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On 03/14/2015 01:43 PM, Duncan wrote: |
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> Thanasis posted on Fri, 13 Mar 2015 22:30:20 +0200 as excerpted: |
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>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130759 |
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>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113364 |
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> Thank you very /very/ much! That's very close to perfect for the |
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> router... and googling I see others already using it for such. =:^) |
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Actually overkill for just a router's use. |
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You can even expect decent compilation times on it. |
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> I haven't worked with mini-ITX before and thus didn't realize how close |
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> it is to what I was looking for. And with what's included... Embedded |
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> graphics, not really necessary on the router but it'll make working with |
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> it far easier, and embedded audio, should let me play media on the router |
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> and shut the main machine off. |
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Yep, if you locate it next to your desk, then it makes a decent desktop too. |
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> And there's the single 16x PCIE slot @ 4x |
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> speed, perfect for the quad-port Ethernet card. |
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> The quad-core, 2+ GHz CPU @ 25W power dissipation should be plenty of |
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> power, even for playing media (one review said 80% usage of all four |
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> cores for 1080p, however, which it'll handle, but realistically not 4k, |
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> when I eventually even have a display that'll do 4k), and it should de- |
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> clock and power-down for routing-only. |
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I think you should ask others using it as router about what its |
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practical mean power consumption is, when only doing a routing job. |
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> And that dissipation, quite fans |
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> shouldn't be a big issue. |
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> And the suggested bundles, while not exactly what I want, hint that |
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> $200-300 for the system, plus the $80 ethernet card, is a very reasonable |
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> budget. |
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> I'm looking at cases and power-supplies now, |
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If you don't care about the case's aesthetics and size, you could use a |
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used medium sized standard ATX case, and an efficient power supply like: |
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151113 |
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> since I have some idea what |
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> I'm going to install with them. And now that the idea is beginning to |
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> come together, I can take a closer look at the available Ethernet cards, |
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> too, including checking drivers... |
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