Review of the MSI Titan 700, one Via based barebone

Page 2 - External view

The box that we got puzzled us a lot. We knew the dimensions, but still seeing it and weighting it by hand we were surprised still. The box is quite compact and that at it being twice the size of the computer. Here is are the contents of the box – PSU, driver CD, stand for the computer and two manuals:

The Titan himself:

As you can tell from the pictures, this barebone is truly miniature, yet fully capable and functional computer:

Specification of the motherboard

Dimentions	Mini-ITX form factor, 170mmХ170mm
CPU	VIA C7D (V4 Bus) NanoBGA2 , 2.0GHz
Chipset	North bridge: VIA CN700; South bridge: VIA VT 8237R+
Memory	DDR-2 400/533 SDRAM (1GB Max); 1 DIMMs DDRII memory slot
LAN	Realtek RTL-8110SC LAN 1Gb
Audio	AC97 CODEC by VIA VT1618, 5.1-channel audio
IDE	Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133
SATA	Supports 2 SATAII 150MB/sec devices
DVI	VIA , VT 1632AG
TV-Out	S-Video output by VIA VT1622AG

Barebone specifications

Front panel	AC97 Mic-in x 1, Headphones jack x 1 , USB2.0 x 2
Rear panel	PS2 x 2 (1 keyboard,1 mouse), Serial port x 2, D-Sub15 VGA x 1, Mic-in x 1/ Line-in x 1 /Line-out x 1(5.1 channel), RJ45 LAN x1, USB2.0 x 2, TV Out x1, DVI x 1
PSU	60Watt adapter, Active PFC
Device slots	Supports NB Slim ODD x1 и 2.5" HDD (hidden)
Dimentions	70mm(H) x 185mm(W) x 240mm(D) (с панел) ; Volume: 3.1 litre

System configuration

ODD	slim type, SATA Supermulti DVD Dual RW
HDD	2.5", SATA HDD 120GB
DDR2	1GB DDR2, 533 MHz

Here is a short MSI guide for the both front and rear panel of Titan 700 (The MSI material shows their other model, differing only in the front panel):

Front panel:
1. Laptop optical disk drive
2. Button for opening/closing the ODD
3. Mic (pink)
4. Headphones (green)
5. USB ports
6. ON/OFF button
7. HDD indicator LED
8. Power indicator LED

Rear panel:
1. PS/2 mouse port (green)
2. PS/2 keyboard port (purple)
3. VGA port (D-Sub)
4. DVI port
5. USB ports
6. Serial ports
7. Line-in (blue)
8. Line-out (green)
9. Микрофон (pink)
10. Power in

And finally this is hoe the barebone looks like in vertical position and what hides behind its shiny mirror panels (it is here where we must say we didn't very much like the design of neither the front panel nor the stand – the pictures of the Titan 700 at the MSI website, in our point of view show much better design of both components):