Biostar iDEQ 330G - no CPU

Advantages: very small and fast
Disadvantages: could come in different sizes

...this has to be the best computer ever it has 1gb ram and also has 300gb memory its also one of the fasts loading computers and also you can have to be built to how you want it i paid just under £500 for it and it was custome to how i wanted it i have a wirless mouse and key bord and had more usb ports put in it Processor: AMD Athlon 64, Sempron Socket 754 processors 800MHz HyperTransport Bus Chipset: VIA K8M800 + VT8237 IDE : Two IDE channels Physically accommodates up to 3 EIDE devices Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus Master Mode LAN: Realtek RTL8100C 10/100mbps LAN Video : VIA UniChrome Pro 2D/3D Graphics with motion compensation Size : 210mm x 323mm x 187mm (W x D x H)... Read review

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Advantages: very very quiet, small, portable, cool looking, easy to upgrade
Disadvantages: not many DIMM slots, not many PCI slots

...was the fact it was so easy to open up! It has thumbscrews instead of screws ont he case, so that facilitated easy upgrades. The only screw on it was on the PCI/AGP slots, which you could replace with thumbscrews i reckon. CPU temp for a 2.6Ghz Celery never goes above 26oC. Suitably impressed! Running 1 x 60gb + 1 x 120gb deskstar (one on IDE and one on SATA) with Geforce 5600xt, 2x256mb DDR 3200, 802.11g pci, (cant find a ti4600 anywhere) & pioneer 106 DVD drive. Please note you do not need a heatsink/fan as the unit comes with it's own custom one with heatpipes! A Very Very fast system and extremely quiet. Fan speed can be adjusted (it's temperature controlled too) making the pc virtually silent. Blue LEDs are included and was impressed by that! Not quite enough room for a full sized cold cathode tube so I went for a 4 incher. You... Read review

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Advantages: Very Small, Elegant, very very quiet
Disadvantages: Limited expansion capability (But then its not a server!)

...There have been many small form factor (SFF) cases around for a while now. Shuttle started the trend, and in many eyes has been eclipsed by the competition both in terms of quality and styling. What’s a SFF? A Small Form Factor case is a normal PC case with all of the usual components just smaller. In this instance the Biostar is 210mm x 323mm x 187mm approx. 8” x 13” x 8". Isn’t it expensive for a small case? That all depends on how you look at it I suppose! This case retails at about £90. For that you get the case, silent power supply, motherboard, CPU cooler (heatsink and fan) and a multi-format card reader. Separately these could cost you a lot more than that. Is there a catch? Well, again, that depends on how you look at it. The Biostar 210V doesn’t have the full expansion possibilities as a larger PC case would have... Read review

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