[OT] Small Form Factor PCs
Dale Sykora
dalen at czexan.net
Sun Jun 27 03:12:11 UTC 2004
Robert Locke wrote:
> I know this is a bit off-topic, but y'all seem to have good advice so
> thought I might throw this out there....
>
> I have been trying to do some research on Small Form Factor PCs and seem
> to have located three manufacturers that seem to meet my needs:
>
> Biostar IDEQ 200 (www.biostar-usa.com)
> Shuttle XPC (www.shuttle.com)
> Little PC LP401 (www.littlepc.com)
>
> My question pretty much boils down to see if anyone has worked with or
> has an opinion on any of these.
>
> My basic desire is to set up a SFF file server for the various household
> PCs to connect to. My requirements are pretty much that it be able to
> house a 200GB+ HD and have it run Linux.... I also am looking to have
> something that will be lower power consumption.....
>
> Any advice?? And any suggestions on retailers for any of these??
>
> TIA,
>
> --Rob
Robert,
Make sure you have adequate cooling. I had thermal problems with a
Compaq SFF and a Seagate 80GB drive that showed up as drive errors in
/var/log/messages . You might want to consider getting an older laptop
or a cheap one with a broken display. You could add your 200GB drive
with an external usb box.
Thanks,
Dale
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