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Fanless Nano-ITX Motherboard Reviewed
TheEagleCD writes "The first look at the fanless EPIA-N8000E Nano-ITX motherboard has just hit the internet. While some skeptics commented that this board is only 'for those who like VIA or want an even smaller footprint than a nano-notebook,' others say that 'the size, heat output and noise levels alone will recommend it to many projects.' It will be interesting to see how the market really receives this first Nano-ITX motherboard which is the de-facto successor of the Mini-ITX form-factor which made a strong statement by being seen on many company booths at this year's CeBIT."
how much can I overclock this puppy?
I've always wanted to run Linux on my coffee mug. And I can use the heat from the CPU to keep the coffee warm.
OK, fine, when it will hit http://www.linitx.com/ or http://www.icp-epia.co.uk/ or some other place where I can actually buy it. Or this is expoware same as their SMP Eden platform. I have been waiting for them to ship it for god knows how long now as it is exactly what I need to build a cost/power effective SMP development/testing rig for the developers where I work now.
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Well folks, it looks like it may have been Slashdotted, but here goes the Coral Cache URL anyways: http://www.epiacenter.com.nyud.net:8080/modules.ph p?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=84
Good luck to all, and to all a good luck.
What day is it? Could you please tell me?
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.. in a single ATX tower!
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VIA promised these several years ago - great concept but you could not find them for love or money. If you ask any of your local ITX suppliers to quote a price and availability all you'll get are blank stares.
When the appear on the market as something people can buy they will be a great thing. Until then, what a wank.
"this board is only 'for those who like VIA"
I didn't know that VIA actually had a following. Last I checked, there were two groups of people who used their stuff: those who tolerated it and those who didn't know any better.
I got a bad taste in my mouth with their AMD K6-2 chipsets (Apollo MVP?) and continued to have lackluster experiences with their mobo chipsets straight up through Socket A. As someone who prefers to use AMD (more bang for the buck) I've been sticking to nVidia nForce chipsets for the past couple of years. I don't plan to give VIA another chance any time soon, unless maybe I see something from VIA get favored by a lot of serious review sites.
Arguing about vi versus Emacs is like arguing whether it's better to make fire by rubbing sticks or banging rocks.
Another thing which most of these SFF boards lack is dual ethernet, or at least gigE. So much for routers, file servers, and networked DVR's.
Oh well, while I am wishing for the impossible, why not remove the BIOS and add a serial console port as well.
Heh.
I wonder how long vendors still can sell boards of any size without a DVI plug. I'm just buing a Asus A8N-VM CSM because it's the only reasonable board with a DVI in its class (and without chip set cooler).
I might go one day with an ITX board but DVI is a killer argument for me.
O. Wyss
See http://wyoguide.sf.net/papers/Cross-platform.html
Look at these photos:
VIA Luke CoreFusion 1.0GHz
A Luke processor is obviously only lukewarm, and as result doesn't need a cooler.
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at around USD400 each in unit quantities. Any guess as to when the price will come down to a more reasonable value (such as $200)?
Would you do this? WHYYYYY?
/sarcasm off
okay, yeah, you would think you could trust them
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What is with the VGA port? Are they that much more expensive than DVI?
Yup, seems annoying since I'd think that if someone wants a tiny system then they'd opt for an LCD panel and the analogue port is just wasted electronice. However there is the NL board that at least does away with the bulky 15-pin VGA port, though a small header connector and the DAC circuitry are still there.
Another thing which most of these SFF boards lack is dual ethernet, or at least gigE.
Actually Via and most other Mini-ITX board makers offer at least one model of board equipped with dual ethernet--the EPIA PD series of boards all have scads of ports--including 2 ethernet ports. VIA pushed these for use as point-of-sale terminals (because they also have a whole bunch of RS-232 and USB ports for communication with all those POS gadgets like cash drawers, credit/debit PIN pads, pole displays and so on) but they are also popular choices for fancy routers.
In addition to the nano boards, some C7-based mini-ITX boardsd have also trickled out onto the market and theseare allequipped with a single gigabit ethernet port. VIA is planning to come out with a Luke-based replacement for the PD boards that'll run faster and may be available with at least one of the two ethernet ports capable of gigabit. VIA is being notoriously vague about its schedule but it is included in their 2006 product catalogue so I guess they're at least hoping for release inthen ext few months...
I read the review a bit quickly, but NOWHERE, i repeat NOWHERE did they even mention what CPU it had or how fast it was... (Athough they seemed awfully concerned about the exact height of the heatsink to the millimeter)
I wonder who took the photos....and wrote the article....
I was searching something like this to replace my noisy Opteron biprocessor box. However, is the processor x86-compatible? I mean, can I run standard x86 code on it? I don't care about the driver support since I don't use Windows very often.