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Anyone using mini ITX atom boards?
Corbo:
I've got an aftermarket Zalman one on mine with the bracket on the underside. It fits fine, but I guess I was lucky, I can see how a slightly different shaped one wouldn't fit with the various heatsinks and capacitors around socket.
RyoriNoTetsujin:
--- Quote from: syph007 on June 27, 2011, 01:26:10 pm ---All good points, thanks! Did you end up finding an aftermarket heatsync, or did you do a mod? Im hoping I can get away with the stock one. I didnt have any plans to use the pci-e slot, so I wasn't too worried about that part.
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I bought the Hypermaster 212+ at the same time I bought the motherboard. Basically I took a risk, custom cut some neoprene spacers, and installed the heatsink without the backplate. On the ASRock board, there's already a small back plate as part of the socket assembly, so I'm not terribly worried about the board flexing due to the weight of the 'sink. The i5-2500K I have under there tops out at 55C on 100% load... so I think the 'sink is working!
That said, I don't think the Hypermaster will work for you if you're trying for something low-profile! :laugh2: I say go with the stock cooler, and then if that doesn't satisfy you, I'd say take a look at the Scythe Big Shuriken: lower profile, better than stock cooling, pretty damn quiet, and not too expensive. If you go that route, though, space again becomes a premium: you can't use RAM with heatsinks, and say goodbye to using that PCI-E slot...
D_Harris:
I have a Via EPIA-933AFIC Mini-ITX motherboard, 933 MHz, 512 MB
And a case for it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811153113
They've been gathering dust for the last two years and I want get back to it.
The idea was to build a little MAME unit for when I went on the road and I figured that since I only play classic era games, all produced between '79 - '85, something like this shouldn't be a problem.
1) Does anyone have any recommendations for a 15" LCD monitor and more importantly a hard drive that is not a power hog?
2) Also, I cannot find good documentation on the model I have, even though I have all the included documentation that came in the box. In fact, I can't even find a picture of it on the internet. (Mine has a TV-out).
Thanks.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
RyoriNoTetsujin:
--- Quote from: D_Harris on June 30, 2011, 12:45:44 am ---1) Does anyone have any recommendations for a 15" LCD monitor and more importantly a hard drive that is not a power hog?
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For the monitor I would say hit up Craigslist or Freecycle. All of NYC's Freecycle community is highly active, including SI. (My gf is a moderator, so be nice and follow the rules! LOL.) Since you're looking for a 4:3 monitor (and everybody is upgrading to 16:9 and 16:10 these days) you should have one pretty quickly.
As for the hard drive, if budget isn't an issue, get an IDE solid state drive (they're out there)... otherwise you're looking at a 2.5" laptop drive. Silentpcreview.com has a great write-up on recommended hard drives. I bring that up because, generally, quiet parts use less power.
Donkbaca:
you can probably find a 15 incher pretty cheap on CL/freecycle.
As for the drive. I would say just use a SD card reader like Vigo did in his SNES build. I would PM him for details. You aren't going to need a whole lot of space for what you plan on putting on there
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