VIA Super Mini Moboard

[Bozo Galora]

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[thorin]

Sweet! Now if only I could find a Canadian source then I could build one sweet living room computer.

Thorin

 

[ChrisADuffy]

Lots o possibilities here>>>>>

 

[ElFenix]

wow dude... wonder if it has enough capabilities to run divx movies?

actually... if theres no tv out built in... is there sound? hey there is tv out! just put a live oem or another digital sound card and you've got a nice divx/jukebox, assuming a c800 or whatever that processor is has enough horsepower to do it.

 

[randomlinh]

sweet..... actually, yeah, what kind of power can that c3 do (regarding divx encoding possibly)... regardless.. if it's cheap, i would get one for a new slim divx/mp3 box. question is, what's a good pci tv capture card... maybe get an old AIW.. but damn drivers...

 

[puck]

Does anyone know if you can even buy this board? This "mini ITX" standard was made up by Via and I don't think any manufacturers are making anything like the reference board. It would be pretty sweet to make an mp3 box out of it though.

 

[Eug]

<< Sweet! Now if only I could find a Canadian source then I could build one sweet living room computer.

Thorin >>


That would be the iMac. Unix, but with working drivers for USB, Firewire, etc. etc. Built-in MP3 software, etc. 15" LCD screen. Footprint (and look 😛)_of a lamp.

 

[thorin]

I think Shuttle's SV24 (FV24) also fits Via's Mini or Micro-ITX standard.

Thorin

 

[FenrisUlf]

There are several standards for small Mobos. The largest is the microATX standard. The next one smaller is the FlexATX standard, which the Shuttle SV24 uses. The smallest is VIA's new miniITX standard mentioned here (170x170mm). There are also other non-standard designs out there which have a small footprint. Many of the "book" PCs and small business PCs use tiny proprietary mobos. I have an HP e-vectra which is about 8"x8"x3.5" that I use as a server and an MSI "book PC" that I use as a home theater PC. I think the MSI with a Taulatin is the best soloution for this. There are several reviews of this mobo/processor out there. The VIA C3 processor is designed for low power consumption above all. As a result of this goal, VIA had to seriously castrate the FPU unit on it. From what I remember, it's not much better at FPU than about a P2-266 and the integer performance is no better than a P2-400. You would probably have enough power to play DVDs and MP3s, but definitely not enough for DivX which needs about a P3-600 to play smoothly.