of having components that don’t work all that well together.Īsus has tried to address this issue with the Asus AT3IonT-I Deluxe.
It’s easy to start with off with an Atom/ION board, but in addition to that there are a lot of other pieces of the HTCP puzzle that we need to fill in.
Takes some additional effort to put into place. However, in order to achieve the full HTCP experience, where you can enjoy key additional benefits such as : The fact that it’s a cheap solution, widely available and supported allows it to act as a key enabler for such Atom/Ion based HTCP custom builds. Most custom HTCP builds are probably based on the Intel Atom/Nvidia Ion combo.
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