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Articles: Editorial
X-bit labs CeBIT 2005 Coverage: Day 7 (page 8)Category: Editorial by Anton Shilov [ 03/24/2005 | 04:56 PM ] Biostar iDEQ: When Style Meets PerformanceSince the introduction of the first cube-like PC barebone in 2001 and rapid jump of numerous Taiwan companies in the bandwagon in 2002 one thing has changed on the market: in the consumer-oriented PC barebone business the challenge now is not only for the visual attraction of such computers, but for their performance, usability and additional capabilities probably with a blend of trendy digital home concept. These days few will buy just a small and good-looking PC, but will get something which complies to their needs well: either in terms of high performance, additional feature-set or any other specific needs. The market became broad and has started to address different types of usage models. Biostar’s new iDEQ barebones also come in two variations: one is stylish, another is high-performance.
iDEQ 330P barebone is powered by NVIDIA’s nForce4 chipset that sports AMD Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 FX processors with dual-channel memory controller. Additionally, the model 330P PCI Express x16, PCI and miniPCI expansion slots, Serial ATA-150 support, 7.1 channel audio, Gigabit Ethernet, built-in card-reader and other capabilities.
It is interesting to note that the concept of iDEQ330P’s cooling solution resembles that of BTX systems: the cool air taken from outside of the case cools down the processor and core-logic at the same time and is exhausted from the backside.
iDEQ 210P is not as powerful as iDEQ 330P, but is smaller and looks generally more fashionable. The barebone is based on the nForce3 250Gb core-logic, support Socket 754 processors, such as AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Sempron, with single-channel memory controller. iDEQ 210P has AGP 8x, PCI and miniPCI expansion slots, Serial ATA-150 support, 5.1 channel audio, Gigabit Ethernet, built-in card-reader and other features. In addition to AMD64 PC barebones Biostar offers small form-factor systems for processors from Intel Corp.<%BANNER[banner_468x30]%>
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