Suggestions for cheapish fanless PC?

[phil2004]

I've been looking around for a cheapish fanless PC that may be used as a router or just to tinker around with. On the router side of things I'd prefer it to come with dual gigabit LAN ports and for the CPU to have AES acceleration, and I'd also prefer an Intel CPU - also small size. I suppose my budget for a PC sans memory and a hard drive is around $220 and I'm based in the UK.

I've been looking at the fanless PCs on this site, so perhaps my preferred price range is unrealistic. Suggestions for the lowest priced box that meets my requirements welcome - thanks in advance.

 

[mfenn]

Since you're located in the UK and will presumably be buying parts from there, then it's useful to give your budget in GBP.

The closest thing to what you want would be a Bay Trail-D board like the GA-J1900N-D3V.

GA-J1900N-D3V £75
Corsair DDR3 1333 SO-DIMM 4GB £34
Antec ISK300-150 £74
Kinston SSDNow V300 64GB £35
Total w/ RAM and storage: £218

That's over your budget by a bit, but does include memory and storage. It's not as tiny as one of those mini-box's, but it is pretty small while still being expandable and built on standard parts.

 

[lynna]

I think you can find what you're looking for if you will just keep on looking online. It's not that unrealistic though but for sure you'll find a good deal for it. Good luck to you. Hope your budget will be enough.