On 22.03.15 10:00, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 08:45:51AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> > Quoting Erik Christiansen ([email protected]):
> > 
> > > I might put up my hand at some future offer - though the crazy low price
> > > for Rick's nifty little find:
> > > 
> > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157574
> > 
> > Reminder:  Yr. humble servant being a Bloody Yank despite knowing how to
> > spell 'colour' and having generally Pommie diction[1], and being a
> > decent cricket batsman, said link's pricing is in US$, and I am not
> > totally certain that Newegg is an Oz vendor.  (You would know,
> > presumably.)  I do know that some (e.g.) ASRock motherboard models are
> > available in Oz but not North America and vice-versa, as well.
> 
> i don't think newegg will ship to australia.  ISTR reading somewhere
> once upon a time that they don't...by my brain's ram is non-ecc and
> fallible.

The two older mini-ITX boards, which still serve, came from Jetway, so
I've looked there, but their mobo page search engine knows no ASRock or
Kabini. :-(

> there are, however, several shops and online stores that sell HTPC and
> mini/micro-ITX gear. try a google search for "Kabini site:au" or "AM1
> site:au"
> 
> shopbot, for example, shows several places that have an almost identical
> model to the one Rick mentioned (but with built-in wifi) for around $145
> 
> http://www.shopbot.com.au/m/?m=ASRock+QC5000-ITX

And altech.com.au has an identical price. If we compare the US$62 Newegg
price:

145 - 62/.75 = A$62 higher locally.

Allow some of that for exchange fees, international shipping, the
unwanted wifi, and GST which only applies to the local one, then the
feasibility of local warranty replacement/repair isn't costing much.

I'll have to have a look at Rick's low power mobo thread first.
(Well, second - haven't build that CSS lib yet. Well, third - need to
eat.)

Erik

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