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I ordered the Intel ATOM 330 Dual Core 1.6 Mini-PC from HPS special assembled for Bwired [;)],
I'm planning to use this PC as my home automation server and the Bwired Webserver.
I hope this will work? If it does it will save me a lot of energy!

Mini-ITX 80W Black Aluminium Front Panel, DRIVE
Type C: 1 x Slim ODD + 1 x FDD + 1 x 2,5" int
drivebay, 1x PCI or PCIe POWER SUPPLY: 90W DC Open
frame power w/80W AC Adaptor, SUPPORTS: Mini ITX
M/B, 2 x Front USB

Intel little falls2 mini-ITX board, with integrated Atom
330 Dualcore 1.6Ghz CPU, 1x DDR-II 533/667, 6x USB,
1x IDE, 2x SATA, audio, 1x COM, 1x LPT, 1x PCI

Kingston 2GB DDR2 module, 667MHz

TEAC slimline DVD-rom drive, zwart

WD 160GB Raptor 10.000rpm (from bwired stock)

http://www.bonchic.biz/asp/product_photos.asp?iPID=1918

DIMENSIONS: 273x300x65mm (D x W x H)

Looks very nice!

Do you know what the speed of the PCIe slot is?
I'm searching for a system that is faster than x1 because of the SATA RAID controller I want to use as a base for a NAS.

Regards,
Ron

EDIT: Ok, see that it has PCI only, why? Thats old fashioned!#L:@

No info found about the speed of the PCIe slot

Nice setup!
Why do you put the Raptor in? It makes a lot of noise and heat. Certanly not a way to save energy.
You might be better off with 128 intel SSD or a Western Digital 'green' disk. THey spin down to save energy when the throughput is enough.
I've got a few in my NAS and they work fine.

Expect also small dualcore Atom "nettop" systems from Asus soon.

Bastiaan

What's the estimated power usage?

I was struggling with that part!
For the bwired website I need some power, a lot of queries are fired on the database and I get a lot of users.
A Western Digital Green Disk is way to low for good performance, I have them in my NAS and for that it's fine.
SSD drive might do the trick, but then i have to get a good one.
Thinking again

I think that the ssd will save about +/- 8 watt extra..savings per year +/- 15 euro
128 GB SSD +/-400 euro

you can also place the pictures of bwired itself on your domoticaforum hoster, since (correct me if i'am wrong) your hosting bwired from home, and the forum from a hosting company. So if you would place the pictures on the hoster, it would allready save you extra traffic and disk query's at home..

// Erik (binkey.nl)

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Digit</i>
<br />What's the estimated power usage?
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">I'm not sure, it will be low. get back to you on this one

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by snelvuur</i>
<br />you can also place the pictures of bwired itself on your domoticaforum hoster, since (correct me if i'am wrong) your hosting bwired from home, and the forum from a hosting company. So if you would place the pictures on the hoster, it would allready save you extra traffic and disk query's at home..

// Erik (binkey.nl)
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">It's possible, but you know I like to have things in to my own hands

some people might say you are a control freak

I think usage will be +/- 35 watt

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Chak</i>
<br />I think usage will be +/- 35 watt

Specs are same as this machine.

http://www.pocketinfo.nl/reviews/nieuws ... m912v.html

No its not the same, my system has the new Atom 330 dual core 1.6Ghz CPU instead of the 270 which has a single core etc.
So this one should be faster but consume some more energy.