[Pc_Support] Socket-754 SFF (9.5x8.3x12") nForce3 Barebones Kit for $129, $144 with 8xDVD+/-RW

Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org
Mon Oct 3 15:06:41 EDT 2005


If you've already got an AGP card, but are interested in
moving to Athlon/Sempron 64 in a small form-factor (SFF) with
a good chipset and on-board peripherals, this might be it. 
At 9.5" x 8.3" x 12", it's almost a good 1.5-2" smaller in
every dimension than my Chemning MicroATX cube.  Being
alumnium, it should weight 3-4lbs. less too.

It's clearly a proprietary mainboard (only 1 AGP x4/x8 and 1
PCI slot), although I'm not sure about the PS (possibly
MicroATX?).  PS is only 220W, so don't throw a GeForce 6800GT
in there, although a GeForce 6600GT or lower might do just
fine.  All kinds of goodies on-board, including FireWire,
optical audio in/out and 6 USB ports.  1x 5.25" ext, 1x 3.5"
ext and 1x 3.5" int.

The enclosure with PS, mainboard and cabling can be had for
$129.  Or by using another code, you can get it with a Sony
DRU-530A 8x DVD+RW/+R (that also does DVD-R/RW).
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=hu61&sourceid=qIZmQ0F-YnD5AlnvzEkG&cm_ven=CJ&cm_pla=0039448524&cm_ite=hu61



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