Media Centre PC

[paradisiac]

I know this isnt from OCUK but wondered if it would be suitable as a media centre pc for basically watching freeviewHD (with additional card) and films (poss blue-ray)

Chassis Key Features:

# MB Capable: Mini ITX

# Dimensions(w/h/d): 280*282*95mm

# Drive Bays: 1*5.25 external, 1*3.5 external (short), 1*3.5 internal

# Front Ports: 2*USB2.0, 1*Mic,1*Headphone

# Fans: Side: 80mm fan


Specifications

Series: RS
Front Panel Color: Black+Light Silver
Enclosure Color: Black
Brackets: w/o
Front Ports: 2*USB2.0+Audio+Mic
Material: 0.6T GI
Dimensions(D*W*H mm): 95*280*282mm

Motherboard Key Features

# Integrated Intel Atom CPU Dual core Atom 330
# Socket 775, Intel® Dimondville processors, direct soldering on board
# 533 MHz (FSB)
# DDR2 533/667 MHz x 1 DIMM, Max. 2GB
# 1* PCI
# 2* SATA II
# 5.1 channel HDA, Realtek® ALC662
# 10/100M LAN, Realtek® RTL8100C
# 6 USB 2.0 ports

Specifications

Processor
Integrated Intel Atom CPU Dual core Atom 330

Chipset
Intel® 945GC + ICH7

Front Side Bus
533 MHz (FSB)

Memory
DDR2 533/667 MHz x 1 DIMM, Max. 2GB

VGA on Die
Integrated Intel® GMA 950
Built-in a High performance 3D Engine
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 H/W compliant
Max share memory 224MB

Expansion Slots
1* PCI
IDE: N/A
Serial ATA(SATA)/RAID: 2* SATA II

Audio
5.1 channel HDA by Realtek® ALC662

LAN
10/100M LAN by Realtek® RTL8100C

Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x Line-In/Line-Out (Front L/R)/Mic-in
1 x D-sub
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x RJ45 LAN
1 x Print port
1 x Serial Port
4 x USB 2.0

Internal I/O Connectors
1 x ATX 24-pin power connector
1 x 4-pin System fan connector
1 x TPM header (for 45CS/45CSX)
1 x IrDA header
1 x Buzzer

BIOS Features
4MB flash EEPROM w/ LAN boot PnP, ACPI, WfM, DMI 2.0

Standards/Manageability
PCI 2.3, USB2.0, DMI 2.5

Form Factor
Mini-ITX (170mm x 170mm)

PSU Key Features:

# Application：RS Series
# 80mm Fan
# Comply with Intel TFX12V 1.3
# Low acoustics noise
# High Efficiency
# High reliability
# Short circuit protection
# Over voltage protection
# Over current protection
# Active PFC to meet EN61000-3-2

Specifications

AC Input Voltage: 230Vac / 2.0A
DC Output Voltage: +3.3V +5V +12V -12V +5Vsb
Maximum Load: 3A 6A 8.5A 0.2A 1.2A
Minimum Load: 0.5A 0.5A 3A 0.1A 0.05A

Connectors

20+4 pin x 1
SATA Power Connector x 2
4 pin x 1

cheers

 

[paradisiac]

will the ION pc take dvd drives though? all the ones our supplier does look like they are a little bit bigger than a portable HDD.

Key Features:

# CPU: Intel Atom dual core 330 1.60 GHz, 533 MHz Front Side Bus ( FSB )

# Memory: 1 x SO-DIMM, Supports DDR2 667/800MHz, Max. capacity: 4GB

# Chipset: nVIDIA MCP7A-ION chipset

# VGA: Integrated nVidia ION, DX10, Full HD support HDMI 1080p, PureVideo HD technology for GPU H/W decoding Blu-ray/HD DVD H.264 video without CPU usage

# Codec: Realtek ALC888S ( supports 2 digital audio), Supports high-performance 7.1 Channel by S/PDIF Out, Optical S/PDIF-In/Out (mini audio jack connector, Coaxial & Optical combo), Internal speaker

# Card Reader: Genesis GL826, Supports SD/SDHC/MS/MS Pro/MMC, USB2.0 interface

# EC: ITE IT8512E, ACPI 3.0 compliant

# LAN Controller: Atheros AR8131M, Supports GbE LAN

# Wireless LAN: IEEE 802.11 b/g/Mini-PCI-E

# SATA: 2.5" HDD

# Dimensions: 190(W) x 135(D) x 20(H) mm

# AC Adapter: 19V, 3.42A, 65W

# I/O Ports: 6 x USB 2.0, 1 x DVI-I, 1 x HDMI, 1 x RJ45, 1 x Headphone, 1 x Mic-In (support S/PDIF-In), 1 X Line-out(support SPDIF-Out), 1 x SD/SDHC/MS/MS Pro/MMC card slot, 1 x DC-in

# LED indicator: Power on/off, Suspend, HDD LED, Light Bar

# BIOS: AMI, support PnP, ACPI 3.0

# OS: Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

# Dimension: 190mm x 135mm x 25mm

# Weight: 450g ± 10%

 

[paradisiac]

ok think i have found a case that will take a dvd drive

but there is little info on it, are all/most itx systems 2.5" hdds?

 

[paradisiac]

would ideally like to build myself as its usually cheaper, just hard to find any info. OCUK have a nice big case, without a psu, but they dont sell psu's, so i dont know if ANY mini itx psu will fit the case or not, and who sells them.......

 

[paradisiac]

cheers for that. basically with freeviewhd coming out here soon, i was hoping on ditching my freeview hdd recorder, blue-ray dvd play and dvd recorder and just have one unit that does all of it.
its looking cheaper to just get an old style desktop case and building a 775 or am2+ system.