[Gllug] mini-itx & usb wifi & mythtv & DVB-T stuff

[Holger Duerer]

>>>>> "Steve" == SteveC  <steve at fractalus.com> writes:

    Steve> I'm thinking a mini-itx since they're small and cheaper
    Steve> than I thought.  Normally I'd build it myself but I've not
    Steve> touched one of these before.  Is it significantly cheaper
    Steve> building it than buying a pre-built box?
In my experience yes.  I myself had never built one from components
before and it wasn't too difficult -- but I have a relatively large
case (Venus) and thought that was too much stress than it was
worthwhile (i.e. next time I'd go for a larger case to avoid the silly
fiddling). 

    Steve> Does anyone have component / supplier reccomendations? 
I bought my stuff from LinITX -- worked well.

  [...]

    Steve> I thought there were more cool looking cases than there
    Steve> are. Any case recommendations?
What do you need it for?  Just looking cool?  Blend in with your
living room?

As I said, I have a 'silver' Venus case.  Looks great on the web site
but a lot cheaper in reality (that said, still better than your
average PC case).

I was/am disappointed with the noise level.  That thing has 4
ventilators (one on the mainboard's CPU, one for the PSU and two for
the case cooling).  One fan gave up after 3-4 month (well, it started
screetching like a fighter airplane) and I just disconnected it, but I
still wouldn't put it my living room.  (YMMV, it is a lot quieter than
my friend's cheapo PC, but then again so is that big red bus going
past our house.)

    Steve> I'd like it to drive a 17" LCD for working on,  [...]
Note that AFAIK VIA boards only give you 1024x768 -- might look silly
on a 17''.

  [...]


  Holger
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