high powered Mini-itx

[Russ]

I'm considering doing a "gordy",and was wondering what the most powerfull mini-mobo is? i wud prefer 1ghz if possible, and support 184 pin mem (as i have a stick free) and onboard gfx is fine as im not 2 for pci cards. soon as ive got that, just gotta work out what to put it in :E

thanks for any help.

"Gordy" - The ability to place several hundreds pounds worth of computer equipment into a small container and make it glow blue.

[joshwa]

the Epia M10000 is 1ghz, and supports DDR ram upto 1GB.

It's about £123 inc vat from kustompcs.co.uk , linitx.com , ultim8pc.co.uk and mini-itx.com

[Russ]

yea i spotted that, probably what i'll go for, does this come with the cpu?

[joshwa]

yes it comes with a 1ghz "Nehemiah" Via C3 processor which means it's pretty slow, I'd say it performs around the speed of a P3-600 for some/most things.

If you do SETI / UD then it is very slow.

If you really do want a high powered system, you can get P4 mini-itx motherboards for about £150, but then you have to add the processor.

There's a review of the M10000 here on hexus:
http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD01NTk=
and on my site here:
http://www.joshwa1.pwp.blueyonder.co...view_intro.htm

[Russ]

thanks for your help Josh

[Stoo]

There are a couple of full P4 mini-itx solutions out there too, if you need some proper grunt..