Urrr, OK, I've got a power hungry mini-ITX setup. The only one I've currently got is an early VIA board with a laptop drive that is doing 210ma on the mains side of the powersupply = 50W
Still, I think the Alix boards are a better solution for routers/firewalls than a mini-ITX platform. Cheaper total solution if buying new (inc. case etc), smaller, no cooling fan needed, lower power, three nic's inbuilt. I'm going to move my pfsense firewall onto one in a few weeks, and if that goes OK my asterisk setup is next, then the world!!!! (Insert Demonic laugh here...) Cheers, Me. On Thu, 2008-07-24 at 22:49 +1200, Neil wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:30:25PM +1200, Chris Hellyar wrote: > > a microdrive in them and run a full linux distro off a 12V wall wart and > > only 5 watts rather than the 50-80 that a mini-ITX does. > > There might be some power-hungry mini-ITX rigs out there but 50-80 watts > is a bit harsh. I have a few, each with a single disc drive and they > draw between 15 and 25 watts as measured at the wall. > > - neil > >
