Internals II
ACHME's 200w mini-PSU is now famous in its own right. A number of users have strapped on power-hungry Radeon 97/9800s, hard drives, RAM modules and discrete PCI cards without issue. This XPC uses the 4-pin 12v connector as standard, so the 10A on the 12v rail is an absolute minimum.
A closer look at the socket area. Notice how the heatsink simply screws into position. With a shim guarding the fragile AMD core even novice users will not have to worry about inadvertent damage.
A gratuitous shot of two Realtek PHYs. Their job is to route the MCP-T's signals to the outside world. The 8201BL takes care of the 10/100 LAN and the 8801 can provide the routing signal for up to 3 1394A (FireWire) ports. Realtek's other star, the ALC650 6-channel CODEC, is never too far away from any Shuttle cube. It obliges us by being specified again.
Just a few differences in the I.C.E (Integrated Cooling Engine) cooling system that's been employed for some time now. AMD coolers screw into the motherboard and Intel XPC's I.C.E coolers using a holding clip. We prefer the AMD's system for ease of use. Each and every I.C.E cooler works from the heat-pipe principle, such that actual fan-assisted cooling is undertaken on the radiator-style section to the left.
Here is the fan in question. The bonus here is that its speed of rotation can be manually defined in BIOS.
