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03-24-2009, 10:05 PM
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#1 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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| Dual core atom desktop - not as good as people expected
unless you care about an extra $10 on your electric bill (if you turn on your PC 24/7) or the extra space, then you should forget about building an atom desktop or HTPC.
A friend at work wants to compete with my $300 PC, so he spent almost $400on a lowest spec atom PC.
Dual core atom barebone....$1280hkd
1gb Ram...$85hkd
320gb 2.5" SATA HD...$320
laptop DVD writer...$350
Card reader...$39
USB wireless...$110
Wireless keyboard w/ trackball...$250
Some cables...$50~
total: $395cdn
Normal startup, shutdown, internet surfing, word processing are almost the same speed, but it's hell slow when using photoshop and easy real media to convert rmvb(it could be better with more ram). 1080p clips are smooth, a bit better than any old AMD 64 computers. My wattage meter shows 45watt@ idle...then it goes up to 62watt load, excellent compare to my other PCs which read 100-115watt @ idle. Of course noise level is low and less heat coming out from the case.
Pros:
Case is small
Very low energy consumption
It plays 1080p without any problem or high cpu wattage
Cons:
Case is ugly, you have no alternative choice
Price is high, you can get a decent PC with higher processing speed
Forget about video editting, gaming, or multitasking software
Difficult to fit everything in a tight case.
Unknown PSU, might cost a lot of replace
No HDMI port and no PCI-E x4 port
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03-25-2009, 07:43 AM
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#2 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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I was expecting it to be shit, so not as good as shit is pretty fucking bad ...
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03-25-2009, 07:58 AM
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#3 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Atom is incredibly weak. I don't know why anyone would attempt to use it for a desktop or HTPC.
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03-25-2009, 11:06 AM
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#4 | | Bieksa eats bears for breakfast...
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any pics of the finished product?
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03-25-2009, 04:01 PM
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#5 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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I have to ask him to send me a pic, he has taken it home after he showed it off at work. The case is made by Jetway btw
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03-25-2009, 05:29 PM
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#6 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp  Atom is incredibly weak. I don't know why anyone would attempt to use it for a desktop or HTPC. |
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03-25-2009, 09:23 PM
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#7 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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I had a look at the relative computing power of an Atom a while ago, and I thought they were about equivalent to a late model Pentium 3.
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03-26-2009, 12:28 PM
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#8 | | Snapping away
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isn't asus coming out with a new eee box that has hdmi out? i don't think it has dual core in it but just a hardware video decoder to do 1080p video
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03-26-2009, 04:06 PM
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#9 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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It'll have a GeForce G100 (aka 9300 GS) in it, IIRC ...
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