Computex 2004, Day One
Computex, Taipei, Taiwan, 1 June 2004

Computex 2004, Taipei, Taiwan. Today we're bringing you more pictures of VIA's first CN400 motherboard, the EPIA SP, Commell's forthcoming LV-672 industrial Mini-ITX motherboard with PCI Express, and some interesting small form factor devices from Lex.

EPIA SP8000E		..2..		..3..		..4

The EPIA SP8000 is the 800Mhz fanless Eden CPU variant of VIA's first CN400 Mini-ITX motherboard, due in around a couple of months. Here are a few pictures, showing the new heatsink design.

Commell LV-672		..at an angle		Lex range		Lex SV823A

Commell showed us a late prototype of their Intel chipset LV-672 motherboard, laden with features including PCI Express, dual 1GBit ethernet and 4 serial ATA ports.

Lex "Neo" case for Light form factor		Passively cooled 1Ghz in Neo		"Twister" case with 16 video inputs!		Lex surveillance software

Lex were showing their full range, including two new cases, the Neo and the Twister - designed for their "Light" or Mini Flex ATX form factor (150 x 200mm, with 9 variants in their current range). Light can be considered a close cousin of Mini-ITX, most featuring VIA CLE266 chipsets and using C3 or Eden processors. The Neo cases measure 50 x 275 x 172mm, whereas Twisters measure 75 x 300 x 173mm, and support a PCI slot. We liked their SV823A board, designed for surveillance use - available with either 4 or 16 BNC video inputs, courtesy of the Conexant BT878A chipset.