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13 Barebones Reviewed Are Anything But Square
Table of contents
- 1 – Searching For The Quiet Barebone
- 2 – The Way It Should Be
- 3 – The Way It Should Be, Continued
- 4 – Test Candidates With AGP Graphics Slot
- 5 – AOpen XC Cube AV (EA65): The Multi-talent
- 6 – Under The Hood
- 7 – Pros And Cons
- 8 – AOpen XC Cube EX65: Design Is A Matter Of Taste
- 9 – Under The Hood
- 10 – AOpen XC Cube EY65: A Lot Of Intel Platforms
- 11 – Under The Hood
- 12 – ASUS Terminator 2 T2 Offers An Arnold Double Team
- 13 – Under The Hood
- 14 – Pros And Cons
- 15 – MSI MEGA Barebones: Two Unequal Brothers
- 16 – PC Alert 4: Monitoring of the temperature and fan speed
- 17 – MSI MEGA180: The AMD Version
- 18 – Pros And Cons
- 19 – MSI MEGA865: Suitable For Intel Pentium 4 CPUs
- 20 – Pros And Cons
- 21 – Jetway MiniQ Twin: Two Users Simultaneously
- 22 – Under The Hood
- 23 – Pros And Cons
- 24 – Soltek QBic EQ3801A: AMD64 Power Barebone
- 25 – Under The Hood
- 26 – Pros And Cons
- 27 – Test Candidates Without An AGP Graphics Slot
- 28 – Under The Hood
- 29 – Pros And Cons
- 30 – Shuttle XPC ZEN: Smallest Barebone With External Power Supply
- 31 – Under The Hood
- 32 – Pros And Cons
- 33 – Test Candidates With A PCI Express Slot
- 34 – Under The Hood
- 35 – Pros And Cons
- 36 – Shuttle XPC SB83G5: VW Meets Barebone
- 37 – Under The Hood
- 38 – Pros And Cons
- 39 – Noise Measurements: All Candidates At A Glance
- 40 – Configuration Table
- 41 – Configuration Table, Continued
- 42 – Configuration Table, Continued
- 43 – Test Equipment, Continued
- 44 – Accessories: Useful, Useless And Comical
- 45 – Shuttles TFT In An XPC Design
- 46 – Shuttle XP17, Specifications
- 47 – Shuttle PC40: Upgrade To Quiet Power Supply
- 48 – Lights Go On In The Peripheral Connectors
- 49 – Molex Connector: Let There Be Color
- 50 – RAM Freezer From Revoltec
- 51 – Area 51 Is Everywhere: The Aliens Have Landed
- 52 – Conclusion
- 53 – More on this topic
Many choices, few run quiet
Consumers increasingly want a second PC or want to put a PC in the living room. There is still a great deal of hesitation because many people still don't know whether a barebone (also known as mini-PC) can replace a PC, a DVD player and/or a video recorder. The answer is clearly yes. Correctly configured, one single barebone does all these tasks - with panache.
Equipped with the right hardware and software, a mini-PC is a true Renaissance machine when it comes to video and audio formats. In fact, provided it has a TV tuner card - whether analog or digital - the mini PC can replace any video or DVD recorder. And to top off its feature set, the barebone PC can also serve as a regular work or gaming computer.
Due to its compactness, the case cannot be upgraded with hardware at will - space is simply too tight. A midi tower can accommodate multiple 5.25" drives and hard disks, but the space in the interior of a barebone is maxed out at one hard disk and one drive. Once again, it is a matter of size. If you want to install more, the case will have to be larger and you can no longer opt for a mini PC. But, who wants to install a PC tower in the living room, anyway? A slick barebone in black or silver would be much more preferable.