Via EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard

[Steve Burton]

Scott Mitchell wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 04:06:18PM +0200, Siegbert Baude wrote:
> 
>>Are your machines completely diskless then? Which kind of PSU do you use 
>>then? Some of these low-power external ones? I really would like to get 
>>rid of every fan in such an EPIA machine. Both because of the sound and 
>>the possible failure source. With no mechanical parts left inside the 
>>computer, it should also be robust enough, to be tossen around in the 
>>kitchen by children.
>>Another possible use would be as multimedia centre in the living room, 
>>but I suspect you would need the 1GHz version then (or what about the 
>>newer chipsets? They should have some hardware acceleration to make life 
>>easuer for the processor?). Is it possible to pasive cool this one, if 
>>there is no additional heat source like a harddisk or PSU in the case?
> 
> 
> Siegbert,
> 
> You want one of these babies: http://www.hush-technologies.com/ 1GHz CPU,
> totally fanless.  I think this is about the only piece of computer
> equipment I've ever seen that I'd be happy to keep on my hi-fi rack :-)
> You do pay quite a premium for the fancy heatsink/case though, and I'm not
> sure whether they do a complpetely diskless version.
> 
> 	Scott
> 
In the UK, www.miniitx.com distributes these. I've just checked their 
site and
they offer 40, 60, 80 and 120 Gbyte disks. You could always buy the 40GB 
version and disconnect the drive.

Steve.