Recent content by brianjohn

I'm thinking about potentially using the new Intel D510MO motherboard, which is the new generation of atom processors. It uses a little less power than ION and seems to perform better at non-video intensive tasks. How long does it usually take for motherboards to end up on Amazon? Since it...

Ugh, sorry I read through that too fast. Basically, as long as I can use my existing case/power supply (will an ATX power supply work with mini-ITX motherboard?) then all I really need is a motherboard and processor. I could also use advice on hard drives to buy, but those wouldn't be...

Good question. I should have mentioned that I already have an Antec case that can take an ATX mboard. It also has an Earthwatts (high efficiency) power supply, it's either 380W or 500W, I can't remember. I wasn't sure if I could use these components since it looks like the Atom boards are...

Hi everyone, I'm currently looking at building a low power headless home server for use for the following: - File server (Gigabit required) - Confluence wiki (2 GHz single core CPU and 512MB memory required - I think I could get by with a dual core atom) - Nagios - Possible DVR in future -...