1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:09,120 So, this is a pretty cool product. Today, we're going to be having a look at a very, very small motherboard. This 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:10,960 is an ASUS AT3N7A-I. 3 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:14,320 And what it is is, well, why don't we just start by reading off the front of 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:18,800 the box. It is Windows 7 ready. It features the Intel Atom processor, and 5 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:23,920 it has the NVIDIA ION chipset. So, that means that it has full HD 1080p support, 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:28,000 which is accelerated by the ION chipset because the Atom is not powerful enough 7 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:31,519 for that. It also features Bluetooth. something about perfectly suit your 8 00:00:29,359 --> 00:00:36,719 digital lifestyle. And let's see, this features ah it has the ion 330. So this 9 00:00:34,079 --> 00:00:40,719 is the dual core uh atom. Sorry, ion 330. It is the dual core atom, which is 10 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:44,480 the one that it seems most people are more interested in. So the first thing 11 00:00:42,559 --> 00:00:49,920 we find inside is a motherboard user guide with the ion support DVD rev 12 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:54,800 whatever uh DVD inside. Uh don't use that. Download the latest drivers and 13 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:56,559 utilities off asuse.com. Here is the IO 14 00:00:54,800 --> 00:01:01,199 shield and there's a funny label here. So that's the Bluetooth uh logo right 15 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:05,040 there. So we'll see exactly how they've gone and implemented Bluetooth on this 16 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:11,119 particular motherboard. It includes two SATA cables and that is pretty much it. 17 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:13,280 Now this is one tiny board. I love ITX 18 00:01:11,119 --> 00:01:17,600 boards. I think they're just hilarious, you know, cuz they're so small and yet 19 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:22,560 they feature, you know, really most of the same functionality of a larger PC. 20 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:27,360 Okay, so here's what we've got. Why don't we actually start with just the 21 00:01:24,159 --> 00:01:30,560 basic feature set? So, we've got support 22 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:33,600 for DDR2 RAM. Okay. And you can support 23 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:36,000 I believe it's up to I better make sure 24 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:40,000 before I say anything stupid, but I believe it should support up to 4 gigs 25 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:43,840 of RAM. Okay. Don't quote me on that one. I think it's up to 4 gigs of RAM. 26 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:48,079 Okay. And then we've got a couple of fan headers uh spread out around the board. 27 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:51,520 We've got one, two, three, including the one that the little tiny CPU fan is 28 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:57,200 attached to. So, you can see this probably doesn't give off a whole lot of heat. Our power connectors are in their 29 00:01:55,119 --> 00:02:02,479 ideal locations with the four pin up at the top left. You definitely don't need 30 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:04,960 an 8 pin for this guy and then with a 24 31 00:02:02,479 --> 00:02:08,479 pin over over here on the right hand edge. In terms of SATA connectors, now 32 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:12,160 this is something I'm a little bit disappointed in. It's only three SATA 33 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:17,200 connectors. So, they're using one of the SATA um one of the SATA connections from 34 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:21,760 the chipset for ESATA, but I'd really like to see more ITX boards with between 35 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:27,120 four and six connectors because otherwise they'd be great for use as 36 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:30,400 like a home server or as a storage server because they don't use up a whole 37 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:34,720 lot of power and they're plenty fast enough for just storing data on them. 38 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:39,680 You've got one PCI slot, so that allows you to add whatever it is you need one 39 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:43,599 of. And you have one USB header here. So, that would be for your front USB on 40 00:02:41,519 --> 00:02:48,160 your case or for a card reader or for whatever else. Okay. One one little 41 00:02:46,319 --> 00:02:52,239 little niggle I've got here is I hate little tiny fans. I would have rather 42 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:55,599 they put a bigger heat sink on it or put like a wider heat sink on it so that 43 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:59,599 they could put a larger fan because these little fans tend to be the first 44 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:03,440 thing that dies on anything that they're attached to. So, let's have a look at 45 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:08,080 the back of the board. So, you got kind of a black brown sort of PCB. You can 46 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:13,040 see almost all of the traces lead back to that chipset right there, which is 47 00:03:09,920 --> 00:03:16,800 the Atom and the Wait, what? Hold on a 48 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:18,720 minute. Just a moment. Huh. No, I think 49 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:22,560 the Atom's actually here. I believe that's actually the North Bridge, 50 00:03:20,959 --> 00:03:26,319 although I'm just guessing right now. So, why don't we just move on? Yeah, 51 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:30,879 there we go. Okay, so let's have a look at the IO on the back. So, we start with 52 00:03:28,159 --> 00:03:34,400 a standard PS2 keyboard port. Then we have eight USB ports. And given that 53 00:03:32,959 --> 00:03:38,400 something like this would typically be deployed in somewhere where you're uh 54 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,120 you're not going to be plugging in a whole lot to the front. You're just 55 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:45,519 going to put it somewhere, tuck it away, lots of USB ports is very optimal. We've 56 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:50,000 got an HDMI port. Then we have two digital audio ports which makes it very 57 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:52,640 well suited for something like uh like a home theater sort of box where all 58 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:58,000 you're really doing is playing back media. You got VGA just to complete the 59 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:02,799 uh the output options. Right there you have one ESATA. This is your Bluetooth 60 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:06,400 adapter, which I believe is probably just plugged into Okay, it wouldn't 61 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:10,319 surprise me if this is just something that's plugged into like a USB port or 62 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:13,920 something. Or maybe it's Oh, you know what? I bet it's running off what would 63 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:18,239 have been your other USB header. Okay, so then we've got gigabit Ethernet and 64 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:22,120 7.1 audio. Thank you for checking out my quick unboxing of the AT3N7A-I.