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The invisible PC – ok, it’s not really invisible

By Chris Scott Barr on Friday, Jun 1st 2007 No Comments

Can you spot the PC in this picture? Well, if you’re looking for it you can probably spot it pretty quick. But if you were looking at the other side of this monitor, you’d never know it was there.

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AOpen launches new Santa Rosa miniPC

By Chris Scott Barr on Monday, May 28th 2007 1 Comment

If you’re into the small PCs, you might want to check out the latest offering from AOpen. Their new miniPC Duo MP965-VDR is based on the GM965 chipset and the Santa Rosa platform.

AOpen miniPC

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New e2 line from enano is “environment friendly”

By Chris Scott Barr on Wednesday, May 16th 2007 No Comments

Looking for a PC that is comparable to a Mac mini? Look no further than the e2 line of ultra small form factor PCs that are just a hair smaller than the mini.

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Vote on your favorite SFF concept PC now

By Chris Scott Barr on Thursday, Mar 22nd 2007 No Comments

If you like having your voice heard, you might want to check out Intel’s $1 concept PC contest. The challenge was issued to computer manufacturers to create the next big idea for a small computer.

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New car PC from Shuttle

By Chris Scott Barr on Monday, Mar 19th 2007 No Comments

Shuttle is famous for making small PC’s. They have recently announced their new PC for your car which looks very similar to an amp for a high-end sound system.

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MiniPC GF800 – Small on size, big on price

By Chris Scott Barr on Monday, Feb 26th 2007 No Comments

Japanese PC manufacturer MiniPC has brought out a new line called the GF800. The most notable feature is the support for dual displays.

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Over the top manga case

By Chris Scott Barr on Friday, Feb 23rd 2007 No Comments

I have a fascination with anime and manga. I don’t really know what it is, maybe it’s the big eyes, or the over exaggerated expressions. Someone got the great idea to make a SFF case that’s covered in manga art. Thus was born the Kiarabea.

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Big things do come in small packages

By Chris Scott Barr on Tuesday, Jan 30th 2007 3 Comments

In the market for beefy new PC but don’t want a bulky tower? Then Lenovo’s got a tiny powerhouse that will be right up your alley. This bite-sized computer named the ThinkCentre A55 can be configured with some pretty hefty hardware. It can handle an Intel Core 2 Duo, 500GB hard drive and up to 4GB of RAM. Surprisingly, the price range is in line with many of the full-size desktops currently on the market with a starting price at $579.

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The A55 stands at 3 inches tall, 12.2 inches wide, and 14.1 inches deep. With this tiny form factor, Lenovo is trying to target schools, medical facilities, and other markets where space is always limited. The A55 is expected to start shipping in February of this year.

Lenovo A55 PC is Smaller Than the Average SFF [via Gizmodo]

Pico-ITX, motherboard standards keep getting smaller

By Chris Scott Barr on Monday, Jan 29th 2007 2 Comments

I know that all of you modders out there just can’t wait for a smaller motherboard to cram into you newest custom-cases. It looks like the wait will be over soon. Via, who already makes some of the smallest boards around is gearing up for the release of their newest standard called pico-ITX. Measuring in at 3.9 x 2.8 inches, it only takes up half of space of their current Nano-ITX boards.

Looking at the picture, you can get a feel for the size by looking at how large the VGA and ethernet ports seem. Also, you will notice that those are the only two two ports that are built onto the board. Your other connections will be connected via pin headers, so be prepared to run plenty of cables.It is going to sport a C7 processor running at 1GHz, so it’ll run about anything you’d expect to run off of a system this small.

So once again, VIA is setting the new standard in tiny computing, much to the delight of modders everywhere. Now the only thing left to do is figure out what to put it in.

Via’s incredible shrinking mobo line spawns “pico-ITX” [via LinuxDevices]

Shuttle’s new Core 2 Duo SFF computer – P2 3700

By Staff Editor on Tuesday, Sep 5th 2006 No Comments

Sleek, sexy, and powerful is what I would describe Shuttle’s new P2 3700 SFF. The P2 3700 uses Intel’s 975X chipset that support Core 2 Duo processors. Many gamers will be happy to know that the P2 3700 have two x16 PCI express slot to support Crossfire technology. The new SSF support up to 8GB RAM and four hard drives. One thing concern me about the P2 3700 is the power supply, it only comes with 400W PSU which I don’t think it will be enough to power everything if you loaded it up with dual high end video cards and four hard drives. The Shuttle P2 3700 system starts from $1450. Hope to see it as a barebone system soon!