Soyo Mini Dragon 651: Old Fashioned Hi-Fi Charm, Not Yet Fully Mature

07:00 - Tuesday 22 July 2003 by Frank Völkel
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: the, mailman, has, arrived

Table of content:
17 – Soyo Mini Dragon 651: Old Fash...
  1. 1 – The First Car: A Motorized Carriage
  2. 2 – The First Car: A Motorized Carriage, Continued
  3. 3 – Common Features And Differences: ECS, MSI, Shuttle And Soyo
  4. 4 – Common Features And Differences: ECS, MSI, Shuttle And Soyo, Continued
  5. 5 – ECS EZ Buddie: Focus On The Speed Controller
  6. 6 – ECS EZ Buddie: Focus On The Speed Controller, Continued
  7. 7 – ECS EZ Buddie: Focus On The Speed Controller, Continued
  8. 8 – MSI Mega PC (Mega 651): A Living Room PC With Minor Defects
  9. 9 – MSI Mega PC (Mega 651): A Living Room PC With Minor Defects, Continued
  10. 10 – MSI Mega PC (Mega 651): A Living Room PC With Minor Defects, Continued
  11. 11 – MSI Mega PC (Mega 651): A Living Room PC With Minor Defects, Continued
  12. 12 – MSI Mega PC (Mega 651): A Living Room PC With Minor Defects, Continued
  13. 13 – MSI Mega PC (Mega 651): A Living Room PC With Minor Defects, Continued
  14. 14 – Shuttle XPC SB61G2: First-Class Equipment With Weaknesses
  15. 15 – Shuttle XPC SB61G2: First-Class Equipment With Weaknesses, Continued
  16. 16 – Shuttle XPC SB61G2: First-Class Equipment With Weaknesses, Continued
  17. 17 – Soyo Mini Dragon 651: Old Fashioned Hi-Fi Charm, Not Yet Fully Mature
  18. 18 – Soyo Mini Dragon 651: Old Fashioned Hi-Fi Charm, Not Yet Fully Mature, C...
  19. 19 – Soyo Mini Dragon 651: Old Fashioned Hi-Fi Charm, Not Yet Fully Mature, C...
  20. 20 – Test Configuration And Special Features
  21. 21 – OpenGL-Performance "Quake 3 Arena"
  22. 22 – DirectX 8 Games: 3D Mark 2001 SE
  23. 23 – Office-/Internet-Performance: Sysmark 2002
  24. 24 – Summary: Design Or Practical Value - No Barebone System Has It All

Soyo Mini Dragon 651: Old Fashioned Hi-Fi Charm, Not Yet Fully Mature

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A look at the two barebone housings from Soyo.

The components are installed in the main housing.

The processor is cooled by a special heat pipe.

Soyo is pursuing an interesting concept in splitting the barebone system into two housings. At first glance, this gives the impression of a mini hi-fi system. The housings are different in terms of construction height, but they can nevertheless be arranged next to or on top of each other. The flatter housing contains, in addition to the main board, the most important components for operation, whereas additional drives, such as a 3.5" hard disk, DVD/ CD ROM or floppy, are accommodated in the second frame. Data exchange is carried out with the main device using a USB 2 connection with the enclosed cable. As the test device is a pre-series sample, the booting procedure does not function via USB yet, so tests were carried out on the IDE connection. A notable feature is the legacy-free design, i.e., ISA interfaces, such as PS7S, are not provided for keyboard or mouse. The power supply for both housings is provided via an external power unit.


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