Zotac ZBOX ID13-B Atom D525 Barebone

A good cheap divece

Perfect piece of kit

It's small, light, virtually silent, draws considerably less electricity than a regular computer, and can be set up without a screwdriver (3 thumbscrews in total). The VESA mount is a nice touch as well: you can easily and securely attach it to the...

Won't accept a 4GB sodimm as shipped. 2GB is fine, however. The case cover feels a little "snappy" coming off and going on. Inexplicably, it comes with a drivers CDROM (eh?!).

Small Cheap Makes an excellent micro-server running Linux.

Not as quiet as it could be eSATA port does not support multiple drive enclosures. Not that fast Fairly weak onboard graphics. Uses separate power brick.

Self contained, minimal setup.

Excellent little box, runs almost silently and handles MediaPortal fine with good quality display

Dirt cheap for a board that can take 4Gb of DDR3. My main storage is on my NAS, so limited available space for drive (one 2.5" slot) is no issue for me. You won't get stutter-free 1080p video out of this box, but 720p performance is fine. If you wanted...

Be VERY sure you get a compatible memory module. I tried three makes before I found one that worked. Using the VESA mount is more trouble than it's worth. Really hard to reach the power button and to plug in USB leads. I went with the vertical desktop...