Looks like a nice case. Now you just need a faster cpu to get this system to play HD content without missing frames.
There's only one 80mm fan on the case. It must be a quiet system quiet. Is the fan speed controlled by the motherboard/system/OS?
I don't see a pic with the cpu and heatsink installed. Is there a fan on the cpu heatsink or is the power of the cpu so low that it can run without one, as long as the heatsink is big enough?
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We gave some consideration to using a USB based drive and burner however there is one issue with this, Windows cannot install or boot properly from a USB based hard drive and so the only option is to retain the drive holder, at least for an OS boot drive.
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I thought it was possible to install an OS on a thumb drive. There are now some 16 GB thumb drives available on the market. It would generate less heat and less noise without an harddrive.
It's a bit off-topic from the subject of the review but how does the mini-ITX hardware on Intel side compare to AMD (high processing power, low power, playing HD-DVD and blu-ray disks, HDMI support, etc)?