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Old 12th November 2003, 22:11   #1
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I was thinking about replacing my TV/DVD/Music/surfing PC (which is now a beast actually, 3.4ghz intel) with a noiseless miniatx solution.

Do you guys this is worth it's money, or are there better solutions?

Case:


Light, great looking, comes with 180W PSU.
137 euro

Motherboard (attach)
EPIA-M10000:
1Ghz C3
1* ddr266
2* ata133
integrated vga, 6 channel audio, lan, etc

Only thing missing (in my humble opinion) is sata. More than fast enough for divx, just enough for office use.
166 euro

= ~300 euro

Are there better looking / performing / more silent barebones for 300? It must be inaudible.
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C3?
Does it perform enough for DivX?

(didn't think so)
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yeah, it does. (if it wouldn't, they probably would less boards then there are fingers on my hand)
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The M-10000 is pretty good actually.

High quality divx playback:
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Koensa offers me a shuttle + 2500+ for my p4c setup, Far more powerfull, but shuttles aren't quiet. :/
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watercool it

no seriously, actually ... it is possible, and judging on your posts it doesn't have to be portable as much as silent
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The M-10000 is pretty good actually.

High quality divx playback:
Really? :grin:
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watercool it

no seriously, actually ... it is possible, and judging on your posts it doesn't have to be portable as much as silent
Silent cooling on xp2500+ is possible (slk900 + low rpm papst), but the PSU is hard to get quiet. :/
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way to much overkill, but that SAF520 i reviewed was silent ... and i mean silent
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Old 12th November 2003, 23:05   #10
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pop an 40 mm papst fan and it's quiete enough
or buy a fanadapter 40mm=>60mm of Yeti, but i don't know wheter he has sold all the 24, and put the 60mm fan on 7V holy crap 24 ones

edit: i'm gonna start a watercooling project for my shuttle very soon , but it's hard to get hold on a efficient small pump that's leak-free
 
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