The new sweetness in action (MSI small computer)

[Czar]

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/image/10702/

 

[minendo]

I want one. Wonder how much they will cost.

 

[crumpet19]

saweet. need price.

 

[AtomicDude512]

Sweetness!

 

[tweakmm]

sweet

 

[Mangler]

looks like a kick butt setup!

I want one!

 

[mrman3k]

Looks good to me. I really want one of the SFF and my normal large PC.

 

[barkingfrog]

Here's another link. Anyone have any idea when this thing will come out?

 

[BeauJangles]

holy crap that's cool!

 

[TheFishingGeek]

Here's the press release. I'm not finding it available online just yet, but it looks like quite the setup.

Even better when someone gets Linux running on it.

 

[BeauJangles]

Dammit, when is this thing gonna be available? I want one

 

[EvilYoda]

yeah, but if only they'd offer a color that would match the rest of my system. I can't wait til SFF systems are more affordable and competitive.

 

[bluemax]

I've emailed MSI America... maybe they'll let me know!

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: bluemax
I've emailed MSI America... maybe they'll let me know!

I would hope so. That case is 10x cooler than the shuttle cases

 

[barkingfrog]

Someone over at SFFTech said he heard it'll be available in May... take it with a grain of salt, although it doesn't sound too unexpected.

 

[joeld]

Holy cow that computer is cool. Mp3 playback from BIOS!?!? Wonder if the bios supports more than stereo sound...

 

[joeld]

This computer coupled with a good video card and an HDTV tuner would rock!

 

[BeauJangles]

Update with price

399

 

[bluemax]

You know, I never once found where it said $399 on that site, even when using "search"! :Q

$400 US??!?! Man that's not cheap... that hurts! I know it's a very cool box and all but yeesh! I can get a brand new Shuttle SB51G (Intel chipset, hyperthreading) for $400 CANADIAN! So why would I spend 50% more than an already-expensive Shuttle?
Well, if I wanted a $200 radio/MP3 player.....

darn. I liked it for the outputs on the back! Why oh why did Shuttle drop parallel only to keep 2 serial ports??

 

[amphibious]

only a 200w PS! that's going to be a big bottleneck...

 

[joeld]

that's also standard for a SFF pc. all the shuttle's have that I believe. its hard to have more wattage in a very small space, without having a wind tunnel to cool it

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: amphibious
only a 200w PS! that's going to be a big bottleneck...

uhhh... i guess i would tend to agree except that I know people who run Radeon 9700s 2x large HDDs, and a sound card on these systems and they are fine.


As for the price, it didn't say in that article, but check the SFFTech forums, admin posted there that it's 400 beans for the advanced model (6 in 1 reader, TV tuner).

 

[BarneyFife]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: amphibious
only a 200w PS! that's going to be a big bottleneck...

uhhh... i guess i would tend to agree except that I know people who run Radeon 9700s 2x large HDDs, and a sound card on these systems and they are fine.


As for the price, it didn't say in that article, but check the SFFTech forums, admin posted there that it's 400 beans for the advanced model (6 in 1 reader, TV tuner).

I run a gig of memory, p4 2.53 oc 2.71
AIW 9700, 2 160 gig hard drives, dvd-rom, and added an internal fan and it runs fine. I run all of this on a sb51g to be exact.

 

[joeld]

WOW! that's a nice *little* rig you have there.....

 

[purplehippo]

I spoke with MSI about the release and they told me the end of May. they said it was in full production already. However, they wouldn't tell me a price. I want one real bad.