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How does this small computer look?

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colinstu

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This build is currently on hold. I spent my money elsewhere and it is questionable if I'll need to build this machine any ways.

Blazestorm's idea with this doesn't look half bad either, and I would probably build it around that.

Thanks everyone with the suggestions. :)
 
Do you plan on using the system on your 24"? If yes, you won't have much fun with the onboard graphics (VGA). Is there even any cheap atom board with DVI output?
 
timme said:
Do you plan on using the system on your 24"? If yes, you won't have much fun with the onboard graphics (VGA). Is there even any cheap atom board with DVI output?
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Nah, I will be using this with a 17" 1280x1024 monitor.
 
Nice set up you have there. I've been looking at the mobo, cpu, HSF combo more closely since reading your post. Let us know how it works out.
 
That build is currently on hold.

Should be receiving a E2180, G31 Gigabyte board, Antec EA380, 2x1Gb Ram, and a 500GB WD Greenpower drive soon that I'll be putting in a Thermaltake Mozart Sx HTPC case that I already have.

That small case seems to be disco too, which sucks. What's the point of getting a small, under powered board, and not have a small case to go with it? I could just buy some tiny IBM Thinkcentre computer or one of those old Dell P4 SSFF's cheap on ebay.

We'll see ;)
 
Built a comp for a friend w/ a 780G, Athlon 4600, 2gb ocz gold, 400w psu that can handle a radeon 4850 for $200.
 
colinstu said:
WD Scorpio WD800BEVS Cheap, reviewers say it is quite and fast. Much better than one of those Fujitsu's or something... Is that a regular sata connector?
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The only non-standard SATA HDD I know of is the Velociraptor with the 3.5'' converter/heatspreader. And that's only because the connector doesn't stay on the same place as 3.5'' HDDs with it. Apart from that, there are NO differences between 2.5'' and 3.5'' SATA connectors.

colinstu said:
What do you think?
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Looks nice. Really, it does. However, since the price difference may be tiny, I'd check the 160GB version of that HDD (quietest HDD I've EVER had, even among laptops - though performance is a little short (I could tell, I ended up with this one because both a Seagate and a Hitachi 160GB drive went south, and this one is what I got in the RMA) when compared to the 160GB Seagate drive, which is somewhat of a screamer, for a laptop drive, that is). Or a 250GB Samsung (which has the best power/noise/performance/price ratio of mobile HDDs ATM, or so it had a few months ago, and it is just about the same price as the 160GB Seagate drive)

colinstu said:
EDIT: Anyone know how loud the stock fan is on the motherboard?
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The NB fan is a MAJOR screamer. 4cm x 1cm (or less, that actually seems 0.5cm) and over 6000rpm. Believe me, you either pack the case with PLENTY of anti-noise material, or change the thing... I have mine waiting for an HDD, memory and NB cooler, but when I tested it a few days ago, I was shocked with the sound... I actually preferred if Intel had used a NB/CPU combo heatsink, or something like that, with a common 8cm+ fan over the two heatsinks... It would be SO much quieter...

My best options are, after changing the NB cooler for a Zalman (or any other reasonably good cooler) part:

1) Connect a 12cm fan on the NB and find some way to make it push air to the CPU and NB;

2) Use a 12cm+ fan PSU right over (parallel to) the motherboard, to suck the air out from the NB and CPU (that's quite effective, actually... My brother can keep a P3-1000 cool with only a 12cm PSU fan (perpendicular to the motherboard), with a socket 370 Zalman passive cooler).

Cheers.

Miguel
 
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Kil4Thril said:
Actually, Miguel, I've seen an OEM drive with a Slimline SATA connector on it.
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That's news to me. I had never seen slimline SATA connectors before. Every laptop and 2.5'' SATA HDD or enclosure I've come across had the standard 2-in-1 connector (SATA+Power) on the enclosure side, and the two "big" L-shaped male connectors on the HDD...

Granted, I've never seen a SATA optical drive, let alone a slimline one, so that explains a lot.

My guess is, while it does make sense having smaller power connectors for 2.5'' and portable optical drives (after all, they only use the +5v rail), you'll most likely only find slimline connectors on very specific laptop models, like the MacBook Air or the ThinkPad X300, where space is VERY MUCH a premium.

Anyway, I decided to go over to the WD site and double-check my assumption.

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There you have it: standard SATA Power connector.

Cheers.

Miguel
 
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