Wiretap's High Definition in a Small Package mini-ITX Project

This will be a project I am working on over the next several weeks.. We'll see how it goes, or if it even takes off, lol. I might end up keeping the rig, I might end up selling it.

Teaser:

High Definition in a Small Package

hi thar...looking forward to your build

i want to build a SFF pc in the worst way but dont have the cash for it yet.

well this will certainly be interesting to see. I hope that DIMM is of a decent size, since you only get one. Also, I would hope that the Jetway board can handle a decent CPU, since you've got zero for add-in GPU capabilities to offload the HD content streams, and it will all fall on the CPU. Huh...yeah, this will be interesting indeed!

The Jetway mini-ITX board has the new Nvidia 8200 series chip in it, almost completely offsetting high def playback. For processors, it accepts up to a 65w TDP AM2+ processor. I'm putting a Athlon X2 4800+ in it. For the RAM, I'm putting a 2GB DDR2-800 stick in the single DIMM slot.

Looking forward to this . Should be able to play all the encodes from HDBits.

BTW - It seems like it has OC capabilities so a 3600 with a bit of tuning might be fine!

Only thing that killed it for me was no PCIE 16. Slot only for a nice sound card.

Looking forward to see your final project. I like the fact they hooked you up with the sinks!!!

Enjoy!!!

Originally Posted by w1retap

The Jetway mini-ITX board has the new Nvidia 8200 series chip in it, almost completely offsetting high def playback. For processors, it accepts up to a 65w TDP AM2+ processor. I'm putting a Athlon X2 4800+ in it. For the RAM, I'm putting a 2GB DDR2-800 stick in the single DIMM slot.

sorry, didn't have time to look at the specs of the jetway before making my post. if it's got onboard nvidia video for hd processing offload, then this could be one sweet solution indeed. what's the price on these boards?

The board is in the $150 to $180 range.

i'm looking forward for the results of this I once again might have to copy you ^^

I should be getting my first shipment of parts today. Hopefully they'll arrive by the time I get home from work. Everything is ordered though, so this project should come together quickly and this will be a short worklog.

I has a shipment. o_o

awesome what case are you going with?

You could nearly hollow out that DVD drive and put the rest of the computer inside...

Did you consider a smaller HD or DVD for this project? I think 500meg 2.5" HDDs are reasonably priced, tho not as cheap as 3.5" drives yet.

I was going to go with a 2.5'' HDD and a smaller case, but I wanted the HDDVD/Blu-ray combo drive, so I needed the 5.25'' bay. The case is large enough to fit a 3.5'' HDD as well.

I believe the case arrives tomorrow, so I'll have pictures up. I don't want to say what case yet. It's about the size of a children's shoe box.

So you think the board will handle HD output other than through hd-dvd and bluray too? Like say an MKV h.264 file thats 13gigs?

Yes. It will handle it. I'll have some screenshots of tests once it's put together.

Can't wait for pics, w1retap, your worklogs are always quality. I am looking to do a SFF build and am interested in your case choice as well.

BTW, what camera/settings are you using for the pics, they look good.

Thanks. =)

I'm just using a cheap old point and shoot.. lol. It's a Canon SD600. I just set it on manual, usually no flash, put it on a tripod and let it soak up as much light as it can on the lowest ISO. Then I sometimes tweak the colors in Photoshop or Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I would use my brother's Olympus DSLR, but he's not home a whole lot when I am.

Anyhow, here's some of the latest progress. ^_^


^--- Apex MI-100 mini-ITX case in black.


^--- Backside. 250w PSU, (1) full heigh PCI expansion slot.


^--- PSU specs... not that bad, this is an ITX build so it won't use a whole lot of power. I just hope it doesn't blow up.


^--- Sleeved the USB, audio, and front panel wires. Black sleeving from Xoxide.


^--- Zip tie mounted the wires for awesomeness and so it doesn't get cluttered.


^--- Case length is inbetween 11 & 12 inches. 5 inches high, 8 inches wide.


^--- Seagate 500GB 7200.10 SATA mounted (still room for another hard drive or two under the 5.25'' bay

more to come later... still waiting on the Jetway NC62K board to arrive.

that looks great, can you provide a link to that case? it is sexy

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813153114
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811154084