Could be old news to most of you, but I saw on Newegg that they are selling the Atom/MB combo for $69.99 USD.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813121342
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813121342
Originally posted by: nerp
No PCIe because Intel doesn't want to cannibalize its Celeron market.
Believe it or not, this simple PCIe slot is the poster child of a vast area of contention between VIA's and Intel's take on the mini-ITX designs.
Intel is trying desperately to control how their Atom-based platforms are produced, what features they have and what price they sell for in an attempt to control their overall product line and keep Atom from cannibalizing the Celeron parts.
That means no PCIe slots, limited DIMM support and almost no retail availability for Intel's Atom.
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=572
Originally posted by: nerp
I'd bite for one but just 2x SATA makes it pretty useless for WHS. I also want a more efficient platform than 945. From what I've read Atom's low power gains are wasted with the 945 chipset.
Nice price though.
Originally posted by: Drsignguy
Originally posted by: nerp
I'd bite for one but just 2x SATA makes it pretty useless for WHS. I also want a more efficient platform than 945. From what I've read Atom's low power gains are wasted with the 945 chipset.
Nice price though.
Yes, why did they use the 945 chipset?
Originally posted by: sonoran
Atom was designed as a small (cheap to make), low-cost, low-power alternative to current processors, intended primarily for developing markets where people don't have the money to go buy $300 motherboards and $500 graphics cards. Its target is markets where people want complete systems that cost no more than a few hundred bucks. Think India, China, etc...
Originally posted by: nyker96
This chip don't strike me as anything useful but then again it's low power usgae can be cool to have as a file server machine maybe.
Edit: read some review, the power consumption for the platform is around 50-60W, so I think the C7 can probably beat it in power consumption arena.
Originally posted by: myocardia
Actually, I'm somewhat excited about the new Atom notebooks*. They have enough power for what most people need a notebook to do, while having very good battery life (no i945 chipset), and don't cost very much.
edit: *Sub-notebooks, or whatever they call the Asus Eee.
I just bought an Acer Aspire One from Newegg last night. It's 945 chipset based - so despite the Atom CPU, battery life isn't great. But it is small, light and cheap ($380) and should be fast enough for most things. I'll post up what I think of it when I get it. It's intended mostly to be a computer for my daughter, but before I hand it off to her, I'll spend some time messing with it myself.Actually, I'm somewhat excited about the new Atom notebooks*. They have enough power for what most people need a notebook to do, while having very good battery life (no i945 chipset), and don't cost very much.
Originally posted by: PCTC2
Actually, a long time ago in the Motherboard section I posted this.
Originally posted by: pm
I just bought an Acer Aspire One from Newegg last night. It's 945 chipset based - so despite the Atom CPU, battery life isn't great.