I'm picking up a VIA Pico-ITX kit in a few days - is there any burning questions you'd like to ask VIA about their Pico kit while I'm there?
All I can think of quickly is do they have a pico-ITX board suitable to run a NAS? E.g. some SATA ports for at least 4 hard drives (hopefully more). I really want to be able to build my own NAS as small as proprietory ones. Whilst the C7 would be sufficient for a NAS (just - depending on add on modules), they never seem to come with more than a single IDE or SATA interface. Is this a pico-ITX limitation or are we simply not there yet?
Why no PCIex16? J/K XD Is it possible to integrate some form of onboard PSU (with an external 12v adapter or something) and can there be at least 2 hardwired USB ports on the main board? and maybe a single audio jack+maybe a mic jack? I'm probably asking too much of the form factor but a few ideas I have need these onboard rather than on an add-on board that increases size! SATA?
OK Pico w/ lots of SATA. The Pico kit already has a case and DC-DC power unit built in. The Pico board itself has audio and USB too afaik.
+1 to more SATA. I don't think having loads is necessary, but 2 would be nice. One for a HDD and one for a ODD so you could use it as a tiny HTPC. As for the audio and USB - the P820 has USB, but the only audio seems to be through HDMI or using a 9 pin header (from what I can see at least).
