Asus Pundit P1-AH2 Barebone System
Manufacturer: Asus Part number: P1-AH2
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- Description:
- The Pundit P1-AH2 is large on style and multimedia power, yet takes up little space. The P1-AH2 leveraged a host of industry-leading specifications for building an all around multimedia powerhouse. When space is at a premium, the P1-AH2 will also be the most fitting fine works for your precious desk real estate.
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User reviews
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great little barebones
by ramarc on June 6, 2008
Pros: easy to assemble
Cons: way to bright led
Summary: add a cpu, ram, hard drive, and dvd drive for a perfect home theater pc. very cool looking. it includes dvi and vga so using it with a monitor or ...
Summary: add a cpu, ram, hard drive, and dvd drive for a perfect home theater pc. very cool looking. it includes dvi and vga so using it with a monitor or a tv is simple.
cools adequately and is pretty quiet (when cool-and-quiet is enabled). amd processors don't match intel for performance, but they're perfectly fine for all but the most demanding user.
the led bar is ridiculously bright and bathes the whole room in an erie blue hue. but it can be unplugged easily. -
Great design / easy assembly - ASUS again is on the right track
by shsdarwin on June 20, 2007
Pros: Good performer / quiet / ideal for media centre setup.
Cons: Optical audio out only at front of system
Summary: We ordered one of these systems merely to test it's viability as a custom built media centre.
Our test configuration:
4800+ AMD CPU
250GB sata hdd
1024mb DDR2 533...Summary: We ordered one of these systems merely to test it's viability as a custom built media centre.
Our test configuration:
4800+ AMD CPU
250GB sata hdd
1024mb DDR2 533
54G PCI WLAN
Pinnacle Dual HD DVB tuner
First observations:
The case comes very well packed and after unpacking we couldn't help but be impressed by the sleek / simple design of the case. This would look great in any room of the house! The only two minor point we could find where the optical output location (under the front panel and no optical out on the back), and we would've really liked the front panel to be made of brushed alluminium instead of plastic.
That having been said, it has all the nescessary ports and connections and has both a DVI and an RGB video output even though it is powered by nVidia's GeForce 6150 onboard graphics. Straight away this tells us that this was never going to be a top of the line gaming system, but it still provides this little system with plenty of grunt on the graphics side for day to day multimedia apps. They even managed to include both a mini firewire and a standard firewire port on the front of this little beauty.
The assembly of this system is very well thought out and one of the very first things you'll notice is the sheer weight of the case. Even without the harddrive/optical/cpu/ram installed this thing weighs a tonne! Clearly ASUS is not skimping on the build quality. The instructions for assembly are quite clear and the CPU fan assembly provided with the case is easily removed by undoing two screws. After installing the nescessary parts to make this system go we installed Windows XP Pro SP2 on the system (any sold systems would have either Vista Home premium or XP Media Centre on it). After installation we ran the driver disc and installed the excellent (if somewhat limited in options) Recover Pro which comes with this system.
Al this installed without any problems and our system was ready for the testing. As per our policy, we made sure we had the latest version of all available drivers and bios installed before we gave this system a nice workout.
What we noticed first up was how quiet this system runs even when under full load. The controlling of the fan speed is obviously managed wuite efficiently and the design of the case allows for sufficient airflow.
On a whole this system ran beatifully and on par with other systems of a similair configuration, although it didn't set any speed records.
We really had to search hard to find any negatives with this product and the only thing holding us back from giving it a full 10/10 rating are the lack of an optical out on the back of the system and the plastic front on an otherwise solidly built system. To top it all off, this barebones case is priced very competitively. Well done ASUS, you have a yourself a winner here.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Asus
- Part number: P1-AH2
- Description: The Pundit P1-AH2 is large on style and multimedia power, yet takes up little space. The P1-AH2 leveraged a host of industry-leading specifications for building an all around multimedia powerhouse. When space is at a premium, the P1-AH2 will also be the most fitting fine works for your precious desk real estate.
General
- Type PC barebone
- Product Form Factor Tower
- Width 3.6 in
- Depth 10.8 in
- Height 14.1 in
Processor
- Type No CPU
- 64-bit processor Yes
- Max processors supported 1
- Upgradability Upgradable
Mainboard
- Mainboard processor socket Socket AM2
- Chipset type NVIDIA GeForce 6150 / nForce 430
- Data bus speed 1000 MHz
RAM
- Installed Size 0 MB / 2 GB (max)
- Technology DDR2 SDRAM
- RAM form factor DIMM 240-pin
- RAM features Two DDR channels
Storage Controller
- Type 1 x Serial ATA - Integrated
- Controller interface type Serial ATA-300
- Storage controller interface channel qty 2
Storage Controller (2nd)
- Type 1 x IDE - Integrated
- (2nd) storage controller interface type ATA-133
- :Controller Interface Type:Channel Qty 1
Storage
- Floppy drive type None
- Hard Drive None.
- Hard Drive (2nd) None
- Hard Drive (3rd) None
Optical Storage
- Type None
Optical Storage (2nd)
- Type None
Storage Removable
- Type None
Monitor
- Monitor Type None.
Multimedia Functionality
- TV tuner type None
Graphics Controller
- Type Integrated
- Graphics Processor / Vendor nVidia GeForce 6150
- Video Memory Shared video memory (UMA)
- Digital Video Standard Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
Audio Output
- Type Sound card - Integrated
- Sound output mode 5.1 channel surround
- Audio output compliant standards Digital Theater Systems (DTS)
Audio Input
- Type None
Telecom
- Modem None
Networking
- Networking Network adapter - Integrated
- Data Link Protocol Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Printer
- Type None
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays Total (Free) 1 ( 1 ) x Front accessible - 5.25", 1 ( 1 ) x Internal - 3.5"
- Expansion Slots Total (Free) 1 ( 1 ) x Memory Stick, 1 ( 1 ) x SD Memory Card, 1 ( 1 ) x CompactFlash Card, 2 ( 2 ) x PCI, 1 ( 1 ) x Processor - Socket AM2, 2 ( 2 ) x Memory - DIMM 240-pin
- Interfaces 1 x Audio - Line-out - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x Display / video - DVI-Digital - 24 pin digital DVI, 1 x Keyboard - Generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style), 1 x Display / video - Composite video output - RCA, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 6 pin FireWire ( 1 in front ), 2 x Microphone - Input - Mini-phone 3.5 mm ( 1 in front ), 1 x Headphones - Output - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm ( 1 in front ), 1 x Display / video - S-video output - 4 pin mini-DIN, 4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A ( 2 in front ), 1 x Audio - Line-in - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 4 pin FireWire ( 1 in front ), 1 x Parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25), 1 x Mouse - Generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style), 1 x Serial - RS-232 - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9), 1 x Network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45, 1 x Display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
Miscellaneous
- Included Accessories Processor cooler
- Features Power Factor Correction (PFC)
Power
- Power device type Power supply
- Power provided 250 Watt
Card Reader
- Card reader Card reader
- Supported flash memory cards MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, CompactFlash Card, SD Memory Card
Manufacturer info
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- Website: http://www.asus.com/
- Address:
44370 Nobel Drive, Fremont, CA 94538 - Phone: +1-510-739-3777
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