MSI 6676-001BUS Intel Atom D510 (1.66GHz, dual-core) Intel NM10 Intel GMA 3150 Barebone

Simple to build ; Low power consumption

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Everything SEEMS like it should work. The case is a good size and well constructed

This unit was DOA. No video output. Set me back an hour of hardware installation, a week and a half of time to return and get a new one, and $12 to RMA. So much for quality control

System was very easy to assemble. Dropped in a SATA drive and memory and the system was booted from a USB memory drive. Shipping and delivery from Newegg was outstanding--as usual

Does not work with Fedora 14 or Ubuntu 10.10 out of the box. I did install Ubuntu 09.04 and did upgrades until I reached Ubuntu 10.10 with a newer kernel. At that point the system hangs on boot with an intel-agpart error. Linux 2.6.32 kernels work well...

easy to set up and modify, great for a home file-server, basic pc. I already had a few memory modules from my old macbook pro - worked beautifully

has an antenna for wireless, but no wireless card - buyer beware. newegg only has two wireless cards for that fit this slot (pci-express mini half), and the board requires a special screw in order to hold the card in. needless to say, neither this MSI...

small ; low power ; easy linux install

vga only (minor quibble because I set it up as a server)

Robust quality of construction ; Easiest build you can imagine (drive cage is easy to remove and there's plenty of space for hands and fingers to work inside the case) ; Takes a 3.5in HDD make it very cost effective as a single-drive 1TB or higher NAS...

By default the BIOS tries to boot first via the Ethernet connection (but this is easy to switch off) ; No DVI or HDMI out ; No eSATA connection

I was on my way out of a local retailer after returning a NAS that didn't work out and cam across this little Gem! A snappy little box with plenty of I/O to make a Windows Home Server. It even worked with my existing RAM, drives and wireless card!...

While it is well built, the box has little soundproofing, so my noisy HD rattles a bit. (oh well) Still a great use of older components

I installed Ubuntu 10.04 on it and that works fine. However, I ran into the following issues ; 1. Tried booting off a USB stick to install Ubuntu 10.04, that did not work. (I have used the same USB stick on my Lenovo T61 laptop and that boots fine) ;...

There is a typo in the memory specs from NewEgg for this bare-bone system. You can only use DDR2 800 or 667. You CANNOT use 533 (the motherboard won't POST) ; I found out the hard way by ordering a 1 GB 533 module and thought the motherboard was bad. I...

Low power consumption, pretty quiet, "just works". The 4GB memory limit is a big step up from the previous model

plastic front of case sometimes a little fiddly to install