P4 Barebones system 179

[Jokersmoker]

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[WA261]

That case is so sexy!

 

[tbogstad]

I was wondering what i was gonn do with this 1.6A and 20gi notebook drive i have lying around, perfect little micro system. al i need now is a notebook optical drive.

Where do i get 1 on those???

Thanks for the link.

 

[patrick409]

Originally posted by: tbogstad
I was wondering what i was gonn do with this 1.6A and 20gi notebook drive i have lying around, perfect little micro system. al i need now is a notebook optical drive.

Where do i get 1 on those???

Thanks for the link.

you can find cheap notebook optical drives on ebay pretty easily.. that's where i got a cd burner for my laptop

 

[paranoidandroid]

does this thing take regular dimms or laptop sodimms?

 

[tbogstad]

regular dimms

 

[Fuzzmuncher]

Does it matter what brand of notebook drives it uses? Could I use IBM drives in it?

 

[jdiddy]

Anyone pick this up yet? Hows the quality? The case is sickkkkkk.

 

[DeeKnow]

man this looks slick!!!! anyone picked one up? tell us about it

 

[Garet Jax]

Man. This thing really is bare bones. It basically is a motherboard (with lots of integrated components) and a case.

 

[SOSTrooper]

Very sweet case. I only wish that it takes regular 3.5" HD instead of the more expensive 2.5". I'll debate on whether to get it or not, since I'm looking into getting another XPC for kicks, might as well consider this one.

 

[yougotdeals]

Since I was thinking about upgrading my laptop hard drive I might have to get this and throw my old one in it!

 

[Staples]

Neat looking case but I wouldn't buy it just because of the chipset.

 

[rhacquer]

intriguing... price is down $40 from last week.

 

[jdiddy]

Question what type of cdrom does this need. I know its a laptop cdrom but is it the pop out kind or a slot loading one? Does anyone know excatally what they mean by slim-type optical drive

 

[sman789]

Originally posted by: jdiddy
Question what type of cdrom does this need. I know its a laptop cdrom but is it the pop out kind or a slot loading one? Does anyone know excatally what they mean by slim-type optical drive

http://search.ebay.com/slim-drive_W0QQfromZR8QQhtZ1QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1
havent seen slot loading laptop drives except for apples

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: sman789
havent seen slot loading laptop drives except for apples

Believe this unit does not require a slot loading, slim-type optical drive. Any slim-type optical drive should work.

ZPCgx manufacturer's site found here.

 

[jdiddy]

Thanks for the link. Its the length of 2 cds on top of each other wow i want it. I just hope its qualitly and not just slapped together. Has anyone bought any products from this company before?

 

[chuck2002]

I'm having a hard time holding back on this one. It would make a perfect media server @ my house.....
Here is a link with more pics of it.
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/print.php?cid=18&id=862 It is a huge page, the pics are 3/4 of the way down.
Looking for a review of the setup now...

 

[manno]

HOT DEAL!


I'm just pissed that it's not based of of the ATI 9100 IGP that would be friggan sweet as all get out. Why do they insist on using such crappy chipsets for these things? This would make a great lan box for CS with the 9100's onboard graphics (DX8.1). And an OK one with the nforce2's onboard graphics (DX7).

still this is hot and I'm trying realy hard not to hop in on this one. Thanks again Joker

-manno

 

[chuck2002]

I pulled the trigger. It is on its way.
Seeking out the best place to grab a slim cdrw for this. If anyone has any ideas other than Ebay.....

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with mine yet, but I just gotta have it.

 

[rhacquer]

Thanks for being the group guinea pig Chuck! Keep us posted...

 

[chuck2002]

Ya no prob. I got a 2 gig p4 coming thanks to the for sale/trade forum. Still on the look out for a decent price on a slim cdrw and laptop hdd.
I think by the time it is all done, it will be a good setup, but a little bit pricey because of the drives required. They just don't have the insane deals on these laptop drives that you can find for regular sizes.
I plan on getting a usb2 or firewire external drive to complement this thing as needed.
I'll holler when it comes in and I get it running.

 

[jdiddy]

I jumped on this deal too I could'nt resist. I i popped in a p4m 2.2 had a little bit of trouble getting it past 100mhz fsb. I had to do the bsel1 pin mod on it now its running all smooth. Im currently using it as a mp3 server. I was running seti on it but it tends to heat up a little when its clocked at 2.2 ghz. Overall its a sexy ittle case. Its about the same size as a hardcover book or a Windows XP retail box.
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Sorry the pictures are grainy and dark its 230 in the morning with no light and my webcam sucks. I'll take more pictures if anyone else is interested.

 

[newhemidude]

I had to take the plunge too! It's a nice little box, but I'm still waiting for a couple of the innards(ram & dvd-rom/cdr). I put a 2.4 celeron in there since it's not going to be a powerhouse system with the other specs. I have a 40gig HD and I'm going to buy a 512meg stick of ram. I think it'll be a nice little system.