Advice for ITX Gaming System

[coyote]

Rightly so. Hence I'm very interested in looking at a refined gaming Brix in 2 years time. I no longer see the point of having a gaming rig of an ATX case mid-tower or larger unless going for custom WC.

Agreed. Unfortunately I no longer play games. Otherwise will be more adventurous on a performance PC.

Gotten starcraft 2 and 2 copies c&c collections on the cheap last Xmas sales... Nowadays seldom boots to windows except some audio conversion.... Let alone firing up the game.

Going tiny now. Waiting for mini PC to arrive.

 

[xooomer]

After further research, am thinking of changing to MSI B85i motherboard instead of ASRock H81M , difference of only $12 but I get a PCIe-3 support and support for USB 3.0 at front panel.

Any comments?

 

[ym901s]

Agreed. Unfortunately I no longer play games. Otherwise will be more adventurous on a performance PC.

Gotten starcraft 2 and 2 copies c&c collections on the cheap last Xmas sales... Nowadays seldom boots to windows except some audio conversion.... Let alone firing up the game.

Going tiny now. Waiting for mini PC to arrive.

I am interested to go tiny too .. which mini-pc do you recommend?

 

[MacClipper]

wao...going to post any review thread on it?

iirc, NDA till the 15th.

 

[coyote]

I am interested to go tiny too .. which mini-pc do you recommend?

I am venturing into something new... wish me luck.

Seller also said the HM70 chipset is obsoleted & add USD$6 for the HM77 chipset plus dual-intel Intel 82574L gigabit nic & 4X USB3.
Add $10 for 300N wifi. Add $4 for vesa mount.

I'm going to run XBMC on ubuntu.

There are other options for customization, like without RAM & SSD. So you can add your own bigger SSD and better ram maybe.

Factory price mini pc windows 7 or linux with Celeron C1037U 1.8Ghz with 2 RJ45 USB 3.0 TF SD Card 4G RAM 64G SSD full alluminum-in Mini PCs from Electronics on Aliexpress.com

OR

Fully barebone... no ram, no ssd.

2014 NEW Intel Celeron C1037U aluminum fanless dual core living room HTPC Barebone Mini PC with USB 3.0 HDMI 2 RJ45 TF SD Card-in Mini PCs from Electronics on Aliexpress.com

I supposed the same upgrade options applies. $10 for wifi. S$4 VESA mount. S$6 for upgrade to new HM77 vesion with 4X USB3, Dual Intel NIC.

 

[MacClipper]

Just saw these yellow 380T photos, it's so beautiful!

The built-in carrying handle makes for a good portable rig too.

 

[Felfirez]

Just saw these yellow 380T photos, it's so beautiful!





The built-in carrying handle makes for a good portable rig too.

Bumble be much.. I want....

 

[kuniyo_keiji]

eh? entry level gfx peak load at 280w?

 

[coyote]

Absolutely gorgeous but 100% dust magnet that need to hire a maid to help vacuum every few weeks...

Just saw these yellow 380T photos, it's so beautiful!

The built-in carrying handle makes for a good portable rig too.

 

[coyote]

I am interested to go tiny too .. which mini-pc do you recommend?

This one ...

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
03:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 14cd:8168 Super Top
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 1241:1503 Belkin Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04fc:05d8 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd Wireless keyboard/mouse
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0930:6545 Toshiba Corp. Kingston DataTraveler 102 Flash Drive / HEMA Flash Drive 2 GB / PNY Attache 4GB Stick
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

 

[buibuisnail]

hi ask noob question. has the silverstone FTZ01 casing been released already? how much it selling? thanks.