Jetway NC94-510-LF Mini-ITX Atom Motherboard

A Closer Look:

The motherboard itself is really nothing to look at a very basic color scheme of green and yellow. Mounted on the bottom of the PCB board is a single PCI-E 16x slot though the board will only be able to provide the power for 4 rails instead of the full 16. Next to the PCI-E  are two SATA II slots unfortunately for a home server application only having two SATA ports severely limits the server application as most servers should have a raid array in order to maintain data integrity. Fortunately the lack of multiple SATA ports is somewhat mitigated by the abundant number of USB ports allowing for backup on external drives, my only wish would be to have e-SATA ports for a faster transfer rate to external storage.

The mother board fit inside the case nicely and securing the 4 screws was a breeze. On first start up it is good to note that the built in fan on the board is very quiet putting out a light hum that once secured in the case is not noticeable. Plugging this unit into a Killawatt shows us that the board plus the two drives only draws 38-40 watts of power even under load this is less than most home lights and certainly less than most other computers with traditional desktop processors.

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