FF:WA HOT Hardware

I thought I'd create a thread for all those cool things some of us mind get our hands on. If you have something thats a little different, perhaps unique in some way (like the way you mod your case) then let us know.

Here is my first contribution. Its a Shuttle SV24 Barebones System.

Overview

VIA VT8604(PL133) / VT82C686B Chipset
· Supports Intel FCPGA Pentium III / Celeron
· Two 168-pin PC100/PC133 SDRAM DIMM
· Dimensions: (L)270mm x (W) 190mm x (H)160mm
· Chassis: All aluminum
· Drive bays: 5.25 X 1 / 3.5 X 2

Detail

Processor
Socket 370
Intel FC-PGA Celeron with 66 MHz FSB
Intel FC-PGA Pentium III with 100/133 MHz FSB
Cryrix III Socket 370 CPU series

Chipset
VIA PL133 Chipset
VIA VT8604, North Bridge
Integrated S3 Savage 4 2D/3D Graphic Engine
VIA VT82C686B, South Bridge

Form Factor
Flex ATX
Size: 178mm x 190mm

Expansion Slot
1 x PCI

Memory
2 x DIMM
Support PC133 SDRAM
Flash EEPROM
Award PCI BIOS with PnP, Green and DMI Features

On board IDE Controller
Support PIO Mode 4 and DMA Mode 2
Supoort Ultra 33/66/100 Synchronous DMA mode
On board I/O Controller
1 x Floppy port
1 x Serial port (16550 fast UART compatible)
1 x Parallel port (SPP, EPP, ECP port)
2 x USB port
2 x 1394 connectors

RTL 8139 LAN Controller

Lucent 1394 Controller

Other features
Onboard S3 Savage 4 VGA
Chrontel CH7006C TV-out Controller
Onboard AC97
Onboard 10/100 Fast Ethernet
S-Video and Composite TV-out terminal
Wake-On-Ring & Alarm
KB/Mouse wake up

At a quick glance it does look fairly average and well yes your right it is. However fit it with the right componets and it turns out to be fairly impressive. Here is a list of things I have coupled with it so far:

P3 1.1ghz
512mb 133
100gb 7200rpm Quantum 8mb Cache
16X DVD Pioneer Slot
Geforce 2 MX400 PCI
SBLive Extigy
Netcomm 56K RAVE USB
Logitech QuickCam PRO3000
Sony MDRV500 Headphones
Microsoft Intellimouse Optical Mouse
Cherry Mini-Keyboard

Its my Gaming/Video Editing/Entertainment Unit. With loads of MP3's and movies its perfect to take to parties. Plug it in and let the good times roll.

I do alot of video editing so its perfect for me to take onset and capture the data without having to go back to the office. A removable drive instead of the DVD would be better, that way I could have 100gb removable drives, one for music, one for video etc. But that cost money

Last but not least Gaming. I'm bringing it with me to the WALAN to put it to the test. Coupled with my 17inch FlatPanel it makes it very easy to transport. Of course you could throw in a Cheaper Celeron and use it for a server.... Sweet! The GeForce 2 gives that extra performance with games, coz we all know how crap the built in 3DSAVAGE is.

There are many things you could use this baby for. Perhaps set it up in your lounge with a remote keyboard and mouse as part of your entertainment. Never change a CD/DVD again. DivX your DVD's to the harddrive, or run all those 100 of 100 of GB's of MP3's straight off your drive, forget the Creative Jukebox.

How about a surveillance system? Throw a WebCam on it, hide it in your cupboard.... Sweet! How many uses can you think of? There are a few down points I suppose, first no AMD version yet (not that I care, I'm a Intel man). They do have AMD and P4 version coming but I imagine it will be sometime, I mean come on cooling can be a problem as you need a low profile fan and the aluminum case only cools so much unless you make your own mods for it.

Well the only thing I need to do to my is mod the case, throw in some pretty lights and a tiny slit window (slit? mmmm, slit) Oh boy its to early in the morning

So there you, I could dripple for ages but I won't. I got myself two of these babies and they work pretty sweet. Well thats my new toy for the time being anyway. If your interested and want to check it out at the WALAN come over and say hi, just look for the guy with a bag in one hand, his flatpanel under the other arm and a Jack Daniels Shirt. Untill next time, I'm

 

And I thought some of my posts were extensive *phew*

 

When I grow up I'm going to Bovine Univerisity

 

Miss Hoover? My worm crawled into my mouth, and I ate my worm, can I have another worm?

 

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

 

I saw Snagglepuss! He was going to the bathroom ...

 

I bent my Wookie

 

They were making babies and one of the babies looked at me.

 

"Oh boy sleep! That's where I'm a viking!"

 

Ooh ooh, me too, me too!!!

"Me fail English? That's unpossible."

 

This is my sand box, I'm not allowed to go in the deep end.

 

Bushes are nice because they don?t have prickers. Except when they do. This one did. Ow.

 

my imaginary friends left me cause they thought i didn't exist

 

Its HOT, its COOL & its the best thing since LEGO!

Project Cryo

EDIT

I wasnt going to, but this is a very cool addition from the same guys.

Glow Pad

 

hahahahahaha, that poor lego wom-<<EDIT>>-man.. trapped forever inside a microsoft product...

 

I love it!! I am sooo doing that to my mouse!

 

I need a new monitor cause it sucks and XP wont let me access the gamma level so I can turn it up so I can see whats on my monitor.

If you want some simple inspiration SK ask me to send you some of the pics I have of my case modified with its window and neon light installation.

Captain Jarsis Stole

 

Post them here. I'd like to check it out too. Not that I think I'd end up doing anything like that to my own gear but I think it's cool seeing stuff like that.

 

By all means send it through, Id love to check out how yours looks as well.

 

Hehe, yer me too.. give us a look!

Im gettin my window kit from here.. they do COD which helps, but I needed one that comes with spaces for fans on em

All sorts of pc bumpf there.. case badges, lights, window kits, psu's, a pc tachometer (i waaaant one, but not for that price) etc etc..

 

Here's something some of you may be interested in. I just got myself a new Samsung CD combination drive. It's a DVD ROM drive as well as a CD-RW drive. Strathfield has them on sale for $199. I installed it in a couple of minutes and it works perfectly. The software that comes with it is EZ CD Creator light version 5 (which has everything I need), and Power DVD Player version 3 which I was already using since it's the best DVD software I've used.
If anyone's after either a DVD drive or a burner, it's a good option to consider for both. I think the sale's on at all their stores.

 

Here it is... the latest mini-pc... The ShuttleX

Able to fit a P42.5Ghz chip, 1gb of ram, 2 hard drives either as ide or raid, SBLive, Geforce4Ti 4600 and its all quiet as a mouse.

ShuttleX

I'm gettin one, I'll add it right next to its soon to be younger brother... Show me the money!!

 

I'll end up putting a 2.2ghz(533) with 512mb(333) of Corsair Ram, WD 120gb HD with 8mb cache and when the NV30/NV40 are out, end up going for that to I think. I saw the unit today, looks very cool, it was the demo model so I got to wait til they order them in yet...

 

Your pic is on toms hardware page I take it? All i get when I click on that link is the toms hardware logo.. Maybe the page link might be better.. I wanna see

<<Edit: that corsair.. why not go for the RD? or cant it do that type of ram?>>

 

Well the pic worked for me Ok here you go

ShuttleX

EDIT: Naa it dont do RD, thats stuff might be good but its to expensive.