Soltek announces Qbic Mania SFF barebone series on EQ3901
This might be interesting to both fans of SFF barebones in general, and to those Soltek fans, in particular. The company made "cosmetic" changes to its QBIC EQ3901 series and named it "Qbic Mania":
- 330x215x200 mm size
- Front panel: 2 x 5.25", 2 x 3.5", 2 x USB 2.0/1.1, 1 x Mic-In, 1 x Line-Out, 1 x IEEE1394a, 1 x S/PDIF
- Back panel: 2 x Serial, 1 x Parallel, 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse, 4 x USB 2.0/1.1, 1 x Gigabit 10/100/1000 LAN, 1 x IEEE1394a, 1 x Line-In, 1 x Front-Out, 1 x Front Surround-Out, 1 x Center-Subwoofer-Out, 1 x Rear Surround-Out
- 300 W PSU
- SL-B9D-FGR motherboard, VIA K8T800 Pro + VT8237 chipset, AMD Socket 939 CPU, 1 GHz Hyper Transport FSB, 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM, up to 2 GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR 400/333/266; 1 x AGP 8X/4X, 1 x PCI, 2 x ATA133/100/66 IDE, 2 x Serial ATA
As for the Qbic Mania naming policy, model names are compiled like described below.
For example, EQ-3501-MA-R-30-LA stands for:
- E(I) – Excellent Qbic or Ideal Qbic, the former has advanced features, the latter basic features
- Q – Qbic series
- 3 (2) – 2 (1) x 5.25" bays, 1 x external 3.5"
- 8 (7/6/5/4) – CPU socket:
- 8 – K8
- 7 – K7
- 6 – P3/C3 (most likely, P-III)
- 5 – Intel 775
- 4 – P4 (Socket 478)
- System generation
- MA – Mania, in all model names
- Front panel color:
- D – black
- B – blue
- R – red
- Y – yellow
- PSU:
- 20 = 200 W
- 25 = 250 W
- 30 = 300 W
- Front panel type
- LN – no LED window
- LA – LED window
By the way, the classic barebone model is in our lab now, so a complete review will be available in the nearest future.
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