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Tech PC has posted a review on the VIA EPIA Mini-Itx Motherboard.

Unlike most motherboards available today the EPIA boards have the CPU soldered to the board, so upgrading the CPU is not an option. The Eden CPU is unique as it is passively cooled. That's to say it is cooled by a great looking heatsink and does not have a cooling fan. The Motherboard is therefore completely silent. Via have been able to achieve this by opting for a relatively slow, by today's standards, CPU speed of 533Mhz and using their ultra low power Eden core. The CPU runs at a mere 1.2v. Because of it's low power consumption I have been running the EPIA using a tiny 107 Watt power supply and despite powering the Motherboard, CPU, Hard drive and CD Rom, the setup ran flawlessly throughout the four day test period.
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Reviews 52638 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

VIA Hardware has posted their AMD Athlon XP 2600+ review

With the surprise launch of the 2600+, AMD has suddenly and aggressively re-positioned themselves to slug it out with Intel across the market. This new Thoroughbred core is everything the original wasn't—she's cool, she's fast, and is clocked almost twenty percent higher than her 2200+ sibling. Thoroughbred may have stumbled out of the gate, but she's exploding down the lane now; Northwood in her sights and fire in her eyes. Will the Pentium 4 retain its lead even under fire from this new, much improved competitor—or will AthlonXP reclaim its lost performance crown?
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