Soyo
The 'pride of place’ on the Soyo stand was their 'Mini Dragon' system. This is a tiny Sis 651/962 P4 based system. It offers onboard everything & even has a 4x AGP slot. Add to that stealthed drive bay & front connections and you sure got a neat little system, in white, black or silver.
A couple of neat things can be noted about the 'mini Dragon': - It has an external PSU. This offers cooler running for the machine & allows the thing to be small. The CPU is cooled by drawing air in through the side of the case, along an internal funnel, over the CPU & then out of the back of the case.
The external PSU actually looks like the same 200W Acme unit used in the Shuttle XPC's - but they've covered it in some black painted metal & then put some black 'wire wrap around the cables from the PSU to the case. This bit doesn't look very attractive, I have to say. After the effort that went into the machine itself, it's a bit of a shame....
The machine itself seemed like it should be reasonably quiet. But as all us Shuttle XPC owners with Acme PSU's know - the PSU is not one of the quietest around....
