Mac Mini 2ghz equivilent?

Look at the Asus Pundit Px-P5N9300 systems

91mm (W) x 275mm (H) x 357mm (D) are the dimensions and are book shaped so narrower but taller and deeper.

There are places available in the UK that sell them and allow you to spec out the complete system to go in the barebones system.

Are skt775 and nvidia 9300m chipset based as opposed to skt775 and 9400m for the mini.

Alternatively if prepared to build yourself then

Zotac Geforce 9300-ITX board
In-Win BM648 Mini-ITX case with 120W PSU
Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200
Fujitsu 160Gb -5400rpm SATA-II disk
Samsung SN-S083A/BEBE DVD SATA Slimline drive
Arctic Coolig Freezer7 Low Profile
Corsair XMS2 2Gb 2x1Gb DDRC4 memory
Microsoft Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit OEM + Windows 7 upgrade

443.11 incl VAT and shipping from Overclockers.


Just look in the mini-itx section under components for parts other then ram.
Dimensions are 264mm x 112mm x230mm

Obviously no Keyboard/Mouse or Monitor but you would need for mac mini or have yourself already so why add.

From my sig you can see that I went the Apple route but I bought the 4gb/320Gb pre-installed as too lazy to fiddle with the mini's case, but I have also gone the whole way for Apple anyway.
 
mdjmcnally said:
From my sig you can see that I went the Apple route but I bought the 4gb/320Gb pre-installed as too lazy to fiddle with the mini's case, but I have also gone the whole way for Apple anyway.
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How do you find the Mac for day to day use? Is it quiet too? If it is next to you on your desk could you hear it?
 
For day to day use it is fine. I only know the mini is on because I can see the power light is on. The DroboPro makes more noise although that is only when the fans kick in, otherwise even when right next to the system it is silent. I get more noise from my MBPro keyboard when typing on it.

For web browsing and word processing etc then the box is fine and extremely power efficient. For video playback then the 9400m chipset is great and more then capable of playback of HD/1080p material. The mini comes with a mini-dp and also a mini-dvi to dvi cable so you can connect to a normal non-Apple monitor or get a DVI to HDMI cable and attach to a HDTV if you want.

I use the ElgatoTV with a Turbo264HD encoder for TV Recording on mini and encoding into iTunes, along with an AppleTV in the bedroom which I share the iTunes Library too and playback on that is fine, when streaming from the mini.

Even when recording or exporting into iTunes then the box works fine.

As a media pc / general purpose machine then the mini is a great box but it is expensive on paper specs for what you get, and unless going down the OSX route probably not worth the extra money, unless the space is really critical.

For DVD Ripping I personally find the mini too slow but that is what the Gigabyte/EFI-X system is for
 
What is Drobopro?

Size matters and it has to be very quiet as my main pc is dead silent and that sits under my desk. With the Mac Mini on the desk i will need it to be 'silent'.
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Dell Studio PC is the windows mac mini.
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This?

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vs this?

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I'll take the mini thanks!
 
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