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Don't know if this would interest anyone, as it's pretty limited, but Intel is pushing their new Atom gear. Here's a site with pre-orders available. Max 2g memory, 1.6 processor, and a pci slot (Not express, I think). I think it might be a low price way for people to break into hardware multiboxing with identical systems.
http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/aca...herboards.html
Check out the power usage - you could probably get away with a 250w power supply on that thing.
You could probably get away with a 90w power supply on that thing.
I'm thinking HMPC, because low power -> low heat -> quiet fans -> no hum while watching movies.
It would be a cheap experiment to see if this can even handle 800x600 WoW
/edit: It cant 800x480, tv resolution
even better, the heatsink with fan isn't the processor, thats the northbridge. the processor is the tiny heatsink with no fan.
I guess for WoW it's more than enough ;) ok if you have about 1GB RAM as a minimum, you could get some sort of perfomance decrease in Cities, I guess this onboard graphx has shared memory doesn't it? if no it would run with 1 GB easily.
Normally I'd say the same thing, but:Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Fursphere',index.php?page=Thread&postID=66861#pos t66861
1) This is a reference board. There will be other versions out before long with much more appealing options
2) Look at the price. Mobo/proc for near $100 is a reasonable value
3) Extremely low wattage/noise/heat
4) Size - The picture is pretty much to scale, around 5x5. You could stack those things like bricks.
While I'll agree this deal probably isn't the best choice for average multiboxers, I think the mini-ITX form factor is worth keeping an eye on, especially now that Intel seems motivated to promote it. Those power requirements are pretty diminutive.
I really wonder if it could run wow, id put a 2gb stick in each, so i wonder...
I would run far away from this mobo. But, @Tehtsuo cause he mentioned Mobo + proc for 100 bucks, from newegg(im sure you could find a slightly better deal somewhere else if you looked hard enough):
http://c1.neweggimages.com/brandimage/Brand1442.gif BIOSTAR NF61S-M2 TE AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138103
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Brisbane 2.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103243
Currently out of stock (bizzare, I bought 2x of each a week ago, go figure) and too lazy to look for similarly priced items, but
$47.99 for the Mobo, and $59.99 for the CPUl so about 100 bucks. (I think geeks.com was actually cheaper for very very similar products, but i went with NewEgg because of the free shipping.
Can put together a quasi decent clone PC for about 340-400 bucks if you go AMD. (not an AMD cult follower, I actually prefer Intel CPUs, but the AMDs are sooooo much cheaper, hehe.)
Might need to add a bit to that for 3d card, i went with an 8500 GT because it was cheap, and my target-game is EQ1, not WoW.
Ishar
but also, the form factor, heat and power to run these mobo, could be the difference to some people who dont have alot of space...