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Jeffrey Stephenson's Humidor CL Server Project neatly hides the components under a removable Spanish cedar tray.
Jeffrey Stephenson squeezed a VIA EPIA CL 10000 mini-ITX board along with a DSL Modem and wireless router into this beautiful Humidor case for his elegant server mod.
Liquid cooled Mini ITX gaming computer I built for a friend. Mini Cooper British Racing Green auto paint, Corsair h50, Silverstone SG05 paint,. q6600 quad core 2.4ghz processor, BFG GTS 250 GPU, Zotac 9300 socket 775 motherboard.
For scale, that fan on the front of the case is your typical 120mm fan. It is about the size of a shoe box.
Wantng a computer to hook up to his family's living room, Marco happened upon this fake set of polystyrene encyclopedias that fit his mother's rigid standards.
Here is an image of the VIA EPIA-M840 Mini-ITX board shown with some example applications including Kiosk, POI, POS and Industrial Automation.
This is my second mini-ITX build. This computer is adequate for:
- Home theater PC
- Office work
- Light gaming
- Downloading :)
With Windows 7 Ultimate installed, the power up time is ~30 seconds.
The Windows Experience Index is as follows (the scale goes from 1.0 to 7.9):
Processor: 6.9
Memory (RAM): 7.4
Graphics: 6.7
Gaming graphics: 6.7
Primary hard disk: 7.4
Base score: 6.7 (determined by lowest subscore)
The parts list:
Intel Core i3 2120T (2.6GHZ) (2nd gen Sandy Bridge)
ark.intel.com/products/53427/Intel-Core-i3-2120T-Processo...
I chose this CPU because I think it has the best balance of computing power (2 cores, 4 threads), consuming power (with a TDP of just 35W) and price.
CPU cooler SCYTHE Kozuti
www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/cpu-cooler/kozuti-cooler.html
The CPU's stock cooler didn't work properly, so I had to buy this one. It's more powerful, more quiet and more reliable than Intel's.
Asus P8H67-I REV 3.0 (Mini-ITX)
www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8H67I/#speci...
This is a great little motherboard, ideal for a small factor build.
Kingston HyperX blue 2x4 GB DDR3-1333 CL9 (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/8G)
www.kingston.com/datasheets/KHX1333C9D3B1K2_8G.pdf
SAPPHIRE HD6570 ULTIMATE 1GB DDR3 PCI-E
www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=...
This is probably the best passively cooled graphics card money can buy.
OCZ SSD AGILITY 3 120GB SATA III
www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-agility-3-sata-iii-2-5-ssd.html
Great speed and plenty of space for OS, applications and games. And cheap, too.
Western Digital 250GB 4200rpm (from an old notebook)
SUPERCASE MINI-ITX MI-008 (250W)
www.supercase.gr/en/p/1-cases/2-super-case/32-itx-series/...
This was the smaller case I could find with enough space for CPU+cooler and a decent PSU. I could install one 5.4" drive, one 3.5" hard disc and two 2.5" hard discs if I wanted to :D I chose to install just the 2.5" HDs, the optical drive isn't necessary anymore (one can install everything from a single USB flash drive!), and since this isn't being used as a HTPC for now, a big capacity 3.5" HD wasn't needed either.
20120406_7D_IMG_6803_MiniPC
A completed blade with a dual-core Atom board, two 3.5" hard drives, and a PicoPSU. The lead is what will plug into 12V power.
For all I know this may be a horrible idea and the hard drives may get too hot and warp the plastic. We'll see!
The winning car from Car Wars IV! Mobile Computing Solutions installed a Car-PC with GPS, navigation and monitors to help this car win.
Liquid cooled Mini ITX gaming computer I built for a friend. Mini Cooper British Racing Green auto paint, Corsair h50, Silverstone SG05 paint,. q6600 quad core 2.4ghz processor, BFG GTS 250 GPU, Zotac 9300 socket 775 motherboard.
For scale, that fan on the front of the case is your typical 120mm fan. It is about the size of a shoe box.
Liquid cooled Mini ITX gaming computer I built for a friend. Mini Cooper British Racing Green auto paint, Corsair h50, Silverstone SG05 paint,. q6600 quad core 2.4ghz processor, BFG GTS 250 GPU, Zotac 9300 socket 775 motherboard.
For scale, that fan on the front of the case is your typical 120mm fan. It is about the size of a shoe box.
Here is the interior of the completed quiet PC.
A Streacom FC-8 Evo Chassis provides heat pipe cooling in a stylish case.
Asus H77 motherboard, Intel 3770 CPU, SSD, and Windows 8.
For insurance, a single silent 80 mm Noctua fan At 800 RPM. This may be replaced later.
See www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=65752
We shoved as much power we possibly could into a Commodore C64x barebones chassis
ZOTAC H77-ITX WiFi B-series (H77ITX-B-E)
Intel Core i7 3770T (45-watt, quad-core)
2x8GB Kingston ValueRam DDR3-1600
OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA SSD
Commodore C64x Barebones Chassis
Silverstone TOB02 Blu-ray drive
Razer Mamba (2012) Mouse
ZOTAC USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter (Third monitor)
DC-DC Power Supply from ZOTAC ZBOX Giga series
Liquid cooled Mini ITX gaming computer I built for a friend. Mini Cooper British Racing Green auto paint, Corsair h50, Silverstone SG05 paint,. q6600 quad core 2.4ghz processor, BFG GTS 250 GPU, Zotac 9300 socket 775 motherboard.
For scale, that fan on the front of the case is your typical 120mm fan. It is about the size of a shoe box.
ZX Evolution (also known as PentEvo) — Russian Sinclair-compatible clone with VGA, PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Based on original & genuine CPU Z80, AY music chip and КР1818ВГ93 FDD chip.
Features:
Z80 3.5 MHz (classic mode) / 7 MHz (turbo mode without CPU wait circles) / 14 MHz (mega turbo with CPU wait circles);
4 Mb RAM, 512Kb ROM;
MiniITX board (172x170mm), 2 ZXBUS slots, power ATX or +5,+12V;
Based on fpga (Altera EP1K50);
Peripheral MCU ATMEGA128;
PS/2 keyboard and mouse support;
Floppy (WDC1793) Beta-disk compatible interface, IDE (one channel, up to 2 devices on master/slave mode), SD(HC) card, RS232;
Video out: RGB, VGA (scandoubler);
Sound: AY, Beeper, Covox (PWM);
Original keyboard and joystick support;
Tape interface (in/out);
Real-time clock.
Technical description:
Official website:
We shoved as much power we possibly could into a Commodore C64x barebones chassis
ZOTAC H77-ITX WiFi B-series (H77ITX-B-E)
Intel Core i7 3770T (45-watt, quad-core)
2x8GB Kingston ValueRam DDR3-1600
OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA SSD
Commodore C64x Barebones Chassis
Silverstone TOB02 Blu-ray drive
Razer Mamba (2012) Mouse
ZOTAC USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter (Third monitor)
DC-DC Power Supply from ZOTAC ZBOX Giga series
Liquid cooled Mini ITX gaming computer I built for a friend. Mini Cooper British Racing Green auto paint, Corsair h50, Silverstone SG05 paint,. q6600 quad core 2.4ghz processor, BFG GTS 250 GPU, Zotac 9300 socket 775 motherboard.
For scale, that fan on the front of the case is your typical 120mm fan. It is about the size of a shoe box.
The array of communication technologies in Steve's car PC include voice control, satellite navigation, Internet access, and live traffic data monitoring.
We shoved as much power we possibly could into a Commodore C64x barebones chassis
ZOTAC H77-ITX WiFi B-series (H77ITX-B-E)
Intel Core i7 3770T (45-watt, quad-core)
2x8GB Kingston ValueRam DDR3-1600
OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA SSD
Commodore C64x Barebones Chassis
Silverstone TOB02 Blu-ray drive
Razer Mamba (2012) Mouse
ZOTAC USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter (Third monitor)
DC-DC Power Supply from ZOTAC ZBOX Giga series
Decided to go with NAS4Free as it useS the latest FreeBSD release 9 OS, and supports my Highpoint Rocket 622/620 (Non-RAID) eSATA PCIe 2.0 Card, as well as the APU E-350 board and south bridge chip.
We shoved as much power we possibly could into a Commodore C64x barebones chassis
ZOTAC H77-ITX WiFi B-series (H77ITX-B-E)
Intel Core i7 3770T (45-watt, quad-core)
2x8GB Kingston ValueRam DDR3-1600
OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA SSD
Commodore C64x Barebones Chassis
Silverstone TOB02 Blu-ray drive
Razer Mamba (2012) Mouse
ZOTAC USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter (Third monitor)
DC-DC Power Supply from ZOTAC ZBOX Giga series
We shoved as much power we possibly could into a Commodore C64x barebones chassis
ZOTAC H77-ITX WiFi B-series (H77ITX-B-E)
Intel Core i7 3770T (45-watt, quad-core)
2x8GB Kingston ValueRam DDR3-1600
OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA SSD
Commodore C64x Barebones Chassis
Silverstone TOB02 Blu-ray drive
Razer Mamba (2012) Mouse
ZOTAC USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter (Third monitor)
DC-DC Power Supply from ZOTAC ZBOX Giga series
As shipped, the LED / switch PCB simply have two blue LEDs wired in Parallel to display power-on status.
Each LEDs are wired to the outer two pins of the 6 pin header, on the back of the PCB.
To repurpose one LED to display HDD activity, remove one LED, drill to disconnect the circuit traces that connect the two LEDs together, solder the LED back on (I used an amber colored one I have on hand). Supply two additional wires with header pins (can be salvaged from motherboard front panel connectors, internal USB connector, or ordered new from places like Futurlec) and insert the header pins into the empty slots of the plastic connector.
We shoved as much power we possibly could into a Commodore C64x barebones chassis
ZOTAC H77-ITX WiFi B-series (H77ITX-B-E)
Intel Core i7 3770T (45-watt, quad-core)
2x8GB Kingston ValueRam DDR3-1600
OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA SSD
Commodore C64x Barebones Chassis
Silverstone TOB02 Blu-ray drive
Razer Mamba (2012) Mouse
ZOTAC USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter (Third monitor)
DC-DC Power Supply from ZOTAC ZBOX Giga series
The VIA EPIA M720 Mini-ITX board offers a wide range of connection options, including HDMI, to meet the needs of today's advanced digital signage, POS, Kiosk, ATM, home automation, healthcare and media client system design applications.
Here is an infographic of the VIA Mainbaord Comparisons from the 10 Year Anniversay ebook, "10 Years of Mini-ITX: Small is Beautiful."
After too many sleepless nights becuase of his noisy bedroom PC, Nick Young used a VIA EPIA 5000 Mini-iTX board to create a silent PC so he could rest better.
Taking a lesson from the moding community, Mark added the required lighting bling to finish of his Frame case mod.
Jeffrey Stephenson transformed this Ingraham's 1946 Carlson MOdel 1110H radio cabinet into a home media server.
We shoved as much power we possibly could into a Commodore C64x barebones chassis
ZOTAC H77-ITX WiFi B-series (H77ITX-B-E)
Intel Core i7 3770T (45-watt, quad-core)
2x8GB Kingston ValueRam DDR3-1600
OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA SSD
Commodore C64x Barebones Chassis
Silverstone TOB02 Blu-ray drive
Razer Mamba (2012) Mouse
ZOTAC USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter (Third monitor)
DC-DC Power Supply from ZOTAC ZBOX Giga series
Will was looking for a way to serve his music files when he came across this old mini jukebox CD player.
An artist by trade, David Benz wnated something a little more classy than a beige box for his Linux server.
Segate 320GB 2.5" hard drive, Sound Blaster Audigy 4 PCI sound card and Intel D945GSEJT motherboard installed in a Mini-Box M350 Mini-ITX enclosure.
The PCI riser card allows installation of the PCI sound card over the low profile motherboard.
This computer is intended for car use; the Sound Blaster Audigy 4 PCI card is driven by the kx Project driver to do sophisticated multi-channel DSP (digital signal processing) right on the Emu 10K2 chip, without host CPU overhead.
Gone with the gang of DC power adapters, in with one of the original drawers plus an Antec 650 W PSU. The sides have been trimmed away to allow for side airflow. One of the 4-pin 12V outputs feeds a bus of 4 systems, soon to have a mate on the other side. Since the terminals only need an inch or two of clearance, I am building a smaller tray to set above it for the ethernet switches.
I could use the PSU cable to feed a motherboard since I get it for "free" and it would allow me to power on the PSU to everything via WOL, but I decided not to in order to keep things neat and easily accessible. Maybe later I'll rethink this; also there's no easy way to slide the tray out or replace the PSU without disassembling things.
ZX Evolution (also known as PentEvo) — Russian Sinclair-compatible clone with VGA, PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Based on original & genuine CPU Z80, AY music chip and КР1818ВГ93 FDD chip.
Features:
Z80 3.5 MHz (classic mode) / 7 MHz (turbo mode without CPU wait circles) / 14 MHz (mega turbo with CPU wait circles);
4 Mb RAM, 512Kb ROM;
MiniITX board (172x170mm), 2 ZXBUS slots, power ATX or +5,+12V;
Based on fpga (Altera EP1K50);
Peripheral MCU ATMEGA128;
PS/2 keyboard and mouse support;
Floppy (WDC1793) Beta-disk compatible interface, IDE (one channel, up to 2 devices on master/slave mode), SD(HC) card, RS232;
Video out: RGB, VGA (scandoubler);
Sound: AY, Beeper, Covox (PWM);
Original keyboard and joystick support;
Tape interface (in/out);
Real-time clock.
Technical description:
Official website:
Annoyingly I needed more than 8 ports and a 16 port switch wouldn't fit!
Update: there are exactly two unmanaged 16-port gigabit switches that will physically fit here (9.5" x 2" x 8"), each with compromises. Nobody makes a managed switch that will fit.
- D-Link DGS-1016A, The good: takes 12 VDC so it can be powered by the ATX PSU. The bad: link lights are actually useful, but they're on the opposite side of the switch, impossible to see
- ZyXEL GS1100-16, Good: cheaper, gives you link lights up front. Bad: 110 V right in the back, so a 2nd power cable to the wall for you
I bought the biggest, slowest fans I could find at Fry's. There is audible airflow within three feet, can't be perfect. Oh, what a difference it makes! Before the hard drives would cross the painful-to-hold threshold and the CPU sensors would be in the 70-80 C range. Now the hard drives are at a cozy 39 C, and CPUs around the low 40s C.
I've had them powered directly by a Molex connector off the PSU, but this meant I could never turn them off. I'm now trying to run them off of motherboard power to see if they can handle being slowed down and get RPM data. (Also I like the idea of the two adjacent boards suffering at the whim at one.)
This is the new rig to go with the LCD TV. Wanted to build it before Christmas but ended up installing Windows 7 today. HDMI works beautifully!
Motherboard: Asus AT5IONT-I sports a passively cooled dual-core Atom D525 clocked at 1.8GHz. and an on-board nVidia graphics card.
Memory: 2x 1GB Hynix DDR3 SO-DIMM 1066MHz
Hard drive: 500GB Western Digital Caviar Green, low power, low noise
Case: Casetronic Travla C137 mini-ITX w/ 90 Watt power supply.
We shoved as much power we possibly could into a Commodore C64x barebones chassis
ZOTAC H77-ITX WiFi B-series (H77ITX-B-E)
Intel Core i7 3770T (45-watt, quad-core)
2x8GB Kingston ValueRam DDR3-1600
OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA SSD
Commodore C64x Barebones Chassis
Silverstone TOB02 Blu-ray drive
Razer Mamba (2012) Mouse
ZOTAC USB 3.0 to HDMI Adapter (Third monitor)
DC-DC Power Supply from ZOTAC ZBOX Giga series