Intel BOXD510MO Intel Atom D510 Intel NM10 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU Combo

Pros: Great passively cooled board that works well as an HTPC if you add in a $30 Crystal HD mini-PCI-E and connect to your TV via the RGB connection. Will do YouTube HD as well as Netflix and just about anything else you can throw at it. So, for about $200 you have a little system you can use as an HTPC - MB+60GB SSD+2GB DDR2+CrystalHD. I am running Win7 and using WMC as my primary application for HTPC. It is networked to other WMC PC's in the home and i have it pulling in ClearQAM + ATSC from my HDHomerun.

Cons: No DVI and restricted resolution prevents it going 1920x1080 but my 32" Vizio only is good for 1366x768 so it works just fine with that mode. There can be a little bit of a lag when running video and trying to run another app but that is to be expected. As an HTPC for a 720p system, it works for me.

Pros: Fanless, CPU and video are OK for surfing and word processing. Can even do those pre-2008 games that I have, too. Intel warranty program is not bad.

Cons: Definitely not a board for HTPC.

Other Thoughts: Dead after 1year, only lightlly used. Intel sent a replacement very quickly. This board will not save a lot of power. My ECS+E3200 consumes 35w idling and 52w normal use. This board 28w idling, 38w normal use, with same peripherals.

Pros: Low price, good performance, works well with Windows Home Server

Cons: Only two SATA connectors, wish it had 3-4.
Instead of PCI. would have been nice to have PCIe x1 slot.

Other Thoughts: I had this board and decided to use it to build a Windows Home Server box. Used a mini-ITX case and it turned out to be one sweet little system. WHS installed without a problem and ran well with only 2GB of DDR2-800 memory. I wish the Motherboard had more than 2 SATA connectors since this kind of system could use more than 1 HDD (2 if you forego a DVD/CD burner). Fortunately it does have a PCI slot in which an SATA adapter card can be added to add an additional drive or two. Overall, am well pleased.

Pros: I wanted to replace my window 2003 server with something, small and low wattage. This answered the call. setup was easy. Windows server 2008 installed without any issues. Windows run fast, no delays, fast start up time. Perfect for a SFTP server, proxy server and AD controller.

Cons: 1) No additional fan plugs, just one.
2) no drivers from intel for windows 2008, windows found everything it needed, but would be nice for intel to have some drivers for windows 2008

Other Thoughts: I wish these came with PCIe instead of PCI, then it would be perfect... slap in a raid card, couple drivers and here is a perfect little NAS

Pros: I purchased this motherboard because of its good reviews with FreeNAS. All I had to do was plug in my FreeNAS USB flash drive, and it all just worked! No hassle or special OS configuration needed. Runs much cooler than I expected for a dual-core hyperthreaded CPU.

Cons: No FDD header. No PC speaker output.
No Serial/Parallel plugs on the back. It has headers instead, and most most mini ITX cases don't have places to mount header adapter cables. Not needed for FreeNAS but I work with lots of "legacy" stuff and if I repurpose this board later on I might need them. On the brighter side it has *two* serial ports instead of just one, and they appear to be standard so they should work with any OS.

Other Thoughts: It would be nice if there were an mATX Atom board with more PCI expansion slots.

Pros: Great little board if it stays working

Cons: The only board that will kill itself just sitting there.

Other Thoughts: First build was perfect and still is with everyday use. Second board setup perfectly, but killed itself after a week. Had to RMA. Third board setup perfectly but killed itself after 4 months. I will not bother with Intel warranty but will consider it a lesson learned. Could have powered a
Phenom 910e quad core running 24/7, for 854 days, for what this has cost me. Sure, the upfront cost would be
higher but in the long run I would be money ahead and have a significant performance benefit. Now I will have to
do a AM2+ build so my DDR2 memory doesn't go to waste.
I like to build and play, and... have NON-Issues. By some of the other reviews this board has issues. I've checked the power supply and have been careful about removing
keyboard, mouse,etc. until power has been off for at least a minute. In both cases the boards refused to post after just sitting there for a few days without any switching or connecting of any peripherals.

Pros: It's small, it's quiet (passive cooling), it is fast (for an Atom), gigabit networking, perfect for a file sharing home server. At first I was going to buy the other Mini-ITX Atom board by Intel, but for $10 more, you get dual core (vs single core) and (among other things) 1gbps (vs 100mbps).

Cons: - Only two SATA ports (wished there was more), but this could be fixed by adding a pci card.
- Did not work out of the box with the spare ram I had. *See other thoughts

Other Thoughts: Like others have posted, you need ram with a specific voltage/speed to be recognized by the BIOS. Specifically, you need to have 667/800MHz with 1.8v. I had a spare stick of ram that was 533MHz at 1.6v and it didn't even post. Just take note of that before purchasing.

Pros: Works Awesome, Good Speed and works with windows 7 pro 64bit

Cons: None so far

Other Thoughts: Used Kingston DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) and worked fine

Pros: What a great product from Intel. Runs Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit with no problems what so ever! Dont forget to max out the Memory with some Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) This memory works like a champ.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Because of hyperthreading the processor is shown as four CPUs in task manager on the performance tab, nothing wrong with that!

Pros: - Cheap
- Easy to install
- Very quiet
- Low power

Cons: - Dead in less than 3 months

Other Thoughts: I had it running 24/7 in a case with 2 120mm fans.