Anybody have experience with any of the little Foxconn barebones?

[struggle4progress]

Build an intel dualcore for under $250 with (say) the R10-G3

[hobbit709]

1. Here's some customer reviews at newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=56-119-018&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo

I try to avoid Intel if possible, but that's me.

The G31 graphics suck. Can't use it for even medium gaming because the vertex pixel shading is software controlled not hardware.

[struggle4progress]

2. Yeah, I actually read through the newegg reviews before I posted here:

biggest complaint seems to be powerfan noise. Plus only one internal bay and only one memory slot. And the fsb is slow

I hadn't thought about graphics: this wouldn't be used for gaming but it needs to handle openGL well enough to run Stellarium