On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:33:21PM -0500, marrandy wrote: > Has anyone tried VIA Eden fanless at 1GHz yet or the new Eden-N or NL (Luke > series) yet ? If so, how did they perform.
I used to have one of them with a HD plugged. They perform quite well, as long as you keep them cool enough under high load (which you cannot do passively). In fact I was building the userland on a VIA Eden 1 GHz and this melted the plastic plugs which keep the cooler in touch with the processor. Building it with some cooling aggregates on top (yes, the one from the fridge you normally use for cooling your beer while travelling) even allowed me to build the jdk-stuff without a single poweroff caused by overheating ;) You see, not quite what it promises. If you don't expect high loads and put the board in a suitable chassis, you will be quite happy with that. Otherwise, don't waste your money. All the best, /Markus
