Asus EEE Box Desktop PC

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/15234

Seems good for a very small PC. Shame about the inability to do 1080 video though, but for everything else, plus silence it seems hard to beat.


$349 = £220 in the UK btw

Yeah they looks like very nice little boxes seems perfect for average everyday use. Seen them going for around £190 on the internet which is a nice price.

gonna have to pre-order one i think to use as my internet/email pc
and get rid of my cube

So OCUK have made the eee box available for pre-order:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?sortby=&groupid=&search=eee+box

but when are they expecting to get some in??

Come on Gibbo give us a clue?

adriancal said:

So OCUK have made the eee box available for pre-order:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/search_results.php?sortby=&groupid=&search=eee+box

but when are they expecting to get some in??

Come on Gibbo give us a clue?

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Call and ask? Or send a webnote... you'd get a quicker response than waiting for Gibbo or Slackworth or whoever to reply...

nikebee said:

Call and ask? Or send a webnote... you'd get a quicker response than waiting for Gibbo or Slackworth or whoever to reply...

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A webnote has been sent.

Can you let us know the answer when you get it - Thanks

Martin

Ok OCUK have just told me that they do not have a confirmed date for the
EEE box but they are expecting it in the next 3-4 weeks.

Meanwhile my first EEE Box has just been delivered!. I have mounted it on the
back of a 24" panasonic flatscreen in my bedroom. As I intend to use it for
streaming videos from my Windows Home Server.

I intend to buy a second box to use as an always on downloading pc.
Only niggle so far is that both ram slots come filled up with 2 x 512mb
modules. Wouldn't it make more sense to use 1 x 1Gb stick and keep the
other slot free for upgrading like on my Advent 4211/Wind.

adriancal said:

Ok OCUK have just told me that they do not have a confirmed date for the
EEE box but they are expecting it in the next 3-4 weeks.

Meanwhile my first EEE Box has just been delivered!. I have mounted it on the
back of a 24" panasonic flatscreen in my bedroom. As I intend to use it for
streaming videos from my Windows Home Server.

I intend to buy a second box to use as an always on downloading pc.
Only niggle so far is that both ram slots come filled up with 2 x 512mb
modules. Wouldn't it make more sense to use 1 x 1Gb stick and keep the
other slot free for upgrading like on my Advent 4211/Wind.

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Sounds good, what's the responsiveness of the EEE Box like? Quite nippy? Does it handle video streaming okay or haven't you had a chance to play with it yet?

Got to agree that 2x512mb is a little annoying, it means you've got to fork out more money to upgrade as you'd have to buy 2x1GB sticks rather than just one

Got to say I'm very impressed with the responsiveness of the box, it is very nippy. It even seems slightly quicker than my Advent 4211/Wind but that could be me imagining it.
Have tried streaming some media and it works very well over my wireless-n network. The box is connecting at 136mbps.
I'm thinking of installing Media Portal as there's no media centre, I've never used it before but it seems quite popular does anyone have any opinions?

I'm thinking of buying one and slapping it in a car... do these come with an external powerbrick or what's the psu like?

I called into the shop today and was told 2-3 weeks for delivery.

Looks interesting!

Martin

Yes it has a small external power brick

Would this computer run bbc iplayer ok and and external usb tv card. I fancy one for the living room.

There is another review at http://hothardware.com/Articles/Asus-Eee-Box-B202-Desktop-System/?page=1

And a video review: http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Asus_Eee_Box_B202_Desktop_System__Video_Spotlight/

Cheers

Martin

Yes I don't see why it would have a problem with the iplayer or a usb TV device.
Have got a hauppage winTV Nova-t that I must sell actually.

Can anyone answer the following:

I've read a few reviews about this, and the majority are saying that it's a well capable piece of kit, but handling 1080 video may cause severe problems.

Is this 1080 video when using something like DIVX, XVID, etc only? The reason I ask is would I be able to bang in a USB TV and watch 1080 programs with no problems?

And the other question is quite simple. How heavily is the case 'badged'. I mean would I be able to brand it on my own quite easily or is the ASUS logo(s) embossed into the case plastic?

You cannot currently buy a usb tv tuner thats compatible with the DVB-T2 standard
for uk HD broadcasts (at least that I'm aware of), DVB-T tuners are not gonna work
its different silicone. Don't know why people are getting obsessed about 1080p video
playback seriously how many people have stacks of 1080p video on their servers?
I have 4K video on my server but thats because of my job.
Also my black eee box is fairly lightly stickered so although it looks like its embossed
into the case you could easily cover them.

Do like the box, but the problem with these boxes is lack of internal storage. Yes they are small and lightweight but they won't do as a proper cheap file server/streamer. Best I seen on OCUK is the 320GB 2.5" hdd assuming it takes sata, and you can only have one of them. I would look elsewhere for a file server/streamer, but as a generic thin client it does the job.

Edit: About the 1080p playback, I would not bother, over time there will be bigger and more processor intensive formats, use it as a file server instead, it has gigabit which is great for streaming HD content, (assuming you have that content) onto a machine which is powerful enough to play that back well.

It would look look a lot better without those numerous stickers plastered all over it. Could they not etch the Windows logo into the case front. It'd look far better imo.

Mine is attatched to the back of my flat panel using the mounting bracket so I don't even see it.