Check out Soekris and PC Engines products.

Edit: Disregard PC Engines, I missed the 1GB requirement.

Here's a pseudo-review where they measured power consumption,
http://cartft.de/support_db/support_fil ... iew_EN.pdf

bussoguy wrote:[...] why do motherboards in SPCR at all.

Avoiding ZOMG!!1! motherboards isn't enough to ensure low power consumption.

Measured with a Chacon(ref. 54352) which cost me 25€. WD Elements 1 Tb WD10EAVS: 25W boot-up (peak) / 9W sleep / 11W idle / 13W otherwise Thinkpad T60 14.1" SXGA+ T5600 1.8Ghz 3 GB RAM ATI X1400 Hitashi 7200rpm 60GB OpenBSD -> No Battery, Lowest Brightness, Wireless Off (Switch), NIC Off (BIOS) - ...

Monkeh16 wrote:Personally I built my own Linux based firewall from scratch. Much nicer.

It's always advantageous to skip the middle man, if one is inclined to these things. Personally, I'm completely biased towards OpenBSD.

Take a look at this: http://www.fabiatech.com/_data/datasheet/56.pdf The Fabiatech FX5621 is a bit expensive at £342 but it fulfills your requirements. Man, I really like these small industrial-type systems. :oops: Also, not having a VGA port is a bit of a headache for me as I'd rather not have to ...

So far I am very happy with the acoustics. Good to hear. Although from these threads [1] , it seems the fan controller maintains the mini's fan at 1500 rpms even on really high temperatures. [1] http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9168462 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=...

I was in a similar situation last year. I was running my gateway/firewall on a PIII system [1] as well and, although it was very quiet, it was not silent. Given the price to further silence it [2] , I decided to spend a bit more money and bought an Alix system. The cheapest solution for you would be...

QuietOC wrote:Removed the extra fans and left the S-Flex "F" pulling out of the Coolink.

400MHz FSB & 1.375V VID
Orthos 3.8GHz @ 1.328V 54*C -- 166W
Idle 2.4GHz @ 1.344V -- 105W
Sleep -- 2W

When and if you have the time, could you please measure the idle and load power consumption while undervolting?

[...] I only find references to a 40mm fan in the reviews i've come across... That's the 1st revision of the case. The 2nd added holes for an 80mm fan; 3rd added a mesh above the cpu area; the 4th... well, who cares... This case has been revised since 2002-2003 and I bet that it's still awfull. I h...

I got one of these a few days ago. I've edit the bios to run at 160/225/0.968v during 2d/uvd states and 1.044v on 3d. On a Solo case with an e5200-passive ninja2 combo I'm getting 50ºC on idle, 70º-ish during a witcher session and 93º during furmark stressing. Airflow is limited to 2 outtakes- th...

I have an alix 2c3 for almost a year; been using it as a firewall/gateway/bitlbee server and am very happy with it: it doesn't get warm even during the summer(30-ish ºC); completely passive(not even an heatsink); and - oh joy - no buzz or whine to be heard. According to google , you'll have no prob...

How about one of these Per? http://www.pcengines.ch/alix.htm I second that. I have an 2C3 model and am very happy with it. I posted some [vague] first impressions back on January, here . The Soekris equivalent - 5501 models - have the advantage of having a PCI slot(you could use your intel nic or a...

Finally got my ALIX 2C3 board. I ordered it from landashop.com , which is located in Spain, as it had the cheapest price I could find. The board+case+brick combo cost me around 170€ including shipping. I haven't had much time lately, so I haven't deployed this little system yet. I'm still in the p...

jduitsman wrote:Mini-box has them

Thanks for the tip, but I'm European.

For a small, quiet, low power but pretty capable firewall you might look at some of the offerings from Soekris Engineering and use an OpenBSD based firewall on an internal CF card. They're capable little boxes. Or one of these . These are far cheaper than Soekris. :wink: I'm trying to buy an ALIX.2...

S/N: S05100035922 (has torn warranty label) Does not work with an Asus A7N8X Deluxe nor with an Asus CUSL2-M motherboard. Both motherboard exhibit the same behaviour, the power led on the motherboard lights ups, but powering the system only results on the cpu fan spinning once then stopping. Antec's...

bugeja wrote:those motherboards require the -5v which the NeoHE does not supply.

I don't see a -5V rail on the sticker of my seasonic S12 430W, and it worked fine with both motherboards. Sorry about the offtopic.

"The only incompatibility issue we have with our NeoHE is from ASUS A8N and P5 motherboards. Your motherboard should work fine with our power supply." I got the same answer from them along with a nice, "One thing you can try is to have everything installed or install additional fans in your case an...