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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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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. 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. 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, 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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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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