ScienceMark 2.0, Pifast
ScienceMark 2.0 should offer up some answers. SFF systems aren't considered to be any less effective than full-size machines. It's a lack of drive-holding ability that separates it from its larger counterpart. Performance, as we've seen time and time again, is extremely similar.
Unsurprisingly, very similar to the comparison Shuttle XPC system. We've not yet tried running a 3.4GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition with the Mini Me, but we feel that its cooling ability has the capability to cope with near-100w output.
Another close call. Note the difference in bandwidth and latency between the Athlon 64 Model 3400+ desktop system and the two SFF systems. That's down to CPU design. Both systems, however, have speed in abundance.
63 seconds is what we expect from a Springdale-powered motherboard. EPoX claims to have a PAT-like addition. We found it impossible to invoke with pretested Corsair DIMMs, and the lack of complete voltage adjustment was no doubt a contributory factor. As always, SFF system shouldn't be thought of as a performance compromise. That's strictly not the case.
It's pretty tasty from a drive's standpoint, no doubt helped by Intel's ICH5.
