Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 12085 from 2003/5/22
From: Germany
> iPad5 points like a dual G5/1.8ghz
Yes, minator already mentioned this
in another thread.
> where do I plugin various SATA HDs?
I don't know about "various", but SATA isn't necessarily a problem any more:
https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=3&topic_id=7675&start=272
That was 4 months ago, so there's probably even more by now.
> can I fit a modern PCIe gfx card?
While there're various ARMv7 SoCs with integrated PCIe controller, I've yet to come across a board with ARMv7 SoC and PCIe slot.
> can I have an ATX board that beats or even emulates last QuadG5?
To
quote myself from this thread:
"
Today's fastest ARM CPUs are still slower than the PPC970 CPUs in most (i.e. 2.0+ GHz) G5 desktop machines."
> it should be easy to find a dozen of boards that can be
> bought in almost all european countries, right?
Right. You could try to start there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_single-board_computers#ARM_based