[wazzer99]

i'm trying to justify paying more(?!?) for the IONITX-L-E instead of the IONITX-F-E
it seems that the L-E one is more recent, but...
Zotac does not offer a memory compatibility list:confused2:
TIA

[poofyhairguy]

Why pay more?

On an Atom system (even a DDR2 one) the lowest common denominator is the CPU by far.

The only reason to get the DDR3 version is if you have 2GB of DDR3 sitting around so it makes the total cost cheaper.

Otherwise just get the F-E, as there is NOTHING (especially XBMC) that would benefit on that system from slightly faster RAM. Put the money saved into an SSD (which DOES make XBMC faster).

That is what I have: F-E+SSD and it rocks...

[wazzer99]

Why pay more?

On an Atom system (even a DDR2 one) the lowest common denominator is the CPU by far.

The only reason to get the DDR3 version is if you have 2GB of DDR3 sitting around so it makes the total cost cheaper.

Otherwise just get the F-E, as there is NOTHING (especially XBMC) that would benefit on that system from slightly faster RAM. Put the money saved into an SSD (which DOES make XBMC faster).

That is what I have: F-E+SSD and it rocks...

poofyhairguy, thanks for your input
I was thinking of buying into the future, LOL
BTW, how loud is the F-E fan noise?