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MSI unveils dual core mini desktop
MSI OBVIOUSLY THINKS two cores are better than one, today unveiling its first 'Dual-Core' nettop PC, the D130.
Sporting Intel's latest Atom 330 dual-core CPU and 2GB of DDR2 memory, the little Wind NetTop D130 also boasts "passive cooling" to cut down on noise and uses the same lower-energy power design as previous Wind models, promising up to a 90 per cent saving on electricity. Even at full windspeed, the little lappie only consumes 35W of power.
The D130 also has a Super-Multi DVD burner and 7.1-channel surround sound output bunged in, making it highly attractive to any home theatre PC enthusiasts looking for a secondary machine.
Shipping dates and pricing have yet to be revealed. µ
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No price or expected sale price. I looked around, anyone find a price?
I would actually say unless you plan to play games, beside chess and low power adventure games I would recommend this over any of the big footprint boxes whose horse power is not really needed. Not because I am a tree hugger but it just makes sense and the small foot print low noise is a nice bonus.
From MSIs official website i can see that the price should be 227$-240$
http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=723
So what is the fan for then?
Vasek: That's the power supply's fan. Even if the processor/video card/etc. don't use fans, the power supply generally always has one.
@BB, Doesn't really matter where the fan is. If the computer (as a whole) has one it's not passive cooling.
BTW, you can find passive PSUs. They're more expensive due to the engineering required so less popular with OEMs. As a side note, if this PC uses only 35W, it could use a laptop power brick (which are passive) to reduce noise, and the PC's size at the same time (no need to house the PSU in the PC).
there are few similar boxes around that other companies have produced, was just looking at an acer, almost identical.
there are also a few manufacturers that have integrated the intel atom chips
into itx motherboards (6" square)
so you can build this pc smaller on your own. (transition to the flatpanel tv/ internet pc?)
It's exactly like the own I build a few weeks ago except mine is the older single core atom. The barebones at newegg is 135.00 shipped. You add your DVD burner, a single stick of sodimm DDR2-800, HDD, and an operating system and you're good to go. It's very quite, remarkably fast, and well built. I paid under 300.00, reusing a windows xp license from a defunct computer. This would be a steal at the price they are stating