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| djlins:
Hi there, I am jumping into this now and starting off with a new tiny cabinet build (project announcement here if your interested http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=115421.msg1223245#new ) Anyway, while shopping around I see that most Atom chip boards and most tiny ITX boards are all over 6 inch squared. I have a space of h: 3.5" w: 8.5" d: 4.5" with which to stuff in a MBoard. Does anyone know of any boards that might have a depth of less than 4.5" that I can take a look at? Cheers, L. |
| bkenobi:
If you are really that limitted, how are you planning on getting a hard drive in there? Between an all-in-one mobo and hard drive, you will be REALLY hard pressed to find a solution. Beyond that, you have heat to deal with! Irregardless, wiki has a list of all mobo form factors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_form_factor h: 3.5" / 889mm w: 8.5" / 2159mm d: 4.5" / 1143mm A quick list of possibilities: Mini-ATX Nano-ITX Pico-ITX Mobile-ITX PC/104 (or any variant) There are severe processing power limitations on many of these. If I had to pick and it would actually fit, I'd go with a Mini-ATX since I think it will give you the most powerful processor and also probably cost the least. Good luck! |
| Vigo:
A mini ATX would not fit fit in that space. They are 6" X 6" I think you might be missing the decimal point on those metric measurements? Maybe something like this? http://www.e-itx.com/p720-10el.html Hard drive is not a big space issue, you can use usb drive or sd card. |
| djlins:
Hiya - yeah I have been looking around a little more today. As mentioned a Mini wont fit, so I would go for a Nano rather than a Pico to try and maximise performance. As for hard drive if I get a Nano with a Sata socket then I would fit an SSD in there. That would also minimize moving parts and therefore heat. The case is fairly wide 8.5" so I have space behind where the monitor would go to place PSU, SSD etc. Oooh thats good then So I guess now my question would be. I see with the Mini ITX there was talks that the bottleneck with an Intel was the bus speed that made it as sluggish as an old Pentium 3. They reccomended going for a Zotak. So is it the same with a Nano? Are there better ones out there with known faster bus speeds? It would be nice if I can get a rig that at least plays games like Outrun and Chase HQ smoothly. |
| equlizer:
you might be able to use a portable game system with a tv out (psp, gpwiz) :dunno |
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