2004-04-07 - Techreport.com: Building a kitchen PC with ZEN XPC
 The recipe for success? (...) A small form-factor box
This choice was the key to the whole experiment. We've reviewed lots of small form factor systems, but nothing beats the Zen XPC for quiet operation or a small footprint.
The recipe for success? (...) A small form-factor box
This choice was the key to the whole experiment. We've reviewed lots of small form factor systems, but nothing beats the Zen XPC for quiet operation or a small footprint. The Zen is practically silent during normal operation, and it jumps frequently and willingly into power-save mode as I have it configured. What's more, its motherboard includes integrated Radeon 9100 IGP graphics, so I didn't have to sacrifice an AGP card to get it going. The Radeon 9100 IGP is reasonably decent as integrated graphics solutions go, so the kitchen system might be able to serve as overflow the next time we have a LAN party in Damage Labs. |