Asus Vintage S
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Asus Vintage S
Anyone experience with the Asus Vintage S, and the noise the powerunit makes? Read somewhere it was dead silent, but I hardly beleef it.... so anyone?
Link: http://www.asus.com/products/desktop/vi ... erview.htm
Link: http://www.asus.com/products/desktop/vi ... erview.htm
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Re: Asus Vintage S
I quite like that case. If only it were for AMD processors..sandert wrote:Anyone experience with the Asus Vintage S, and the noise the powerunit makes? Read somewhere it was dead silent, but I hardly beleef it.... so anyone?
Link: http://www.asus.com/products/desktop/vi ... erview.htm
Newegg has it, by the way.
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Re: Asus Vintage S
Assuming it has standard m-ATX standoff locations, couldn't you just pull out the included SiS board and replace it with the m-ATX board of your choice?David Mitchell wrote: I quite like that case. If only it were for AMD processors..
Newegg has it, by the way.
*EDIT* - Upon further research, apparently you can use whatever m-ATX board you want. Taken from this Asus page:
Asus sales droid wrote:Vintage series adopts the standard u-ATX M/B, which means you can easily upgrade into preferred platforms no matter it's Intel, ATI, nVidia, SIS or VIA solution. And users can simply upgrade and purchase any standard component off the shelf.
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Re: Asus Vintage S
Ah, I didn't know that uATX and mATX are interchangeable. I wonder if the motherboard would have any resale value.Ralf Hutter wrote:Assuming it has standard m-ATX standoff locations, couldn't you just pull out the included SiS board and replace it with the m-ATX board of your choice?
*EDIT* - Upon further research, apparently you can use whatever m-ATX board you want. Taken from this Asus page:
Asus sales droid wrote:Vintage series adopts the standard u-ATX M/B, which means you can easily upgrade into preferred platforms no matter it's Intel, ATI, nVidia, SIS or VIA solution. And users can simply upgrade and purchase any standard component off the shelf.
'uATX' is really micro-ATX (the u looks a bit like the micro symbol). mATX is another short form for micro-ATX. So they are the same thing.
Buy this system, pulling out the MB, and replacing it with another sounds unnecessarily expensive.
What about the Antec Aria instead? Isn't it supposed to be quiet?
Buy this system, pulling out the MB, and replacing it with another sounds unnecessarily expensive.
What about the Antec Aria instead? Isn't it supposed to be quiet?
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Ah, thanks for making that connection.TomMM wrote:'uATX' is really micro-ATX (the u looks a bit like the micro symbol). mATX is another short form for micro-ATX. So they are the same thing.
As it happens — I didn't think about it until after my previous post — I have an ASUS Socket A mATX motherboard sitting beside me. I was looking for an I/O shield for it. It appears that the Vintage S would be a perfect fit, down to the missing shield! This could work out quite well.Buy this system, pulling out the MB, and replacing it with another sounds unnecessarily expensive.
I don't like the look of the Aria much.What about the Antec Aria instead? Isn't it supposed to be quiet?
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