Thread: Where to Purchase Jetway ITX boards?

Sounds like a good idea. Do you have a list of some of the UK retailers?

I actually found on in the US. www.bwi.com will sell them with a 5% educational discount. But they are like $135. So I'm selling all of my carputer stuff on e-bay and I'm going to get like an Asus A7N266 w/ an athlon xp 1700+ for like $90 total.

Well, you've been here long enough to know that the AMD chips are power hogs.

More power to ya... literally

Yeah...but you know...the athlon xp 1700+ uses only 19 more watts of power than the Celeron 1200 I use currently. Plus with the new athlon motherboard, I can eliminate my sound, network, and video card. So I think it should work out

I'm not sure using an Atlhlon in-car would be such a good idea. I have an XP 2000+ as my home PC, and before I got A/C in the PC room I was having all kinds of problems with it overheating in the summer. I had to add a Volcano 9 running at full power along with 3 case fans just to have in run stable when the outside temp reached 30C, and we all know how hot it can get in the car. Just my 2 cents worth, but I'd recommend the Celery over the Athlon for in-car use. As for the cost comparison, here's a link to a socket 478 MB with onboard video, sound and LAN for $44, and here's a link to a Celeron 1700 for $48, so you're not saving any $$ going the Athlon route. Again, just my 2 cents worth...

That seems really strange. I believe the Athlon XP's are rated to work until they reach 90C. Oh well, I'll give it a shot and let you all know how it goes.

Better check that Jetway site again. They dropped the price to $105. I think I know what I'm buying. Mmmm.. DoC.

What is the benefit of having DoC? They have limited writes, correct? I mean...unless you're going to put something in there that's only ever READ. Like....MP3s? You gonna put your mp3 collection on your DoC?

Arn't you the funny man. I figure I can boot off the DoC without a swap file. I know, I know, no swap file is bad. But I wonder if imbedded even NEEDS a swap file. If it does I can always offload that to my MP3 Hard-Drive