The Point of View ION 330 mITX motherboard

So let's have a look at what POV is offering. At roughly 140 EUR you can purchase a pretty advanced mITX motherboard that comes with the Atom 330 dual-core processor. If you like to do a little more and for that extra bite, we really do recommend the 330 version over the single core based Atom 2x0 versions.

Packaging, as you can see, with a strong focus on multimedia. And that is what ION is about, lower power consumption, yet next to your daily dose of PC usage, you can accelerate your high-definition content.

Here we see the packaged items. Very plain and very basic, a mITX ION motherboard, one SATA cable, one small fan (you can go passive with the motherboards as well), back panel plate, drivers and a thin manual. Granted .. it's not luxurious bundle.

So here we have the Atom 330 based ION motherboard from Point of View. This form factor is mITX. And as such will pretty much fit any chassis, even the bigger ATX ones as the holes line and match up perfectly with ATX design. The first thing you'll notice is the plethora of connectors that POV is offering. PS2 mouse/keyboard, VGA, DVI and HDMI connector. Audio (Realtek) with even an optical TOSLINK. This one I prefer very much, especially if you plan to make a little HTPC out of the PC. Just pop it into your AV receiver and you have lossless multi-channel audio.

Then four USB ports, one gigabit Ethernet connector and three (5.1) analog audio connectors.