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<blockquote data-quote="PoloMint" data-source="post: 59641" data-attributes="member: 175235"><p>I have looked at these things with mixed feelings.</p><p></p><p>It’s fun and funky but for serious use I wouldn’t use one, I’d get the smallest mATX case I could, (maybe a little desktop one about the same size as a large VCR, in black or silver) with a micro ATX motherboard and some of the ultra quiet fans and PSUs from Zalman and the likes. </p><p></p><p>Getting a motherboard that supports the mobile Athlon (which at 2400 only takes 34watts, compared to 50-100 watts for regular Athlons and Intels) would keep the amount of fans down, the Zalman passive cooling might even work if you have the case well arrainged.</p><p></p><p>For TV watching on board graphics should be fine, but the mATX route should give you a AGP slot anyway (as long as you choose the right motherboard) so I’d stick a good graphics card in there, just to play games on the TV out.</p><p></p><p>What sort of budget were you looking at?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PoloMint, post: 59641, member: 175235"] I have looked at these things with mixed feelings. It’s fun and funky but for serious use I wouldn’t use one, I’d get the smallest mATX case I could, (maybe a little desktop one about the same size as a large VCR, in black or silver) with a micro ATX motherboard and some of the ultra quiet fans and PSUs from Zalman and the likes. Getting a motherboard that supports the mobile Athlon (which at 2400 only takes 34watts, compared to 50-100 watts for regular Athlons and Intels) would keep the amount of fans down, the Zalman passive cooling might even work if you have the case well arrainged. For TV watching on board graphics should be fine, but the mATX route should give you a AGP slot anyway (as long as you choose the right motherboard) so I’d stick a good graphics card in there, just to play games on the TV out. What sort of budget were you looking at? [/QUOTE]
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