Bobcat/Zacate mobos?

[plonk420]

saweeeet! ASUS E35M1-M PRO (microATX) ... however has a bit too many bells and whistles (firewire, usb3) and is too expensive... but definitely want :O

[Dirk Broer]

Considering that it comes with its own CPU a price of $144 is not that expensive....If you have a case, harddisks, memory, etc. from an older system it's dirt cheap.

[NeoGen]

I haven't checked any prices, but $144 (per Dirk's post) for CPU + Motherboard + Integrated Graphics I think it's really good too... just add a case, a hard drive, and some RAM and that makes up for a really cheap entry level PC.

[plonk420]

well, it's expensive, considering you can get an atom for $60-80 and slap in a 4350 for $30 (or less) ...imo. i don't think i was paying attention to Atom prices, tho, when it first came out to compare, tho.

i guess the USB3 and firewire adds a bit (which i don't really need), however.

[Dirk Broer]

The ASUS E35M1-M (without Pro) should do around $100, including its CPU and imbedded graphics...and without the fancy extra's you do not need.

[plonk420]

oh, badass! thanks! :D

edit: lol, i can't find it anywhere in the States and/or cheaper than the PRO x)

[Dirk Broer]

Hi Plonk,

I do not know where NTSC is (some technical institute in South Carolina?), but the BT-Shop in the UK offers it for £94.99, and Skinflint for £87.11; the cheapest in the Netherlands is Zercom Computers, €106.25 including postage and packing (to the Netherlands of course). Mwave sells them in Australia for 178.80 Au$, but according to http://www.silentpcreview.com/asus-e35m1m-pro the streetprice should be around 140 Au$. Do you have a price comparison site in your country?

Why can't I show my complete BoincStats signature anymore? "Remote file is too large"????

[plonk420]

I do not know where NTSC is
[...]
Do you have a price comparison site in your country?

sorry, i liked to keep my location a bit vague on webboard forms but yeah, i'm in the States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg

UK (and EUR) prices would be around $150 (AU would be 145). wow! we have mwave here, too. i think i got a mobo from there in the last year or two, even!

Why can't I show my complete BoincStats signature anymore? "Remote file is too large"????

maybe admin put a pixel size limit?

edit: or not! lol

[Dirk Broer]

The ASUS E35M1-M presently sells for a mere 89.91 EUR at e-bug.de Postage & Packing will bring that to 99.90 EUR, which is still competetive with most shops here in the Netherlands.
But how well does it perform in BOINC?

[plonk420]

terrible :D but .. it's giving me cpu time in WCG ;) and it's ice cold and whisper quiet for the summer (i replaced the 60mm fan with an AC 120mm PWM fan hanging over the heat sink)

not sure if you can see this (assuming you have a WCG account) http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ms...5&deviceType=B

1-2 devices per day (1 core running)

and when i say terrible, i think it took 2-3 mins to install Skype, and either 5+ mins, if not 10+ when i gave up waiting for .NET 4 to install

edit: but don't get me wrong, i LOVE it for an HTPC. and i just need to un-lazify myself to reinstall bd-rom drive to test various discs (with and without AnyDVD HD and with and without BD+)