Thread: no mini itx between 1ghz eden and P4 2.4Ghz?!

Also commell and lippert make mini-itx boards in between that range.

Jan

The OPUS should handle the P4 fine, I run a Anthlon XP 2000+ off a mini ATX motherboard with USB devices without a problem.

Originally Posted by Henke

Hi guys

been looking around for a car pc. I want more power then an Eden 1ghz (which I understand can be compared to a p2 400mhz) and too slow for DVD

but I´m not sure if a 150w opus handles a p4 2.4ghz which is the next step mini itx I found.

running fans, and lilliput from the car 12v would unload the opus, but still a p4 need some power... right?

(thinking of useing Dlink usb radio and the GPS usb mouse too)

thanks
/Henke

can you please link me to your board god of cpu

Jan, I´ll check commell and lippert too!

Hello Henke,

The Via M10000 are fine for DVD playback, so you may not need to go the P4 route. If you do, Insight make a P4 board, same general spec as Via M10K, available here

The Commell LV-670 takes some hunting down, but they have another coming soon, the LV-671 , that uses a mobile Pentium processor.

The Lippert is more expensive, but rated highly... will post when I have more news on availability...

There's always a celeron based system.

Originally Posted by lemming

Hello Henke,

The Via M10000 are fine for DVD playback, so you may not need to go the P4 route. If you do, Insight make a P4 board, same general spec as Via M10K, available here

The Commell LV-670 takes some hunting down, but they have another coming soon, the LV-671 , that uses a mobile Pentium processor.

The Lippert is more expensive, but rated highly... will post when I have more news on availability...

thanks!

saw the pentium M board, but I think pemtuim M prosessors are hard to find in sweden...


browsed the commell site, and spoke to my bro... he uses a stationary computer, P4 3.0 radion 9800 pro, a couple of HDDs and CDrw DVDrws, and about 50 cooling fans runns from 300watt easy.

670 useing a P4 seem too be they way to go... might be overkill today, but in 2 years you might be glad you choose a fast setup... you never know

/henke

Might need one of these if you are going OPUS to P4 mainboard:

http://www.cablesaccessories.com/gh_PP-P4-POWER.html

All p4 boards I have found required the extra power-in connector from the power supply. I don't think the Opus supplies this line.

thanks mattm

not that fun to start soldering connectors on a brand new P4