I think Via is really charging too much for their boards. The M1000 Mini-itx motherboard is selling for about $178 now and the processing power is probably the equivalent to Duron 650.
A micro-atx motherboard with onboard sound, video, and lan can be purchased for about $60 1.3GHz cpu for $35. I got a case for this with S&H for about $33. For mini itx cheapest case is about $65 plus S&H. Slimline DVD drives seem very hard to find from large vendors. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 10:47 AM Subject: Re: [Freevo-users] mini itx cases > On Monday 11 August 2003 5:57 pm, skeeterskip wrote: > > Yes, the price for that really takes away from making something for > > reasonable price. From my calculations, for a VCR sized system, barebones, > > cost is going to be about $400. And, that is using a $65 case and full > > sized DVD drive. > > > > > > When I was at CeBIT earlier this year there were lots of interesting cases... > unfortunately not all seem to have made it out of the far-east. > > The single PCI slot is what really restricts ITX in my mind, and the shared > memory video is normally slower than dedicated RAM. Someone from VIA told me > it's due to the volatile nature of memory pricing. I've got a 2 PCI riser, > but haven't seen a case in which to use it. > > I've gone for the "midi-case behind the sofa" technique instead - and it's > awesome. > > SR > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
