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Did you know that Kellogg's also make htpc cases nowadays? No really, I got this one in a corn flakes package. Well, not literally but I simply couldn't resist the idea of building a computer into this delicate retro-tincan so I sent in a couple of coupons, and here it is...just begging for hardware.
Top/front view:
Top/back view:
Bottom view:
Inside view:
And finally, compared to a 33 cl can of Tuborg beer:
The can measures 213x172x91 mm (height x width x depth) so I believe a Via Mini-itx board (170x170 mm) will fit in quite nicely. The real trick will be to get a hardware-mpeg2 video card in there, since most pci cards are wider than 91 mm..oh well...
As for cooling, I don't believe one would need more than a couple of 40 or 60 mm fans, since the Via mini-itx boards generate very little heat. Of course, there's always the HD, DVD-reader and Video card, but I don't want any bulky 80 or 120 mm fans in there if it's not really necessary.
Hardware needed:
Motherboard: Via Epia M10000
CPU: Via C3 Nehemiah @ ~1 GHz
Hard drive: My old 3GB IBM laptop drive, with 2.5"->3.5" adapter
Memory: 512 mb 2700 ddram
DVD-rom: Teac DV28E Slimline
PSU: 60W Fanless kit
Fans: 1x processor fan, 1x 60 case fan
Video out: Built-in
Video in: Low profile Hardware-based mpeg2 card
Grey=still open
Green=acquired
Olive=to be ordered
That's all there is for now I guess. Will post more info once I get my hands on all the HW needed, so stay tuned. And of course, feel free to post comments 8)
22/11
After reading about the Via Epia boards out there, I'm thinking about wheather I should wait for the new nano-itx boards (which, At this time, are due to January 2005) or just go for a Epia-M 10000 or MII 12000. The MII has pcmcia, which I definately won't need but it's also 200 MHz faster than the M 10000. Practically, it shouldn't matter that much since it's the same C3 cpu and I'll be using a hw mpeg2 card anyway. Will probably save me some 40$ or so...
However, the system won't be able to make use of all the MP functionality, since the processor is way too slow. The upcoming Epia-N will, according to the specs @ Via Tech. feature more built-in video-decoding-stuff but I haven't heard anything about a processor faster than 1 GHz which will still be too slow for MP. Add to that the abscense of a pci slot (->no hw mpeg2 card!) and stuff will get real nasty.
Then it's better to have a motherboard with expansion capabilities, and a 1 GHz processor like the M 10000, right?
Top/front view:
Top/back view:
Bottom view:
Inside view:
And finally, compared to a 33 cl can of Tuborg beer:
The can measures 213x172x91 mm (height x width x depth) so I believe a Via Mini-itx board (170x170 mm) will fit in quite nicely. The real trick will be to get a hardware-mpeg2 video card in there, since most pci cards are wider than 91 mm..oh well...
As for cooling, I don't believe one would need more than a couple of 40 or 60 mm fans, since the Via mini-itx boards generate very little heat. Of course, there's always the HD, DVD-reader and Video card, but I don't want any bulky 80 or 120 mm fans in there if it's not really necessary.
Hardware needed:
Motherboard: Via Epia M10000
CPU: Via C3 Nehemiah @ ~1 GHz
Hard drive: My old 3GB IBM laptop drive, with 2.5"->3.5" adapter
Memory: 512 mb 2700 ddram
DVD-rom: Teac DV28E Slimline
PSU: 60W Fanless kit
Fans: 1x processor fan, 1x 60 case fan
Video out: Built-in
Video in: Low profile Hardware-based mpeg2 card
Grey=still open
Green=acquired
Olive=to be ordered
That's all there is for now I guess. Will post more info once I get my hands on all the HW needed, so stay tuned. And of course, feel free to post comments 8)
22/11
After reading about the Via Epia boards out there, I'm thinking about wheather I should wait for the new nano-itx boards (which, At this time, are due to January 2005) or just go for a Epia-M 10000 or MII 12000. The MII has pcmcia, which I definately won't need but it's also 200 MHz faster than the M 10000. Practically, it shouldn't matter that much since it's the same C3 cpu and I'll be using a hw mpeg2 card anyway. Will probably save me some 40$ or so...
However, the system won't be able to make use of all the MP functionality, since the processor is way too slow. The upcoming Epia-N will, according to the specs @ Via Tech. feature more built-in video-decoding-stuff but I haven't heard anything about a processor faster than 1 GHz which will still be too slow for MP. Add to that the abscense of a pci slot (->no hw mpeg2 card!) and stuff will get real nasty.
Then it's better to have a motherboard with expansion capabilities, and a 1 GHz processor like the M 10000, right?
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