How Small Can You Go!

VIA ARTiGO Pico-ITX Builder Kit provides the starter hardware for a fully functional PC that’s small enough to fit in a desktop PC’s 5.25-inch drive bay. Based on Via’s Pico-ITX motherboard form factor, the motherboard is just slightly larger than a credit card and uses Via’s VX700 chip set and UniChrome Pro II graphics chip. The Artigo kit also includes a preinstalled 1-GHz Via C7 NanoBGA2 processor and fan. Within its miniature 10cm-by-7.2cm size Via manages to cram in everything from a SODIMM socket (underneath) to an ethernet controller with an RJ45 jack (in the back) and support for four USB ports (up front). And you also get PATA and SATA connectors, as well as audio jacks for speakers and a microphone.

All you have to do is install an OS like Windows Home Server and once Via have finished the BIOS fix for the two products to work together, the Artigo would make a fantastic low-power server.

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