What small form factors systems do you have ?

[UnseenMenace]

I have a MSI Mega 651 (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/slim_pc/slm/pro_slm_detail.php?UID=431) HTPC with a running a 2.8 Intel P4 with 1 gig of Samsung DDR333, A Maxtor 200 gb IDE hard Disk with a 8mb buffer Dual Layer Lite-On DVD Writer and a TV@nywhere Master (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/multimedia/mut/pro_mut_detail.php?UID=460) its currently running Windows XP Pro with Showshifter and a LCD Screen.
Overall Its a good quality peice of kit, the radio and tv both obtain a good quality reception with the remote control able to transmit from reasonable distances, the case is a good quality aluminium effort.. When running the system is near silent.

I also have a Mini-ITX M1200 with a laptop DVD Writer and a Western Digital IDE 120gb hard disk with 8mb buffer along with 512 mb of low profile kingmax PC2100 running on SuSE Linux with MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org/) .. It runs OK on Linux, it runs like a three legged dog on Windows

I just got a Insight P4 ITX Motherboard for Christmas but am yet to play with it

[Arkaine23]

I have a Gateway flexatx system.

P3 800mhz
192mb pc133
20GB
DVD
Runs XP and Overclockix Linux

I use it to play DVDs and movies since its about VCR-sized. Painted it black.

[lilxvietxboi]

I have an EG65 E-Cube.

p4 2.4c northwood
512MB 400mhz
60gb HD
DVD-ROM/CD-RW
WindowsXP SP2

[dark_15]

I have none, but I build those for people...

I have built 5 Shuttle SN85G4's and a SN95G5. I may have some more orders coming in soon

One has gone to my brother
One to a college friend (which she very much likes)
Three to my workplace

And the SN95 to my boss at work (he wanted a good small PC... lol)

[Fr3ak]

I have a Shuttle SN45G, see sig for details. I am using it as a gaming/working rig in my student flat. Cos I have to drive home every weekend for work, its perfect for traveling cos its so small ;)
I am also planning on building a carpc out of a epia V soonish

[penquissciguy]

I have a Flex ATX system in an IBM Netvista case, slightly modded. PIII-933, 512 MB. It's currently running Gentoo Linux.

Ken

[mordy]

I have an Uniden thin client (MediaGX 133mhz) with few parts added to it. Is this counts ? :D

[sunrunner20]

I will build a system out of the Via EPIA-N board as soon as they release it in the US. (note it is Nano-ITX form factor 12cm square)

[{PMS}fishy]

Shuttle SB75g2v2 is what I currently have. I had a SN41g2 for a few weeks before I decided I didn't need two.

[Captain Slug]

Upont TX3
700mhz P3
256mb PC133
20gb laptop HDD
http://www.captainslug.com/temp/tx3_4.jpg
Just replaced the weird stock ducted fan heatsink with a silent aluminum 1U heatsink. Used primarily as a Home Theater PC due to it's hardware video output.

Casetronic C138 - heavily modified
Pentium 2.4c
512mb PC2700
40gb laptop HDD
http://www.captainslug.com/modding/fc_0.jpg
http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=51

[sunrunner20]

Is that sitting on top of a GameCube or is it attached/part of it?

[Captain Slug]

Is that sitting on top of a GameCube or is it attached/part of it?
It's just sitting on top of it for a size comparison. As you can see it has the same footprint but is a little shorter.

[JaY_III]

i got a VIA EPIA-M 1GHz Nehemiah core
512MB DDR
40GB laptop drive
16x DVD-ROM
160GB external drive

It currently lives in a money box

[Restorer]

I have a ThinkNIC (New Internet Computer).

Cyrix MII 266 (200 MHz)
64 MB PC-100 RAM
CD-Drive removed
4GB Travelstar Laptop Drive added

Currently running Gentoo Linux 2.4.25, serving SMTP, IMAP, IRC, and SILC.

[sunrunner20]

Is that related to the WebSurfer(Or WebSurfer Pro)?

[Restorer]

The insides look similar but the outside is much less stylish and set-top. My NIC looks more like a mini-computer than a WebTV box or modern VCR. It's also smaller than the WebSurfer Pro, and only has room for a very low-profile 64MB RAM chip. I'd upgrade it to 128 or 256 if I could find a short enough stick. The NIC doesn't have any sort of PCI or ISA interface either, and all internal molex connectors are of the floppy drive variety (I had to make an adapter to use the hard drive). I also had to make my own male-male IDE adapter, because the motherboard has a female IDE connector, like the ones on the cable.

[aNTiChRisT]

Im looking at an Inspire ITX (12cm*12cm) for P4, even has a PCI slot :)

DFI make them aswell apparently, but thier site is a mess i cant find them.

~t0m

[sunrunner20]

does it still have the MOC and stuff?

[UnseenMenace]

Im looking at an Inspire ITX (12cm*12cm) for P4, even has a PCI slot :)

DFI make them aswell apparently, but thier site is a mess i cant find them.

~t0m

All the Via Epia series ITX motherboards have a PCI slot, although a great deal of people do not use this as you have to decide to either use a riser to change the PCI slot angle which is turn effects air flow over the motherboard, or use a half height PCI card which can obviously effect product choice, using a full size PCI card in the ITX platform creates a system not far of a Shuttle in terms of height. In this situation obtaing a Shuttle with better performance, wider processor choice and better sound often makes more far more sence.

Also when you state the Inspire ITX platform, I am assuming that you mean the Insight P4-ITX which happens to have dimensions of (17cm*17cm) as defined by the form factor. It is the Nano-ITX form factor from Via which has a (12cm*12cm) dimension of which there are no P4 versions.
There was previously four companys producing P4-ITX platforms. Insight is the only one which I am aware of is still doing such, many of these systems had stability problems due to the tight motherboard design ensuring that the large P4 heatsinks got close enough to heat the RAM up.
Its also worth remembering that the Insight P4-ITX only supports a 478 processors with a 400/533 bus speed and Prescott Socket 478 Pentiums or Celerons are *not* supported (e.g. Celeron D - i.e. any 90nm CPUs).

When considering all this and the Via chipset, I personally would look more towards a P4 Shuttle type system with a Nforce chipset than a P4 ITX

[gt24]

I have a desire to make a small form factor pc for use in the living room to provide tv recording/playback functionality among other things...

someday...

That or build one inside of something else... although I don't know how adept I will be at contstruction of that time... time will tell.

[sunrunner20]

http://www.mini-itx.com/ Will be usefull for those who wish to see what other people have put VIA mini-itx boards into.

[Polariz^]

My new SN95G Should arrive by post tommorow with an AMD 3500+ CPU. It is due to replace my main rig (Xeons) as i'm sick of the noise hehe.

[RedDeathDrinker]

I have 2 systems, both Biostar iDeqs.

I run an iDeq 200n, XP2500-M, 1GB Geil PC3200 and a 9600XT. My wifes is an iDeq 210v, Sempron XP2200, 256MB PC2700, 9600SE. I've also built various Shuttles and iDeqs for friends and family...

[Cyberwiz01]

I have the Shuttle SB62G2 with a 2.8Ghz P4 Northwood, a 16x single layer DVD burner, a 300G hard drive, and a Radeon 9800 that is passively cooled by a chopped up Aerocool VM101 heatsink. I also purchased the Shuttle SilentX 250W powersupply which is much quieter than the turbine sounding stock power supply, and swapped the Somewhat loud Sunon CPU fan for a Panaflo L1A. Overall the system is very quiet and plays most games well.

[slacker607]

running an asus t2 w/p4 2.4

[Kid Payne]

I have the FIC Ice Cube VG61. Running a P4 2.8Ghz. 1gig DDR333, Sapphire 9600.

I trully love this little box, but I cannot recommend it due to its fan being a little on the loud side. Well, when I first got it, the fan wasn't loud, but gradually it became what it is now. It sounds almost like a microwave oven. Not good.

[Daewood]

I built a lan rig and all the specs are in the sig under Lan Rig:

i built it myself from the ground up and sure it is not as flashy as the other systems but i wanted something really usefull...

[Kid Payne]

I built a lan rig and all the specs are in the sig under Lan Rig:

i built it myself from the ground up and sure it is not as flashy as the other systems but i wanted something really usefull...

It MIGHT not be as flashy as some of the premade SFF boxes out there, but I wish I had the time and skill to build a SFF from the ground up.

By the way, I took the rear blower off and the system was "quieter" for a couple of days, but the temp was a wee bit higher than before, so I took the same blower I took out of the case...looked at it...played with the rubber knob a bit, screwed it back into the case and it's like new again...what gives?!

[Shmeew]

I built my shuttle sn95g9 about 3 months ago:
a64 3200+ winnie
2x512 corsair value ram
2 80 gb seagate sata drives (in raid 0 until my next reformat)
geforce fx 5700 ultra

[d94]

ill be replacing the board/proc/video/cooler/HD in my Aria soon
today ill be getting my 250 gig SATA drives :drool:
and yesterday i got my silencer so the 6800 will go in there until i upgrade to a A64 mobo/3200+/x800xl

[Audioaficionado]

I've got the two Shuttles in my sig. Cute and are surprisingly powerful for their size. I might build an mATX HTPC using a stylish case or just get another Shuttle when I put a 64-bit box together. The Pentium-M mATX mobos are out but it's kinda expensive to build one of those right now..

[diggingforgold]

I have a low profile matx aopen case with a a7n266-vm, athlon XP 1700+, 40GB ex-x-box hdd, dvd.... FlexATX psu blew up, and it's too proprietary to find a replacement at a reasonable price, so I had to order a new full atx case and psu for it. It's my brothers now.

[Lactra]

Running a Shuttle SB61G2R with 250w p/s ,2.8c O/C to 3.0, 1Gig of Komusa 3200 ddr,
Seagate 120 ,ATI 9700 Pro & a NEC 2500 DVD RW. I love this little guy :)

[Jawsome]

Current machine is in my sig, probably going to upgrade sometime later in the spring to an athlon 64 shuttle rig.

[AlabamaCajun]

Asus Terminator T3 with Via C3:800mhz, KVR256C3, 40G-HD, CD, 3.5FD, video-onboard, extra slot for DVD.
Running Tiny Sofa Linux distro, as web server.
Total system cost, under $300.
7"Wx12"Hx10"D
Single large fan for quiet cool operation.

[Ri0]

Shuttle SN45G2 and Biostar iDeq 210P

[ghettocomp]

PC Chips M789CG V 2.0 VIA CLE266 Flex ATX, 512Mb Ram, W/Via C3 CPU, at 800Mhz :rolleyes: a (sort of) POS TV card using a BT848 chipset, DVD Rom, 120Gb drive for Video storage, 10Gb drive for OS. Running Windows 2000, Snapstream. residing in a Bookshelf Stereo Case.
Total Cost of build was actually less than $150.
and it runs F@H while doing nothing else. :cool:

Edit: "Building an Uber Box to hold about 50 more of those mobos!"

[BewareTheDrow]

I'm running a Shuttle SN25P at the moment, FX-53, 2x512mb Mushkin PC3500 (Purple Heat Spreaders and all :p ), A 74 GB Raptor, a BFG 6800 GT Video Card and a Plextor PX-712A for my Burner. Managed to put it all together for ~1600, so I was happy.

[BloodbathMK]

see sig

[Ic3d]

I have a MSI Mega 651 (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/slim_pc/slm/pro_slm_detail.php?UID=431) HTPC with a running a 2.8 Intel P4 with 1 gig of Samsung DDR333, A Maxtor 200 gb IDE hard Disk with a 8mb buffer Dual Layer Lite-On DVD Writer and a TV@nywhere Master (http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/multimedia/mut/pro_mut_detail.php?UID=460) its currently running Windows XP Pro with Showshifter and a LCD Screen.
Overall Its a good quality peice of kit, the radio and tv both obtain a good quality reception with the remote control able to transmit from reasonable distances, the case is a good quality aluminium effort.. When running the system is near silent.

I also have a Mini-ITX M1200 with a laptop DVD Writer and a Western Digital IDE 120gb hard disk with 8mb buffer along with 512 mb of low profile kingmax PC2100 running on SuSE Linux with MythTV (http://www.mythtv.org/) .. It runs OK on Linux, it runs like a three legged dog on Windows

I just got a Insight P4 ITX Motherboard for Christmas but am yet to play with it

ive got almost the same specs, but 1gb ddr400 two smaller hdds, and some other random stuff

[mbentley]

i know that this thread is a little bit outdated but i felt that i might as well add my new system that i just purchased a few hours ago to the list...

PC CHIPS M789CG(V3.0A) VIA C3 Samual 2 2000+(800MHz/133) Socket 370 VIA CLE266 Flex ATX Motherboard/CPU Set (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813185043)

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/13-185-043-02.jpg

Athenatech A100BB.270 Black Steel Desktop / Mini Tower Convertible Case Computer Case 270W Power Supply (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811190057)

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/11-190-057-15.JPG

*pictures used from newegg's product descriptions

this system is going to be used as my smoothwall router to replace an older and bulky p3 system... hopefully this will cut down slightly on the power usage and space as my closet is getting quite full... i will post some pictures of the system once it gets here and fully assembled :)

while this system isn't tiny, it's flex atx which isn't even close to the size of what i am accustomed to using

[UnseenMenace]

Since this thread started ive now got a Nano-ITX and a SMP Mini-ITX

[Albaholic]

I have a few shuttle SN45's and im looking into those mini and nano itx's for a smoothwall

[Captain Slug]

Intel "Shelton" D845GVSH
http://www.techlabs.by/img/img/1959.jpg
http://www.captainslug.com/modding/nmp_998.jpg

Commell LV-670LVDS
http://www.commell.com.tw/Product/SBC/image/LV-670LVDS-3D.jpg
http://www.captainslug.com/modding/r_9993.jpg

[Lactra]

Shuttle SB75S
Case; Shuttle SB75S
Video card; EVGA GT6600 AGP
CPU; Intel Northwood 3.4
Ram; CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB)
DVD burner; LITE-ON White 16X DVD+R
Hard Drive; Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB Serial ATA II :santa2:
Shuttle 300 Watt P/S