[JDUBS]

SOLD!

-Jim

[gbeard]

Congrats Jim!

I just got back from being outta town to find both pieces sold. Shoulda, coulda...just too slow on the trigger these days...

Gary

[jtwrace]

Hope you don't mind but if you had to build another would you use the same components?

[JDUBS]

Hope you don't mind but if you had to build another would you use the same components?

I would.  Its a great combo....everything works really well together.

-Jim

[jtwrace]

I would.  Its a great combo....everything works really well together.

-Jim

I should've bought this.   

[JEaton]

I should've bought this.

It's not hard to put virtually the same system together:

• Intel DN2800MT Motherboard $105.00
• M350 Universal Mini-ITX Case $39.95
• Second hard drive mounting bracket, if you want to use an internal 2.5" storage drive for music $1.95
• 60W 12V Power Adapter $14.95
• Kingston 4GB 204-Pin SO-DIMM, KVR1333D3S9/4G Memory $22.99
• Intel 320 Series 2.5" SATA II SSD, 40 GB $92.99
  

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$277.83

A couple of nice things about the DN2800MT motherboard are that it uses a mobile (laptop) version of the Atom chip, so it should run cooler than similar boards with a desktop version of the Atom. Also, it takes 12V input, so you don't need to use a picoPSU or similar.

If you need the firewire card for an external firewire drive, add another $13 for the riser card and I/O shield and $30-60 for a PCIe firewire card. You might also use that riser for a wifi card.

[JDUBS]

It's not hard to put virtually the same system together:

Ha!  Yep.