tiny little motherboards? for tiny little cube mod

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  1. phaSe

    phaSe What's a Dremel?

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    hi guys,

    im trying to build a little plex-cube case, but dont know what sort of motherboard to use. im only going to use the onboard stuff and it would only need 1 pci slot ut im not sure which one or where to get them in the UK. any help would be rally appreciated :D and of course ill post pics when its done......
     
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  2. Fronzel

    Fronzel What's a Dremel?

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    How Tiny?

    There is the Eden, the Shuttle boards, and I think Asus makes a small board, but it isn't all that small.
     
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    www.bindibadgi.co.uk/NA/MOBOS.xls

    tis about 3-4 months out of date now, but its a starting point! Also its Skt 370 only, they do do mATX/ FlexATX p4 and Tbird mobos too.
     
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    Or you could got for the uber biscuit board type of stuff.
     
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    eden platform will probably be ideal...:idea:
     
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  6. phaSe

    phaSe What's a Dremel?

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    thanks for the replies guys!

    ive been looking at microATX but they are toooo big! ive seen the eden platform microITX but the processors dont seem meaty enough! i still want to be able to play games just not necessarily at 1600x1200 with all the bells and whistles!
    does anyone one know if ITX or microITX will take ether t-birds or socket 370?

    bindi - thanks for the xls, its a good starting point! i assume 'f or m' means flex or micro?

    kevo - whats busuit board? it sounds tasty and anthing thats uber is good in my books! :hehe:
     
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  7. hydrogen18

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    I think eden is the only ITX mobo out ther as of now...and small + performance dont go hand in hand...your best bet is a mAtx socket 478 with a AGP slot...sigh....
     
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  8. Kevo

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    This is a b board...

    [​IMG]

    Its only 5.25" across.

    Heres the specs:

    Supports Tualatin Cores up to 1.3GHz Socket 370
    RS-232 x 3 + RS-232/422/485 x 1
    2 x IDE Channels
    LAN 100/10M Optional 2nd LAN
    USB and IrDA
    Savage4 3D/2D LVDS/TFT/DSTN
    Optional TV out
    PC/104 Connector and PCI Slot
    Audio onboard
    CompactFlash-I /II Socket

    But because its a very specialized product you will be looking at £500-600 for it. :eeek:

    Several types of these boards can be found at http://www.milesie.co.uk/ cheaper ones too!! ;)
     
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    That board has an ungodly amount of connectors!? Are the LPT/COM/VGA ports accessible like the old AT ones or something?
     
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  10. Kevo

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    Kind of ;)
     
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  11. phaSe

    phaSe What's a Dremel?

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    thanks for the replies.
    that biscuit board stuff looks wkd but a bit tooo ££££ maybe someday tho..... i think it will have to be one of the shuttle boards, probably a sv25 for some P111 lovin'! now all i need to do is find a plastic bender....;)
     
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  12. Guest-16

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    i tihnk asus did a p4 flex atx sis based board, unless you want itx teeny size.
     
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  13. Fronzel

    Fronzel What's a Dremel?

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    I saw Shuttle is working on an Athlon based board with an AGP slot for their SS line of mini computers.

    That would make it a great system for LAN parties. As opposed to now, where they are good as LAN party servers. Up to a point.

    That would be the bees knees.
     
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  14. phaSe

    phaSe What's a Dremel?

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    hmmmm agp would be nice, but im trying to start ery soon so its gotta be a dinky shuttle one! thanks for the help guys, ill post pix when its done!
     
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