Atom based or other itx mobo

**shortee611** · 06-07-2009, 11:32 PM

This is my first carputer and need some help on deciding weather to buy a intel atom board 945GCLF2 or a board were i need to buy a processor like a Zotac NF610I since the price isn't really that big of a difference. which would have better boot time? What would you do?

Thanks

**afterdigital** · 06-12-2009, 03:09 PM

i use the atom and so far it's been great

**Woofnstuff** · 06-12-2009, 05:32 PM

the atom will have lower power requirements, and in theory should make less heat too.

mine has been grunty enough for what i need, gps, music and data logging at once.

plays movies well too

**csfile** · 06-12-2009, 05:45 PM

depends if what you need it for or what you're looking for. Atom board will use less power (very important for me for a car application). Zotac board can have a more powerful processor and better GPU. Like Woofnstuff, atom was plenty for what I wanted in a CarPC.