[Cov(enant)]

Mainboard: Zotac GeForce 9300 iTX

CPU: Yorkfield Q9550

RAM: G.Skill PQ Series

HDD: WD10EADS

SSD: Intel X25-M (34 nm)

Comparison HDD / SSD

Mouse: MS Optical Basic Mouse

I have tried many mice (PC mice, what else, duh !), but I always come back to the simplistic style ...

Case fan: Scythe Kaze Maru 140 mm / 500 RPM

PC case: Lian Li PC-Q07

 

[rpm666]

Very cool.

 

[Cov(enant)]

Comparison mATX / Mini iTX

 

[Cov(enant)]

8 GB of RAM ...

 

[Crooksy]

that motherboard is stupidly small! haha

looks like a nice little build (see what i did there?)

 

[Interpolation]

Very nice. I didnt even know ITX was available for quads! The Intel SSD was a brilliant choice btw. Windows task manager is only showing 2 threads on your yorkfield Q9550. Might want to check device manger and ensure all the cpu cores are registering.

 

[pow3rtr1p]

Is that a PCI-E 2.0 slot?

 

[the_milk_man]

Quote:

Originally Posted by pow3rtr1p Is that a PCI-E 2.0 slot?

Yes - Zotac 9300 Mini-ITX, supports quad cores, ddr2 800, 1 pci-e x16 2.0 slot, built in wifi, with ability to OC

 

[pow3rtr1p]

Crazy stuff.

 

[[PWN]Schubie]

that board looks pretty sick, i think my next build will use something like this, toss a ultima 90 on that and an 8800gt in there and that's one beastly little rig!

 

[Megas3300]

You will have fun times with that board my friend.

 

[tubesaddict]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did all these parts cost?

 

[[Teh Root]]

Kikass. I build a mini-itx server but with an integrated Atom processor and a bunch of SATA ports for a NAS rig.

 

[Cov(enant)]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Interpolation Windows task manager is only showing 2 threads ...

Hi, sorry I did not explain properly. The screenshot was taken while using the old mATX board with E8400 Wolfdale.
Before I used the Mini iTX board, I just wanted to make sure the new RAM modules were ok.

While doing that, I found out that all the intermittant booting up problems (that I had before), finally disappeared to my big surprise !
That means that my old RAM (Geil Black Dragon) is unreliable crap !
They were the cause fo me having had so much headache, but who would have guessed that error messages in Windows can be because of faulty RAM ?
Considering how cheap RAM is these days, it's not even worth it me sending back the modules I guess.

The new G.Skill RAM modules work absolutely great while Geil's RAM looks just awesome with the dragon eyes LEDs, but that's no use if the chips are ****.
The blue aluminium sink from G.Skill loosk not bad either.

 

[Cov(enant)]

Quote:

Originally Posted by pow3rtr1p Is that a PCI-E 2.0 slot?

Hi, yeah it's a PCI 2.0 16x slot ... but the onboard IGP is surprisingly good tbh.

 

[ryanlusk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cov(enant) Hi, yeah it's a PCI 2.0 16x slot ... but the onboard IGP is surprisingly good tbh.

This is like, my dream build for some reason haha, I love tiny motherboards.
Anywho, onto the IGP.
Do you think it'd be good enough for ubuntu's compiz and it's extra visual effects ?

 

[Weedvender]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cov(enant) Hi, yeah it's a PCI 2.0 16x slot ... but the onboard IGP is surprisingly good tbh.

OMg. I wanted to do the same thing for a while now.
Few questions:

What kind of card can you fit in there?
Two... based on the limited spae for the power modules, how far can ya overclock the quad?

 

[Cov(enant)]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Megas3300 You will have fun times with that board my friend.

Hi, I have to say that the fun already started after having installed Windows 7 on that SSD drive.

The speed is incredible !!,
the noise is ZERO !!,
the device itself is cold - not even warm !!,
the weight is a joke (80 gr for SSD vs 630 gr for HDD) !!
and the size ... well you have seen the pics !!

There is NO going back to spinning platters as boot up device for me anymore.
The WD10EADS is just for data storage, and for that it does a good job.
... Silent, cool, fast enough.
And if I want to, I just disconnect the HDD before switching on the system, resulting in the most silent (and powerful) system I ever had.

 

[Cov(enant)]

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubesaddict If you don't mind me asking, how much did all these parts cost?

Hi, of course I don't mind. Since I live in Europe, the currency is called Euro .. so you have to convert into $$ by yourself.

CPU: Q9550: ... 189.90 Euro
motherboard: Zotac GeForce 9300 iTX: ... 112.90 Euro
RAM: G.Skill 2 x 2 GB Kit PC2-6400 DDR2-800 PQ Serie ... 45.12 Euro
HDD: WD10EADS ... 69.24 Euro
SSD: Intel X25-M (34nm) ... 199.90 Euro
Mouse: MS Basic Optical Mouse ... 6.90 Euro
Misc: Revoltec Laser LED, blue ... 4.10 Euro x2 = 8.20 Euro
Fan: Scythe Kaze Maru 140 mm case fan ... 8.90 Euro

 

[Cov(enant)]

Quote:

Originally Posted by [Teh Root] Kick ass ! I build a mini-itx server ...

Hi, another Mini iTX fan ... YAY !!! They are great systems aren't they ?
People's first reaction is "Oh, what a sweet little bugger." but when they hear the specifications and see the performance ... second reaction "Oh my f****g good !!" haha.