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Socket 478 ITX

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Does anyone have any experience with one of these? (or at least by chance the seller?)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380851896376
(I also found this "datasheet" for what it's worth: http://mediaserver.voxtechnologies.com/FileCa … -679583954s.pdf)

I'm thinking about building an ITX Windows 9x machine and came across these. Looks like a cheaper (and probably more powerful) alternative to VIA EPIA or other embedded options, and the 845 should have fine support under 9x if I'm not mistaken (drivers at least exist from the Intel website).

Other questions:

- I remember IEG being disparaged pretty universally when it was new, but how bad would it really be for games from the mid 1990s?

- Will the IGP play nice with a Voodoo2?

Reply 2 of 4, by obobskivich

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote:

They look cute 😀

Yes the IGP should be fine. I'm currently running V2 SLI on an Asrock board with Intel Extreme 2 graphics.

Just one PCI slot though...

Good to hear the IEG works out with Voodoo2. 😀 Have you bothered to test how it (the IGP) performs?

On the PCI slot thing - I've seen pictures of some ITX builds where they use a riser that yields two slots, but I'm not even sure I'd need something like that given how much appears integrated on this board (I also think I'm "stuck" as far as SLI goes since I have a Creative card, and I tend not to see those very often).

Reply 3 of 4, by Mau1wurf1977

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No haven't tested the IEG, might run 99Max though 😀

You're right, that board has everything integrated. Sound, IDE, FDD, SATA, Ethernet, TV-Out!, SPDIF!, USB, Firewire...

What else do you need 😀

With postage it would be almost $50 to Australia. Plus you would need a fairly decent PSU, the tiny pico PSUs, or whatever they are called, might struggle.

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Reply 4 of 4, by obobskivich

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote:
No haven't tested the IEG, might run 99Max though :) […]
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No haven't tested the IEG, might run 99Max though 😀

You're right, that board has everything integrated. Sound, IDE, FDD, SATA, Ethernet, TV-Out!, SPDIF!, USB, Firewire...

What else do you need 😀

With postage it would be almost $50 to Australia. Plus you would need a fairly decent PSU, the tiny pico PSUs, or whatever they are called, might struggle.

It looks like it takes a normal ATX PSU, and I have a few 400-500W units sitting around. I also have the "tiny" (it's half the depth of a "normal" unit) ATX PSU that my P4 originally came with, which as far as I know still works. It's rated for 200W and had no problems with a 2GHz Willamette, so a lower-power Northwood (especially a Northwood Celeron) would probably work too. I'm doubting the power consumption of such a build would be that much greater than that of the CPU - I remember reading somewhere that the 845/865 chipsets only draw like 10W, and I can't imagine a Voodoo2 (or a basic PCI card like a GeForce 4 MX or Radeon VE) would draw all that much power either.

Any ideas on how small of a case I could get away with before it cooks itself to death? I'm guessing the modern "fanless ultra slim" models might not be a good idea with a Pentium 4 under the hood... 🤣

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