Great deal on ebay for a mini-ITX

Cannula · 21st October 2007, 1:47 AM

Just thought someone might want a headsup on one of these mini-ITX motherboard/CPU combos off ebay as seen here Gigabyte PCV2.
I'm still thinking what to do with it, mini MAME box, server, carPC etc etc.
Any other sensible ideas are welcome.
Cheers!

WooKiE_MaN · 21st October 2007, 1:53 AM

thats actually not to bad...

good price for that

might get one i think ideal torrent PC...

small low power and quiet

Mshake · 21st October 2007, 3:12 AM

wow 20 bucks! with a cpu! ....fantastic deal i'd say

scruff · 21st October 2007, 3:28 AM

I ordered one (y)

Cannula · 21st October 2007, 8:07 AM

Torrent box would be perfect

, currently leave my girlfriend's P4 Prescott on overnight now and then.

Apparently these combos can draw as little as 1W when completely idle in WinXP.

SSJX · 21st October 2007, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cannula

Torrent box would be perfect

, currently leave my girlfriend's P4 Prescott on overnight now and then.

Apparently these combos can draw as little as 1W when completely idle in WinXP.

ahhh good ol power sucking preshotts

SLATYE · 21st October 2007, 11:08 AM

Nice! Ordered one.

I might try to mount it in the bottom of my current case. With only an mATX board in there at the moment, it's looking a bit empty.

Unfortunately I can see that this is going to hurt my bank account quite a lot. DDR RAM isn't cheap any more, and I'm reluctant to take any from the other systems.

Has anyone managed to find it on Gigabyte's website?

EDIT: Found a perfect use for it. It can be my main web-browsing PC over the summer. The main one's got a Pentium-D in it, which tends to act as a very effective room heater. The Via system will be fine as a replacement.

scruff · 21st October 2007, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by SLATYE

Unfortunately I can see that this is going to hurt my bank account quite a lot. DDR RAM isn't cheap any more, and I'm reluctant to take any from the other systems.

You can still pick up a gig of ram for $35.. cheap enough

SLATYE · 21st October 2007, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by scruff

You can still pick up a gig of ram for $35.. cheap enough

Where? I've just spend half an hour on StaticICE looking for RAM and the cheapest I've found is $55.

scruff · 21st October 2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SLATYE

Where? I've just spend half an hour on StaticICE looking for RAM and the cheapest I've found is $55.

Hmm, maybe you're right.

A lot of places list RAM @ $35, but then you've got shipping on top of that. I'll let you know if I find a cheap place that does pickup.

SLATYE · 21st October 2007, 1:00 PM

After doing some more checking, it seems that this would also be excellent for running old operating systems. It seems to have only three devices which require drivers:

Realtek 8100C LAN - drivers are available for operating systems right back to Windows For Workgroups 3.11.
Realtek ALC655 sound - drivers are available back to Windows 95.
CLE266/8235M chipset - Windows 98SE is supported.

Pretty much, you can go back to 98SE and have everything working.

dicer · 21st October 2007, 1:39 PM

Very cheap....tempting but I'm teally trying to think of a good way to use it. ITX cases are not cheap.

Cannula · 21st October 2007, 1:40 PM

USB 2 support is a good plus, escpecially since I have an 80GB USB drive.

I was the first to buy on and there are only 11 left now, so they are going quite quickly.

I had a look on ebay.com and he's selling them to Americans too, but for more money.

Just staticiced mini-itx and found that pluscorp a OCAU sponser has 60 and 80W mini-itx cases for $42 and $60, which is alot cheaper than anyone else.

oohms · 21st October 2007, 1:45 PM

Yeah those systems are pretty nice.. i have an 800mhz via chip on a CLE266 platform and for anything that isnt cpu intensive its good... and i swapped the cpu cooler for a passive NB sink

Oh yeah, and copying files over 100mbit will see cpu usage of about 90% (on my system)

scruff · 21st October 2007, 1:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Cannula

USB 2 support is a good plus, escpecially since I have an 80GB USB drive.

I was the first to buy on and there are only 11 left now, so they are going quite quickly.

I had a look on ebay.com and he's selling them to Americans too, but for more money.

Just staticiced mini-itx and found that pluscorp a OCAU sponser has 60 and 80W mini-itx cases for $42 and $60, which is alot cheaper than anyone else.

Aren't they just power supplies?

21st October 2007, 1:47 AM	#1
Cannula Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lisarow 2250 Posts: 477	Great deal on ebay for a mini-ITX Just thought someone might want a headsup on one of these mini-ITX motherboard/CPU combos off ebay as seen here Gigabyte PCV2. I'm still thinking what to do with it, mini MAME box, server, carPC etc etc. Any other sensible ideas are welcome. Cheers! __________________ "Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity." \| OCAU Aquarium Club Member #133 \| OCAU Night Owl #233 \| OCAU GuitarPlayers Club #133 \| OCAU METAL CLUBMEMBER #33 \| TUALATIN IN A VIA 133A CLUB \| \|Successfully Traded With: 34 in total, last 20 were; tez, Fluffy_duck, tan50, jOb, Kyl3, MeoW, half-cut, Ozdood, x0nt, unixyk, _slacker_, bombastic, mototo, ]-[ellfire, Omarko, kona_boy, Flash, vazzy, Cyb3r, tez\|

21st October 2007, 1:53 AM	#2
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21st October 2007, 8:07 AM	#5
Cannula Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lisarow 2250 Posts: 477	Torrent box would be perfect , currently leave my girlfriend's P4 Prescott on overnight now and then. Apparently these combos can draw as little as 1W when completely idle in WinXP. __________________ "Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity." \| OCAU Aquarium Club Member #133 \| OCAU Night Owl #233 \| OCAU GuitarPlayers Club #133 \| OCAU METAL CLUBMEMBER #33 \| TUALATIN IN A VIA 133A CLUB \| \|Successfully Traded With: 34 in total, last 20 were; tez, Fluffy_duck, tan50, jOb, Kyl3, MeoW, half-cut, Ozdood, x0nt, unixyk, _slacker_, bombastic, mototo, ]-[ellfire, Omarko, kona_boy, Flash, vazzy, Cyb3r, tez\|

21st October 2007, 11:08 AM	#7
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 25,832	Nice! Ordered one. I might try to mount it in the bottom of my current case. With only an mATX board in there at the moment, it's looking a bit empty. Unfortunately I can see that this is going to hurt my bank account quite a lot. DDR RAM isn't cheap any more, and I'm reluctant to take any from the other systems. Has anyone managed to find it on Gigabyte's website? EDIT: Found a perfect use for it. It can be my main web-browsing PC over the summer. The main one's got a Pentium-D in it, which tends to act as a very effective room heater. The Via system will be fine as a replacement. __________________ Main system: Phenom II X4 920 \| 8GB (4x 2GB) DDR2-800 \| Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 v2.0 \| Leadtek Geforce 9600GSO 384MB \| Enermax Modu82+ 525W \| 1TB Hitachi HDD \| 3.5" + 5.25" FDD Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

21st October 2007, 3:28 AM	#4
scruff RIP Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3,452	I ordered one (y)

21st October 2007, 1:00 PM	#11
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 25,832	After doing some more checking, it seems that this would also be excellent for running old operating systems. It seems to have only three devices which require drivers: Realtek 8100C LAN - drivers are available for operating systems right back to Windows For Workgroups 3.11. Realtek ALC655 sound - drivers are available back to Windows 95. CLE266/8235M chipset - Windows 98SE is supported. Pretty much, you can go back to 98SE and have everything working. __________________ Main system: Phenom II X4 920 \| 8GB (4x 2GB) DDR2-800 \| Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 v2.0 \| Leadtek Geforce 9600GSO 384MB \| Enermax Modu82+ 525W \| 1TB Hitachi HDD \| 3.5" + 5.25" FDD Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

21st October 2007, 1:39 PM	#12
dicer Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Gold Coast QLD Posts: 942	Very cheap....tempting but I'm teally trying to think of a good way to use it. ITX cases are not cheap. __________________ My Trades List<click>

21st October 2007, 1:40 PM	#13
Cannula Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lisarow 2250 Posts: 477	USB 2 support is a good plus, escpecially since I have an 80GB USB drive. I was the first to buy on and there are only 11 left now, so they are going quite quickly. I had a look on ebay.com and he's selling them to Americans too, but for more money. Just staticiced mini-itx and found that pluscorp a OCAU sponser has 60 and 80W mini-itx cases for $42 and $60, which is alot cheaper than anyone else. __________________ "Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity." \| OCAU Aquarium Club Member #133 \| OCAU Night Owl #233 \| OCAU GuitarPlayers Club #133 \| OCAU METAL CLUBMEMBER #33 \| TUALATIN IN A VIA 133A CLUB \| \|Successfully Traded With: 34 in total, last 20 were; tez, Fluffy_duck, tan50, jOb, Kyl3, MeoW, half-cut, Ozdood, x0nt, unixyk, _slacker_, bombastic, mototo, ]-[ellfire, Omarko, kona_boy, Flash, vazzy, Cyb3r, tez\| Last edited by Cannula; 21st October 2007 at 1:47 PM.

21st October 2007, 1:45 PM	#14
oohms Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne 3016 Posts: 2,183	Yeah those systems are pretty nice.. i have an 800mhz via chip on a CLE266 platform and for anything that isnt cpu intensive its good... and i swapped the cpu cooler for a passive NB sink Oh yeah, and copying files over 100mbit will see cpu usage of about 90% (on my system)