There is no denying that Shuttle is currently king when it comes to small form factor PCs. During the last couple of years, ever-since Shuttle started making the XPC, they have been putting most of their resources in improving this little box which puts them at a big advantage. Sure, there are other good small factor form PCs like the one by Soltek, however, they’re more of an XPC clone than anything else.
To beat Shuttle, something more than what an XPC is capable of has to be designed- something more functional, maybe more expandable and possibly better looking. And MSI is planning on doing just that. Today, we have their MegaPC with us that stands for MSI Entertainment and Gaming Appliance. As the name suggests, they don’t just want their MegaPC to be a PC- instead, they want it to be the center of your living room. Lets find out how well MSI's efforts measure up.
CPU:
Socket 478 Intel® Pentium® 4 FSB 533/400MHz
Chipset:
Chipest SiS® 651 + SiS® 962
Memory:
Two 184-pin DIMM sockets supporting DDR333/266/200 Max 2.0 GB
Audio:
Built-in AC97 Digital Audio(Realtek ALC650) 6-channel output supporting SPDIF
2 x PS/2, 1 x Serial, 1 x Parallel, 1 x Media, 4 x USB, 2 x Firewire, 1 x RJ-45, 1 x Modem. 1 x VGA
Expansion Slots:
1 x AGP, 1 x PCI
Additional Features:
On-board IEEE1394 On-board VGA Integrated VGA Engine in NB chipset On-board RealTek RTL8101L Fast Ethernet Controller Card Reader Function 6-in-1 Flash Card Reader TV Tuner Function MS-8606 TV Tuner Card (Optional) Power off Function Playback for MP3, Audio CD, AM/FM Radio Tuner (Remote Controller)
Form Factor:
Chassis 202(W) x 320(D) x 151(H) mm Packing Dimension 279(W) x 435(D) x 360(H) mm
