Hardware Talk :: ASUS Via C3 budget box



Noticed this box in a thread on Silent PC Review

Features: VIA C3 800MHz, mobo w/ 1 PCI, case w/ 4 drive bays, 165 W PSU.  On-board VIA UniChrome 2D/3D & audio.  Sockets for 2 184-pin DDR DIMMS.   Case is only 7.1" x 10.8" x 11.8".  

User reviews on Newegg indicate that it runs quite a number of Linux distros (including Knoppix) and can boot USB pen drives.  Yes, there is USB 2.0.  Uses well-supported VIA CLE266 northbridge & VT8237_CD southbridge.

User reviews praise the reliability & quiet.  Best part is the price.  US$103 (plus shipping) includes processor, mobo with video/audio/etc., case, PSU, CDROM, and floppy.  Add memory, HD (if desired, ATA/SATA), KB, mouse, display.

Seems like a natural for DSL fans.  Cheap, quiet, appropriate.  Anyone have any experience with it?

Newegg product page with user reviews

Manufacturer's overview

Manual

No, I really don't work for Newegg or Asus...  :;):
Not bad. But i'm in hawaii(HI) it say's it don't ship here :(
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Not bad. But i'm in hawaii(HI) it say's it don't ship here :(

Good news & bad news.  They do indeed ship to Hawaii, just not 3-day for $10.99.  I added one to the cart, plugged in Zip Code 96701 and the cheapest shipping is $44.05.  

I guess that is part of the price for living in paradise.   :)
Yeah everything cost's to much! :angry:  I usally just ask friends and family to grab the things i want when they go for vaction and bring it back as carry on. I got mom bringing me back a targus dual mode mouse this weekend from fry's. If i ordered it it wolud cost over a hundred dollars, But it just cost me $25.00 from the store and mom brings it back for free. :D It so wierd they don't even have that mouse anywhere in hawaii.
Surprised to see it with a cpu fan (it shouldn't need one).
There's a nice review of the Via C3 here;
http://www.dansdata.com/c3.htm

"If you want quiet, though, the C3's the only no-tinkering way to get it. Water cooling and lagging the case panels and building your PC in a fridge and so on are all valid alternative computer-silencing strategies, but the C3 Just Works with a passive sink of unremarkable proportions."
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