Jetway MiniQ 460B SFF PC Review - Installing the Hardware
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TheMiniQ was generally easy to work with. I first installed the CPU, a2.4GHz P4B, using the small packet of black thermal paste that camewith the MiniQ.
Here it is with the heatsink/fan installed.
Nextup was the RAM. I installed one 512mb stick of GeiL PC3200 Value RAM.This process was a little bit more difficult than installing the CPUbecause, with PSU in place, there was very little room to maneuver in.As you can plainly see, higher profile RAM probably won't fit in theMiniQ.
Also,with the RAM in place, it basically blocks off one entire side of theCPU heatsink. Not exactly the most intelligent design here.
I next installed an 80GB Seagate Barracuda hard drive.
The hard drive cage slides in and out and is secured to the case by one screw.
TheDVD drive is installed by simply sliding it in front above. It issecured by screws on both sides. This is the easiest component toinstall.
Thepower cables are conveniently pre-routed to their appropriate places,making it very easy to finish installing drives. IDE cables come in aseparate package.
hard drive connections
DVD ROM connections
Finally, the PCI and AGP slots are secured by a single metal plate screwed down at one end.
Before we head into the benchmarks and wrap this up, a quick note on the Phoenix Award BIOS of the MiniQ: There isFSB adjustment. However, you are forced to use a multiplier to attain aPCI clock, and the only available multipliers are 1/3 (for 100MHz fsb)and 1/4 (for 133MHz fsb). With just two multipliers it becomes verydifficult to overclock the fsb/CPU and maintain a safe ~33MHz PCI clockat the same time. There are also vcore and vdimm options, but withoutproper FSB adjustment, overclocking is not something you should expect from the MiniQ.
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