[DEAD] MSI BookPC Barebones $80 Shipped

[Lanyap]

OOS as of 6/22...


This is a nice little barebones system. It is well built. I received it a few days ago and have been playing around with it. I loaded WinXP and it installed all the neccessary drivers. Looks like it would make a nice HTPC.

$79.99 with FREE Shipping

www.3btech.net/msimsbopcbas.html

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New VIA C3 CPUs

Low-profile HSF


MSI MS-6215 Pentium III / Celeron Barebone Kit
MSI D-LED
PC Alert III
TV-out Function with S/AV Conn.
10/100 Mbps Ethernet w/ RJ45 Conn.
USB ports x4
IEEE 1394 ports x2
PC 98/99 Compliant
STR / STD (Suspend to RAM/Disk)
System Hardware Monitor
Key Lock Safety Protection
Case Intrusion Alarm Protection
Includes Stands for Vertical Placement
Mainboard & Chipset
MS-6351 Mainboard with Intel?815E / ICH2 chipset

CPU
Supports Intel Celeron / Pentium III Socket 370 processor up to 1GHz (Coppermine Only)
Motherboard is version 1 (will not handle Tualatin/FCPGA2)

FSB
66 / 100 / 133 MHz FSB

Memory
2 DIMM, Maximum 512MB SDRAM

Video
Integrated in GMCH with 4MB SDRAM display cache

Audio
Integrated in ICH2 AC'97 software audio

Front Panel
USB x2, SIR, Mic-In, Line-In, Speaker-out

Rear Panel
PS/2 x2, Speaker-Out, Parallel, IEEE 1394 x2, USB x2, D-LED, LAN, S Conn., VGA, AV Conn.

Network
Integrated LAN MAC in FW82801BA, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet.

Device Bays
5.25" x1, 3.5" x1 (Exposed), 3.5" x1 (Hidden)

Slots
2 normal height PCI slots (on riser)
PCI cards longer than 6" will NOT fit due to placement of Hard Drive cage

Form Factor
LPX Form Factor

Dimension
3" High x 12" Wide x 13" Deep
78mm(H) x 300mm(W) x 320mm(D)

Power Supply
90W ( 100-240V AC )

CPU requires Low Profile CPU fan to fit under hard Drive. Standard Fans are not slim enough
Low-profile HSF

 

[Samus]

i've built machines from this barebones kit b4, they're rock stable, quiet and fast enough for just about anything but games.

only complaint i have is the firewire ports, when used, halt the system to a crawl. however they are implemented is a flaw, or it could just be a flaw in how the 815 handles southbridge data because the nic is the same way. when you transfer data over a network the cpu utilization shoots to 50-60% in task manager, but its hard to tell if its ide or nic related....

anyway, u can't expect performance from something in this class

 

[hallf]

I've built one of those for my daughter almost 2 years ago....great little machine...only problem I had was the onboard NIC died after about 3 months...so I had to stick a $5 NIC card in it...been running fine ever since. $80 shipped is a good price.

 

[kklepack]

Does it comes with dc,dvd-rom and floppy?

 

[hallf]

Originally posted by: kklepack
Does it comes with dc,dvd-rom and floppy?

Not sure what "dc" is, but no, for $80 you aren't getting a DVD-ROM and floppy

 

[Tot]

Is this considered a microATX case?

BTW Thanks for the DEAL. Nice find.


Seems like a nice little system. But too bad I dont have any SDram nor PIII lying around. Or it would be a pretty nice backup system.


Edited: Wait a second. Hmm, add processor for 49 bucks. On the other hand an XP1700+ is 42 shipped...urghh. Memory is 39 for 256 of sdram.(ddr = free)


This thing got Firewire????

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: Tot
Is this considered a microATX case?

BTW Thanks for the DEAL. Nice find.


Seems like a nice little system. But too bad I dont have any SDram nor PIII lying around. Or it would be a pretty nice backup system.


Edited: Wait a second. Hmm, add processor for 49 bucks. On the other hand an XP1700+ is 42 shipped...urghh. Memory is 39 for 256 of sdram.(ddr = free)


This thing got Firewire????

This is not a microATX case. It is much smaller and considered a bookPC or slimPC case. A microATX MB will not fit. The MB is a small LPX style.

Yes, it has two firewire ports.

 

[Flatbroke]

90W Power Supply, you using that?
What about video, does MB have AGP?

EDIT: some 566mhz socket 370 chips for $23.90 plus shipping previous thread
if they would work, wonder if there is enuf room for hsf/fan to overclock these chips and keep them cool too.

 

[AnyMal]

I have purchased several items from 3btech and have been very pleased. They always shipped ontime and at no charge.

 

[foot]

This looks very similar to the GW500 that was clearanced at Compusa for $99 earlier this year. If so - its rock solid and I couldnt be happier with it for non-workstation purposes. Mines up and running at http://jon.rutgers.edu.

 

[hallf]

Originally posted by: Flatbroke
90W Power Supply, you using that?
What about video, does MB have AGP?

EDIT: some 566mhz socket 370 chips for $23.90 plus shipping previous thread
if they would work, wonder if there is enuf room for hsf/fan to overclock these chips and keep them cool too.

90W power supply has powered a 1GHz P3, floppy, DVD/CD-RW, 40G HD, NIC card and WinTV card for a couple years now in my daughter's system.

I don't have the unit in front of me now, but I don't think the video is AGP

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: Flatbroke
90W Power Supply, you using that?
What about video, does MB have AGP?

EDIT: some 566mhz socket 370 chips for $23.90 plus shipping previous thread
if they would work, wonder if there is enuf room for hsf/fan to overclock these chips and keep them cool too.

Yes, I'm using the 90W PSU. This is standard for this size case. It's running a Celeron 500MHz CPU with a socket7 HS+fan, Maxtor 20GB 5400 HD, floppy drive, Lite-on 32x burner, one stick of 256MB PC133 SDRAM, 60mm front case fan and 50mm PSU fan. I plan to install a Celeron 900MHz, 1U low-profile HS+fan, 60GB 5400 HD, 52x burner and 512MB RAM.

The MB does not have an AGP slot, only two PCI slots. But it is using the Intel built in graphics engine in the 815E / ICH2 chipset which I believe is AGP.

 

[kami333]

60W Morex DC-DC psu is powering my Celeron 850, 512MB, 5400rpm hd, 6x dvd

 

[Tot]

How does it play DVD? Does it have jaggies? And does the integrated graphic chip burns up after intensive Divx/Xvid playing ect.

I know for one that the GW500 and its replacement GW600 that compusa gave to me both had burned up IGP after I use it to watch some anime(encoded in DIVX/XVID ect)

Other then that, what chip does the firewire uses?

This might make a good little gift to someone I know.(best of all its cheap.)

 

[Lanyap]

It uses a Texas Instruments firewire chip according to Windows Device Manager.

 

[LAstyle]

Has anyone gotten linux to run on this thing?

 

[vladgur]

to those that already own that barebone, how quiet is the power supply?

 

[hojl]

hmmm this is nice.....

 

[DerProfi]

Originally posted by: vladgur
to those that already own that barebone, how quiet is the power supply?

Other than the completely silent DC-to-DC power supplies used for some of the miniITX cases, I've yet to see a small PC that ran quietly enough that I'd want it in my living room by the TV. Still, I'm curious to know what others think of this particular one.

 

[wshtb000]

Don't know if Staples/Sparco special order + internet price match is still working.

In case it works, Sparco has several other model available. Check it out:
http://www.sparco.com/cgi-bin/search?category=00&subcategory=32

 

[wshtb000]

Originally posted by: DerProfi

Originally posted by: vladgur
to those that already own that barebone, how quiet is the power supply?

Other than the completely silent DC-to-DC power supplies used for some of the miniITX cases, I've yet to see a small PC that ran quietly enough that I'd want it in my living room by the TV. Still, I'm curious to know what others think of this particular one.

You can throw the power supply to the basement and run the DC cable all the way to your computer.

 

[vladgur]

Originally posted by: DerProfi

Originally posted by: vladgur
to those that already own that barebone, how quiet is the power supply?

Other than the completely silent DC-to-DC power supplies used for some of the miniITX cases, I've yet to see a small PC that ran quietly enough that I'd want it in my living room by the TV. Still, I'm curious to know what others think of this particular one.

well netvista case power supply is virtually silent, so this might be silent as well.....Its all in the fan

 

[ROSALIEPIZZA]

according to msi site in upper link the bios update makes these things compatible with 1.2 gig tulie

 

[hojl]

wow this can be quite hot if you have a Tully lying around...
pair this up with a 512k Tully and you get a pretty quick system.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: ROSALIEPIZZA
according to msi site in upper link the bios update makes these things compatible with 1.2 gig tulie

The BIOS can handle the tulie for version 5 of the motherboard but this one has the older version 1 motherboard which only goes up to the Coppermine. See CPU chart

The front 60mm case fan is very quiet. The Adda AD0412LB-G70 40mm fan in the PSU is a little louder than I would like.