Pat Farrell;210896 Wrote: > > > Wow, I didn't know they were that steep. > My $120 junkers are looking better and better. > Not as small, quiet or low power as the Nano-ITX. > > I think the pricing sweet spot is mini-ITX these days. > Cases are cheap, MB, etc. > > Like an iPod, you pay for small and good looking. >
Packaging drives the cost up fast than anything else today. The box I am using can be had more cheaply here: http://www.wdlsystems.com/ebox/ebox.shtml. It might be possible to do the whole project for less than $600. If doing it again, I would mount a 4 GByte IDE flash drive onto the nano-ITX board, and install Ubuntu on it. -Ron -- Ron F. *Squeezebox setup:* wireless SB3 -> CI Audio VDA.2 DAC + VAC.1 PSU *Main rig:* NAD 7600 + NAD 2600A -> Phase Tech PC-6.5 speakers *Headphone rig:* Headroom Max -> Sennheiser 650s *Music Server:* Nano-ITX computer running SlimCD + 750 GByte HDD -> Netgear wireless router *Other stuff:* NAD C542 CDP, NAD 6300 Tape, Monster 5100 Power conditioner, Outlaw Audio cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron F.'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5616 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36385 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
