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A fair while since its original post, Logic Supply has pubished its second review of the Chenbro ES34069 Mini-ITX PC case, paired with the Gigabyte GA-6KIEH-RH Mini-ITX motherboard.

Although no formal or extended test results were conducted, the reviewer was pleased with the system:

After my (admittedly small) battery of real-world tests, I can conclude that this system really can make an excellent small form factor NAS, HTPC, or media server. The GME965 platform on the Gigabyte 6KIEH mainboard is more than capable of handling HD video and DVD playback, and the system kept within a reasonable operating temperature during its overnight CPU burn in an enclosed box.

The Chenbro ES34069 Mini-ITX PC case supports 4 x hot-swap 3.5″ SATA disk bay, an internal 2.5 disk bay, a slimline optical drive bay anda SD/Mini-SD/MMC/MS card reader in a compact format (d x w x h: 10.24″ x 5.51″ x 10.24″ or 260mm x 140mm x 260mm).

The Gigabyte GA-6KIEH-RH Mini-ITX motherboard supports Intel mobile CPUs and features an impressive 5 SATA ports, 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports and the most comprehensive set of video output ports - DVI, HDMI, Component/YPbPr.

GA-6KIEH-RH Specifications:

• CPU: Socket P, supports Intel Core 2 Duo & Celeron M processors
• Chipset: Intel GME965 + ICH8M
• RAM: 2 x 240-pin DIMM, up to 4 GB of DDR2 533/667 RAM
• Expansion Slots: 1 x PCI slot, 1 x MiniPCI slot, 1 x MiniPCIe slot
• Display: Intel GMA X3100 Integrated Graphics, 1 x  VGA output, 1 x DVI output, 1 x YPbPr
• Audio: 5.1 Channel HD Audio, 1 x SPDIF Out (Coaxial)
• Storage: 1 x IDE port, 5 x SATA2 ports, 1 x CF
• LAN: 1 x Intel 82566DC Gigabit, 1 x Intel 82573L Gigabit
• USB: 8 x USB 2.0 (4x rear panel, 4x internal)
• I/O: 2 x serial

This is a good combination of case and board for who wants to build a compact home server or HTPC with ample storage and comprehensive features.

Read the full article here.

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