[SC.LUG] Small quiet games box

[Ewan Leith]

I've got a couple of the little itx boxes for experimenting with, in 
terms of performance i'd say they were comparable to an old pentium with 
about 200mhz less clock speed, so a 500mhz via chip is like an old 
300mhz pentium2, and the 1ghz is like an 800mhz pentium3. certainly 
usable, but not something for cpu intensive work.

in terms of price/performance you're almost certainly better off looking 
at something like 
http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?lang=&menu=peripherals&product=RG-OFFER0098&session=3f64a234814613d468f0fa52371ce24f

but of course that won't be as small or as quiet.

personally, these days i'd just go for a laptop instead of a pc unless 
the person was a serious gameplayer.

medion are selling a new laptop for £375 inc vat, dell are only a little 
more expensive. 2nd hand stuff can go for silly prices, like £300 for 
late years middle of the line models

https://www.medionshop.co.uk/ukshop/b2c/productdetail.do?productguid=42959AED3BFD301AE10000000A00005B4040BA637E26427AE00000306E0F2A06&productarea=42959AED3BFD301AE10000000A00005B&scenario=bestseller&forward=showcua


Ewan


Simeon W Farrington wrote:
> Those barebones systems look really intersting actually. How do they 
> perform compared to the basic shuttle machines (my shuttle is slightly 
> modified  with extra graphics power)?  How straightforward is the linux 
> install on them?
> 
> Not that I can current afford to buy one (nor do I need one, but that's 
> not the point!) as I'm currently in the process of a house move. 
> Decluttering is going well, although eBay may implode sooner or later :p
> 
> Simeon
> 
> Ian Molton wrote:
> 
>> Jason Lucas wrote:
>>
>>> If you want to build it yourself then http://www.linITX.com are a good
>>> supplier of small form-factor kit including fanless systems.
>>
>>
>>
>> And VERY good on warranties.
>>
>> I bought one system which turned out to have duff audio. I didnt find 
>> that out until *2 years* after I bought it because I never used the 
>> audio until then.
>>
>> They replaced it no questions asked.
>>
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