Small Mini-ITX Case

RobH · 1 Dec 2008 at 00:25

I'm looking for a mini-ITX case for an Atom based machine that I'm building but I want it as small as possible. I only need space for a single 2.5" hard drive and the ITX motherboard with a stick of RAM. Most of the cases I've come across are way too big and nearly all have room for a PCI card and/or an optical drive. Can anyone recommend any specific ones?

Thanks

RobH · 1 Dec 2008 at 16:57

I've been looking at the M200 enclosure as it's quite cheap and very small, plus the LCD version looks like it could be fun to play around with. Would I have heat issues with the 1.6Ghz Atom? I plan on running it with 1GB RAM and a single 2.5" drive. For the operating system I'm thinking Ubuntu, it's just something I'm going to play around with, I don't have a specific use for it at the moment.

RobH · 2 Dec 2008 at 00:36

UberGT said:
The smallest Mini itx enclosure around is the silverstone PT04

Would I fit an Atom in that though?

RobH · 2 Dec 2008 at 21:34

I might just go with the eeeBox as it's going to cost me about the same to build one and I still won't get the power consumption as low or a enclosure as small.

RobH · 2 Dec 2008 at 23:14

The only eeeBoxes I've seen (availiable to buy in the UK) are the 1.6Ghz Atom, 160GB Hard Disk, 1GB RAM Windows XP ones and they all seem to be around the £190 - £210 mark which is a fair deal. It would be nice to see some Linux ones being sold over here and at a lower price.

There is nothing stopping you ripping open the eeeBox and installing a larger hard disk, likewise you could hookup an external one to it's USB port and add all the storage you want.

RobH · 8 Dec 2008 at 11:56

I've gone for the 160GB HDD/1GB RAM/Windows XP eeeBox with free keyboard and mouse for £195. Both the Linux and Windows versions cost the same here in the UK and they work out cheaper than the 80GB HDD/1GB RAM/Linux version in the US which is a surprise.