VIA EPIA P4 ITX M/B

oval · Rated PG Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 3

Hello, Has anyone used this motherboard ?? What did you think about it ? I want to build my second mobile computer and wondering to use this with 2.6G CPU, My other option is VIA M10000 motherboard, which one should I choose between this two options, BTW I'm using Morex 3688 case, do you think the heat sink of the P4 will fit ?, thanks again any idea is appreciated, Sean

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 22:23:04 Post Subject:

Hi oval... Welcome! Wave

I would love to get a hold of a P4 mini-itx board, as you're obviously going to have more power... I have the M10000 and its great for playing movies, listening to music, and surfing the web, but it would be nice to have something that size with a little more muscle for games and what not...

I also have the Morex 3688 case, and I would guess you might have a serious problem getting a cooler in there... The case is only like 2.5" high, and it is plit in half by the drive tray... giving you very little room for a heatsink. The heatsink of the M10000 barely fits under there... As you can sort of see here:

oval · Rated PG Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 3

Thanks for the Reply, actualy I was searching the net for the case and came across your review on it, it was very cool to see the exact system that you want to build Grin

, I guess have to find another case for the P4 board, BTW what type of memory did you use in your system, regular one or the smal one?, thanks Sean

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 07:45:06 Post Subject:

Full height memory works, as I used some standard Crucial DDR (512MB)... Again, its close, and some memory is a little taller than others, but I don't think the low profile memory would be necessary.

oval · Rated PG Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 3

Thanks again, Sean