Aopen MZ855-II

Mul · 1 Apr 2006 at 22:59

hi there,

Just noticed this absolutely tiny barebone kit available on ocuk for a mear £117.50 :eek:

I'm very intrigued and i'm wondering:
1. How silent is this?
2. Will it take normal size HDD's and Optical drives?
3. Any owners experiences? It looks amazing!

Maybe just the kit i'm looking for, for a tiny little download box to sit there quietly and unobtrusive doing it's job.

Thanks,

Mul

ClearChaos · 2 Apr 2006 at 02:19

Mul said:
1. How silent is this?
Mul

22db quiet !

Mul said:
2. Will it take normal size HDD's and Optical drives?
Mul

takes 1 normal size hard disk and slim line optical

Mul said:
3. Any owners experiences? It looks amazing!
Mul

aopens xc cube build quality is top notch, case finish is so good it actually comes with a polishing cloth

bit sketchy on the supprt side(take a look at the aopen forum), all though ive been running my ez482 24hrs a day for the last 6 months with the odd restart here and there and i cant fault it

Mul · 2 Apr 2006 at 09:35

yeh, I have an EZ65-II, which I found excellent, but didn't know much about this barebone kit.

Aren't slimline drive's typically expensive?

Thanks for the info

Mul

FishFluff · 2 Apr 2006 at 14:58

Mul said:
Aren't slimline drive's typically expensive?

Depends how you define expensive. If you shop around you can get a DVD-RW for about 80 notes.

I was considering getting an Epia/Mac Mini until you pointed this out and I'm now definitely going to get one of these instead. At £120 it looks a total bargain!

Mul · 2 Apr 2006 at 18:49

right ok. I'll have a shop for some bog standard slimline DVD Rom drives and if it works out ok, I may just pick one of these up!

Mul

Cuchulain · 2 Apr 2006 at 18:53

ClearChaos said:
case finish is so good it actually comes with a polishing cloth

So do the dirt-cheap thermaltakes and speaking from experience, they're absolutely rubbish build quality.

Mul · 3 Apr 2006 at 17:35

hehe my thermaltake soprano came with a cloth. I wouldnt complain about it's quality considering I paid £40 for it.

Mul

FishFluff · 3 Apr 2006 at 17:45

Arrrgh was about to order one of these at lunchtime but they're out of stock now :/

CaDLoN · 7 Apr 2006 at 13:42

Hey, i've had a MZ855-II for a few months now as my every day PC & TV

(2 Nebulas).
It's a top notch machine & super quite

a few points worth mentioning...

i run a 2.5" 60GB 16MB cache Toshiba laptop HDD. I did have a 300GB 3.5" Maxtor in there but it was too dam hot & noisey. so if you want it quite go for the laptop hdd.

The memory voltage is not adjustable! you only get 2.5v :eek:

Crucial Ballistix 3200 is your friend here, mine running @ 2-2-2-6 24/7 rock solid

Graphics cards are fairly limited as theyre low profile, nvidia 6200 based cards are the best your gonna get, also best to get a passive one

I run a Pentium M 735 which stock is 1.7GHz (17 x 100) if you update the BIOS to 1.03 or higher you can flick the jumper over inside to default the FSB to 133. now you got 17 x 133 2.26GHz P-M 780 speed

Over all its a well built machine, cant go wrong for that price