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Mini-ITX motherboard suggestions
I am looking at building two Mini-ITX systems, both with different requirements. I'd like to get the same hardware for both to make 'support' easier - one will be replacing an older Pentium 4 Prescott Shuttle in my parents' house. I'm looking specifically at Mini-ITX because I would like a box with low power usage that is as quiet as possible, as at least one will be in a living room. Note that the two boxes will not be located in the same place and will not (as yet) be talking to each other, so I'm not looking to combine them into one system.
On to the requirements ... Box #1:
Box #2:
The SSH and VPN requirements have me thinking that it might be worth getting a board with PadLock hardware-accelerated encryption. I will be picking up 1GB of memory for each system since it is so cheap. Storage will probably be a hard drive at this point - it looks like some of the Western Digital Scorpio drives are quiet. The servers will either be on 24/7 or be on during the daytime and shut down at night, then brought up again in the morning with Wake-on-LAN. I haven't decided that part yet. Does anyone have any motherboard suggestions that will meet my requirements? Thanks Last edited by twisted_steel; 29th June 2008 at 04:55 PM. |
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Some suggestions can be found at http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=325
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If you wanted a Jetway/Newegg solution, you could have for box #1-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856107019 and for box #2- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856107016 Neither come with memory or hard drive, but are pretty cheap nonetheless. I can't speak to their OBSD compatibility as I haven't used the hardware personally.
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New (May/June) kid on the bloc
Intel with Atom processor http://www.intel.com/products/mother...GCLF/index.htm Available at usual mini-itx shops in Germany and the Netherlands for 75/79 Euro
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Remember, on a forum with users from all over the globe.. don't post links to stores only available in the US. Last edited by BSDfan666; 30th June 2008 at 02:06 AM. |
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Thanks for the replies everyone.
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I came across a Pico-ITX motherboard and case combo today that retails for $300 USD. It is the VIA ARTiGO and includes the VIA EPIA PX10000G motherboard It's a little pricey, but power draw is minimal - one review of the motherboard noted 14W idle and 16W at full load. I think it's going to take me a while to go through all of this. Keep the suggestions coming |
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I think I've settled on my parts list. I'm going to build Box #2 first and if all goes well, I will use the same hardware for Box #1.
Motherboard: VIA EPIA LN10000EG (1GHz fanless) Memory: 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz Hard Drive: 160GB 2.5" SATA laptop drive Optical Drive: Sony NEC Optiarc Slim 8x DVD Burner * Case: Morex 3688B - Black 60W or 80W ** * I think the install will be easier if I just buy a drive and use that. Plus, as the burner was about the same price as a reader, I should be able to also burn backups to DVD right from there. However, if it's easy enough to do a network install and upgrade, omitting this part would save me about $45 USD. ** I haven't decided whether I need a 60W or 80W power supply yet, but I may just get the 80W to be on the safe side. I did see that someone has a parts list for a similar server where they used a 80W power supply. However, their system does have a desktop drive. Link to their setup: click. I settled on this case from a price perspective and I haven't seen anything suggesting that the fan is loud. |
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I have this mobo as my firewall / webserver at the house..
I know this board is more available in Europe..everywhere in the US it is out of stock.. It is same chipset CN 700 as listed in the NewEgg links give earlier.. but if a new one is coming out.. I would wait.. rk
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My new box is up and running. I used the VIA EPIA LN10000EG Mini-ITX Mainboard with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB 2.5" HDD. Installation was done using PXE Boot and the 4.3 'pxeboot' image. I did a full recompile for 4.3-stable on the box in just over 3 hours.
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Last edited by twisted_steel; 27th July 2008 at 12:40 PM. Reason: Added some more info to the top |
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Here's my Mini ITX Intel Atom setup:
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OpenBSD 4.3 (GENERIC) #1368: Wed Mar 12 11:05:31 MDT 2008 deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC real mem = 2135695360 (2036MB) avail mem = 2062352384 (1966MB) RTC BIOS diagnostic error 80<clock_battery> mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe3590 (23 entries) bios0: vendor Intel Corp. version "LF94510J.86A.0038.2008.0427.2223" date 04/27/2008 bios0: Intel Corporation D945GCLF acpi0 at bios0: rev 0 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC WDDT MCFG ASF! acpi0: wakeup devices SLPB(S4) P32_(S4) UAR1(S4) UAR2(S4) PEX0(S4) PEX1(S4) PEX2(S4) PEX3(S4) PEX4(S4) PEX5(S4) UHC1(S3) UHC2(S3) UHC3(S3) UHC4(S3) EHCI(S3) AC9M(S4) AZAL(S4) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 4 (P32_) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 1 (PEX0) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX1) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 2 (PEX2) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 3 (PEX3) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX4) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX5) acpicpu0 at acpi0 acpibtn0 at acpi0: SLPB cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor) cpu0: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 230 @ 1.60GHz, 1596.33 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,TM2,CX16,xTPR,NXE,LONG cpu0: 512KB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82945G Host" rev 0x02 agp0 at pchb0: aperture at 0x80000000, size 0x10000000 vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 82945G Video" rev 0x02 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01: irq 11 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801GB PCIE" rev 0x01: irq 10 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 9 uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 10 uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 3 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 11 ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801GB USB" rev 0x01: irq 9 usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb3 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xe1 pci4 at ppb3 bus 4 xl0 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "3Com 3c905B 100Base-TX" rev 0x30: irq 9, address 00:10:5a:6d:a7:3e exphy0 at xl0 phy 24: 3Com internal media interface pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801GB LPC" rev 0x01 pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801GB IDE" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATAPI, CD-ROM DRIVE-24X, 242M> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) pciide1 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801GB SATA" rev 0x01: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI pciide1: using irq 10 for native-PCI interrupt wd0 at pciide1 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC WD5000AACS-00ZUB0> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 476940MB, 976773168 sectors wd0(pciide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801GB SMBus" rev 0x01: irq 10 iic0 at ichiic0 admtm0 at iic0 addr 0x2d: 47m192 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 usb1 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb2 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 uhidev0 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech USB Receiver" rev 1.10/17.11 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes wskbd1 at ukbd0 mux 1 wskbd1: connecting to wsdisplay0 uhidev1 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "Logitech USB Receiver" rev 1.10/17.11 addr 2 uhidev1: iclass 3/1, 4 report ids ums0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: 16 buttons and Z dir. wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0 uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=2, output=0, feature=0 uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 3: input=1, output=0, feature=0 uhid2 at uhidev1 reportid 4: input=3, output=0, feature=0 softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b |
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