RE: Smallest possible PC components?

["Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx>]

Paul,

Have a look at the "nano-itx" form factor stuff - even smaller
than mini-itx !

"Press" info here:
http://www.mini-itx.com/#story0275

A project here (running XP Pro):
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/projectnff/

Not sure the two items are exactly the same though - the board sizes seem
to be different :-/

HTH,

Tim H.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon Sent: 02 January 2004 22:45
>
> Hi peeps.
>
> I want to start putting together the smallest possible PC to
> live in the
> kitchen, so obviously I'm looking at the mini-itx stuff....
>
> I have a few questions though...
>
> Wasn't there mention recently of something even smaller? - is
> any such
> format available yet?
>
> What's currently the "best" fanless option? - is it the VIA
> EPIA CL6000 or
> the VIA EPIA ME6000?..
> the "CL" appears to have a slightly faster CPU (677 as
> opposed to 600 on the
> "ME"), and both appear to have the integrated MPEG
decoder...
> much of the
> rest of the spec appears to be similar, except the CL has 2 x
> LAN ports,
> whereas the ME has 1 x LAN plus 1 x Firewire.. - the latter
> would be more
> useful to me, but not crucially so... I wonder just how much
> a difference of
> a mere 77MHz would make in practice though? (It will be
> running XP Pro)
>
> Just about to start researching the small cases, - anyone got any
> thoughts/opinions on the cubid or Travla ranges? - is there anything
> available off-the-shelf that's even smaller?...
>
> Note, that I have no requirement for an internal optical drive of any
> description, nor a floppy, nor any LCD/VFD screens.... I have
> a couple of
> 2.5" laptop HDD's available, everything else can be external
> via USB...  I
> also don't need to accomodate a PCI slot
>
> Greatfull for any thoughts & opinions...
>
> TIA
>
> Paul G.

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