June 10, 201115 yr For those who are looking for a Barebone HTPC/Office setup with HDMI and 1080p support this also comes with an extra year of warranty and support! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856176002&Tpk=N82E16856176002 NOW - $149.99 - $25.00GC + FShipping CUBE-N3-D2OB CPU Type Intel Atom 330 (1.6GHz, dual-core) Chipset -NVIDIA ION Memory slot 200Pin SODIMM Memory Type Supported - DDR2 800 Max Memory Supported - 4GB Graphics - Onboard Video NVIDIA ION graphics processor 10/100/1000Mbps Extension Bays - 2.5" Internal Bays Front Panel Ports - Front USB 3 (2 @ front, 1 @ side) Front Audio Ports Stereo Audio-Out / MIC-IN Card Reader 1 × Card Reader (SD/SDHC/MMC) Back Panel Ports - HDMI - VGA - DVI Support 1080P high-definition - Featuring the NVIDIA ION graphic solution, Giada cube N3 supports 1080P high-definition movie. Geforce 9400 GPU and CUDA 16 cores technology improves video encoding by 10 times. Game, movie…… it helps to enjoy your life. Ultra-slim - The book-sized PC only takes up small part of your table. It is even smaller than 1/30 of the standard desktop. The weight is less then 1KG, you can even carry it anywhere. For barebone, up to 4GB DDR2 RAM and 500G hard disk - You can choose the memory (max 4GB DDR2 RAM) and hard disk (max 500G) as you like and enjoy the fun of DIY. Manufacturer Warranty Parts -2 years limited Labor - 2 years limited
June 15, 201115 yr OT for unRAID but I have to mention... I picked up a couple of these purely for messing around and possible use as a brouters. While it only has one built-in nic it has a pretty good selection of ports: 5 external USB, two extra internal USB headers for 4 more, 2 internal SATA, one eSATA, DVI, HDMI, Gb nic (Realtek, aargh), optical & legacy audio, multi-card reader. No mini-pci or other unfortunately. The internal USB header was probably intended for the optional wifi module. I'm using it for my egress 10/100 nic. I'll be testing pfsense & untangle when able. It's cool to see 4 processors in Task Manager (2 core + HT) in this midget. I've owned portable phones that were larger. Gosh I'm old.
July 29, 201115 yr cyrnel, Did you have any success building an Untangle appliance out of this hardware (Giada CUBE-N3)? I was a little concerned about the LAN and WiFi support. Can you boot from one of the USB ports? Thanks, switzer60
July 29, 201115 yr The best of intentions... One of them is being used by a friend as a desktop/HTPC. The other has been a little 3-drive preclearing station the last few weeks. Just took it out of service Wednesday. It boots from USB just fine which is how it was preclearing 3 drives. No wifi on this model which is why it has the extra USB header. I never tried USB Ethernet adapters. The onboard Realtek worked for Windows, unRAID, and a 2hr stint installing/downloading untangle, but then I got distracted. That's still on my list so thanks for reminding me.
August 14, 201115 yr A follow-up on the untangle thing... It seems to work fine. At least what you'd expect on a dual-core Atom. (untangle is incredibly hungry.) Disabled parallel, sound, whatever else I noticed. Installed 8.1.1 from an external optical onto the WD Scorpio Black 500GB. Running with 2GB RAM. Configured as bridge and added free lite package plus OpenVPN. Enabled the works. Used a new USB adapter for the external interface. My antiques weren't recognized so buying something semi-supported was simplest. (Amazon "Plugable USB 2.0 to 10/100 Fast Ethernet LAN Network RJ45 Adapter (ASIX AX88772 chipset)", $15.95.) Power readings (via Kill-a-Watt): 22W with mild bridge traffic. 23-24W with system upgrading from base 8.1.1 to 9.0.1 24-26W booting A 4or5Krpm drive might save a Watt. The black is what was handy. I still need to run multi-client tests but no surprises so far.
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