[nzlug] D201GLY2

[Paolo Edgerton Bachmann]

Hey,Thanks for pointing these out. Might make a good base for a quickie and
slightly more featureful DVB-T set top box. Anyone got any idea of cpu
performance for running myth?

Paolo

On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Peter <webwiz at pl.net> wrote:

> 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
>
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