SFF for Business

Slime101 · 23 Apr 2010 at 15:54

I wish to replace our business machines here with something small, low power (consumption) and quiet.

It only has to do office tasks, internet, email, basic image viewing (not manipulation) and running our internal software which will run on anything!!!

Any suggestions?

mod1fied · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:26

Probably a some sort of shuttle system. I don't think an Atom system will be upto the task really. I get fed up when things don't run quickly at work - especially on the old comps.

Im not the one to ask about Shuttle Systems however

SimonR · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:28

Maybe look at Ion based net-tops. Asus, Asrock, Zotac all produce them

Slime101 · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:31

I have a net top at home i was going to try, but did wonder if if was a touch slow?

SimonR · 23 Apr 2010 at 16:38

Well as you have a net-top you will be in the best position to judge for yourself if it is quick enough. Otherwise you could try a geforce 9300 based mini itx with a celeron

AbsenceJam · 23 Apr 2010 at 17:05

Quite a few Dell Optiplex 160's popping up at my Uni, the speed is quite acceptable and they're very compact. I think the pricing is a bit high but Dell do great deals if you're ordering more than a couple of machines.

Cycrow · 24 Apr 2010 at 16:31

it depends what OS your running tbh.

if you just using XP, then pretty much any itx system will do perfectly fine at general tasks.

if you use the atoms, its about £100 for the most of the system, then just add some ram, and smallish hdd and a cheap small itx case

if you looking for small, this might be a good one to choose
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-126-AN&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=160

Slime101 · 29 Apr 2010 at 13:11

Well ive got the system installed (using it now) and after a handfull of teething problems it appears to be working well.

The display still looks odd, with standard windows screens, such a properties box, looking odd with ghosting and hard to read text.

Benchmarks showed the performance of the ION330 dual core atom to be higher than all systems in the building except our server, its also silent and only drawing about 1/5 of the power