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mini-itx part 2

[CALIBUR] · 2003-03-04 00:10:32

I was thinking of making a lan box with the VIA EPIA M 9000 All In One Motherboard and use old hardware bits from my two year dell pc (p3 866mhz). bad idea or good idea

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04-03-2003 1:10am

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[CALIBUR]

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I was thinking of making a lan box with the VIA EPIA M 9000 All In One Motherboard and use old hardware bits from my two year dell pc (p3 866mhz).

bad idea or good idea

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#2 04-03-2003 10:26pm
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I need to know kind of quick

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#3 05-03-2003 12:07am
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Isnt the Epia M 9000 fully integrated? Therefore you wont be using much bits from your old PC. The CPU is the real kicker tho, the VIA CPU onboard is slower than a Celeron 500. Not really LAN Box material.

A better idea would be a Shuttle SFF or Asus tiny box (Scan have them).

Matt

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#4 05-03-2003 3:24pm
[CALIBUR]

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do u have a link there.

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#5 06-03-2003 3:00am
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http://www.computergate.com/products/item.cfm?prodcd=B7VEPIAM1

L8ter,
Maddog.

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