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Intel Atom 330

The Intel Atom 330 is a low power dual-core processor aimed at the mini-PC market. It will likely be included in MSI's WindPC's, which currently use the previous Atom. The max power used by the Atom 330 8W. It has a 1MB cache shared between two cores. It fits in any motherboard that its predessor, the single-core Atom 230, fits in (Socket BGA437). The Atom 330 was originally planned to be released late Q3, however it has been pushed back to September 21st, 2008, which is early Q4. The Atom line of processors are Intel's smallest processors.

Features    

  • 1.6gHz Dual-core
  • 533mHz Frontside Bus
  • Requires only 8W of power
  • 1 MB L2 Cache
Intel Atom 330
MSRP $43.00
Release date September, 2008
Brand Intel
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Low power consumption
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Perfect for mini PCs
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Dual-core
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Only 533mHz FSB
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1.  avatar mikecollis said:

I have one running on the D945GCLF2 motherboard. It arrived a few days ago and I put it into an Inwin ITX case (7 litre size - smaller than a Shuttle which is normally 11 litre size I believe) that shipped with a custom sized 120W power supply. It is coupled with 1Gb of Kingston memory and a 160Gb Western Digital 8Mb cache SATA drive. It appears to run XP Pro quite nicely so far and I plan for it to replace my 5 year old Athlon tower (sitting on a bookshelf rather than under my feet). I might try dual-booting to Vista (Ultimate - my only copy) to see how it goes (for curiosity's sake only). It might be fine with the 4 virtual cores (the Atom 330 is dual core and each core has hyperthreading) but I can hear the complaints now if I leave Vista on the machine that my change-resistant wife uses most often!

Mike - Auckland, New Zealand.
Sep 05, 2008 8:15am
2.  avatar thehinac said:

I have one running on the same board D45GCLF2, with a G.Skill DDR2-667 running at CL 4-4-4-12. I'm Currently running Windows Server 2008 x64 SP1 Standard w/ Exchange2007 x64 & ExpressSQL x64 . I'd have to say this chip does the job if you want to run a green home server. The response time is very nice. I hardly ever get over 20% usage out of CPU. I've only had it a week now, but I have no complaints.
Feb 27, 2009 11:29pm
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Pros

  • Low power consumption
  • Perfect for mini PCs
  • Dual-core

Cons

  • Only 533mHz FSB
  • 2GB limit on Total Ram

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"I have one running on the same board D45GCLF2, with a G.Skill DDR2-667 running at CL 4-4-4-12. I'm Currently running Windows Server 2008 x64 SP1 Standard w/ Exchange2007 x64 & ExpressSQL x64 . I'd have to say this chip does the job if you want to run a green home server. The response time is very nice. I hardly ever get over 20% usage out of CPU. I've only had it a week now, but I have no complaints."
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  • Low power consumption
  • Perfect for mini PCs
  • Dual-core

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