As with other Zotac offerings the ION ITX A Series comes in their typically colourful box.


Box front.

The brightly coloured front provides basic information on the specific functions of the board while the back provides information on the performance of Nvidia's ION chipset. The side of the box contains a full list of specifications.


Box back.

Once opened you find the various cabling and documentation covering the motherboard itself.


Opened box.

The documentation includes the instructions, 5 year warranty details and the driver CD. The CD’s slip case also conceals the obligatory Zotac case sticker.


Documentation and CD with sticker enclosed.

Cabling and connectors are also provided including the power cable, sata cables, the power breakout cabling to run from the motherboard’s PSU itself (this will supply the HDD and optical drives used with the board), the I/O plate and the wireless aerial for full WiFi connectivity.


A variety of cables, aerial and blanking plate.

As you would expect with an ITX form factor the board has a lot crammed onto it. The layout seems well thought out and quite well suited to a clean and tidy install.


Motherboard with the supplied 90w power brick.

The Atom and ION cooler dominates the motherboard. The design means that the single fan cools both the chipset and the main processor at the same time.


The heatsink that cools the Atom and Ion.

It is also securely screwed to the board using four spring mounted screws. Much better than push pin's in my honest opinion!


Heatsink is screwed to the motherboard.