[nzlug] D201GLY2

[Peter]

Have you guys discovered these?
Intel D201GLY2 (MoB+CPU available here for under $110.)
http://www.fdc.net.nz/productsandservices/itemdetails.asp?itemid=164449

Add a 1GB DDR2 667 RAM chip and a picopsu DC PSU and you have a really cheap quiet computer with 150 possible uses. Ideal for NAS/gateway/media whatever servers. Theres obviously plenty of corners been cut to get it down to this price, but it runs fine as a office desktop box, play DVDs without grief and the on board sound is pretty fair. 

It has an embedded Conroe chip running at 1.2G, I have been heartily impressed with the compromise intel made between performance and energy efficiency.  Its a passively cooled competitor to the overpriced EPIA stuff, uses 25W total. Not as low as some EPIA or Alix type baords, but more powerful by a long shot and cheaper aswell. If this is a foot in the water in terms of future 45nm Atom boards, cool.

You just have to watch hardware compatibility. People have reported their ram chips wont work, and i had trouble with 2.5" to 3.5" IDE adapters. Stick to basic stuff.

more about:
http://resources.mini-box.com/online/MBD-I-D201GLY/intel-d201gly-power-consumption.html
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article780-page1.html
http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41171
http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44140
http://www.mini-box.com/Intel-D201GLY-Mini-ITX-Motherboard

Peter