via epia sn series mini itx mobo

[armadilloben]

hey guys i was browsing around today and i saw on hardocp that a new mini itx mobo from via was released (albeit i wouldnt know from experience) but i know that due to their tiny size their great for our mods but this ones special, not only does it run vista but it has 2 ddr2 slots for 4 gigs of ram and a full 16 lane pcie slot meaning u can finally not run horrid igps on ure mods u could have a sick card like a 8800gtx water cooled with a 1u riser card but just have it extremly long and play games on such a tiny pc it probably be really good for like a low profile lan party pc combined with a sas 2.5" hdd or 2 or even 4 in raid would be sic!

http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/ma...erboard_id=550

i think its relle cool but oddly mini-itx.com doesnt have anything about it posted

[simon275]

It still only has a 1.8ghz single core processor on it according to the blurb and a 1.5ghz in the specs.. Even if you had a 8800gtx on it the cpu would be a bottle neck.

[armadilloben]

i see what you mean maybe theyll put out a dual core model?

[XcOM]

thats sweet, its a move in the rite direction,

btw shouldn't this be in tech talk?

[armadilloben]

u know what that was my fault i forgot to put it there it was like 12 last night and i was tired

not that u need my permission admins feel free to move

EDIT:


its creepy how coincedental this is

bye bye single core bottleneck

ps i literally found this thing like 2 hours ago lol

[calumc]

now thats sum freeky ****!

[xRyokenx]

Just so you know, out of all my BIOSTAR motherboards, both of them have died in some way. I'm not sure why either, but I suspect a certain lack of quality... we'll see how my new ASUS board is when I get it.

[simon275]

What a cool Biostar board. Would be sweet to make a small but powerful media pc.

[armadilloben]

oh no believe me i would never buy i biostar mobo from what ive heard their crap i also wouldnt by an epox mobo they just look cheap to me but i dunno they could be a good brand
also the only asus board id buy would be the quad fx board i meen i unknowingly grew up on amd chips and never had an intel chip except for a p3 in my old laptop and a p2 in my linix box

but im a very judgemental yet open minded person its what makes me ignorant
its a flaw of mine i work against but with you read about on reviews on like newegg i get very opinionated about what people have to say and their bad experiences about certian products

[xRyokenx]

Don't get me wrong, BIOSTAR boards are quite good, I seem to have had bad luck. They seem to be fragile, so be careful with 'em. If someone knows more, please elaborate.