Hi All, I know this is a little something of a tall order, but I am looking to replace my aging SMP system with a dual, dual-core Opteron system (probably Opteron 265s). Noise level is a primary concern because our apartment is very small.
I recognize that this is quite a constraint, but then that's what makes it interesting. The box will primarily be a server but may also run MythTV. (Just to make it *really* interesting.) I was thinking about using a ZMAX DP system, which is supposed to be Dual-core ready (or so I've read), but then I have heard that the ZMAX units run more around 50 db (more than the 38db on the ZMAX specs). Plus, there's not much room for upgrading and I would be forced to use USB network dongles... etc. And, I would prefer to use stock kernel or experimental drivers -- I don't want to have to use binary nVidia drivers. Is nForce3 fully supported without the binary drivers? Then I started thinking about using a K8T Master2 Far-7 board because it is only standard ATX and seeing if I could get that board into a Sonata II case... but I'm not sure if that is even possible and, once again, I can't seem to find a lot of specs about it or people who have tried. Does anyone have experience with a working dual, dual-core opteron system that is less than full-tower size and relatively quiet? Or even a quiet-but-full-tower machine? If anyone has experience with the ZMAX unit and can speak to its noise level (especially with dual core chips) that would be great too. I figured that even if you guys didn't know these pieces of hardware specifically, the peanut gallery would at least have opinions about the best way to make a quiet dual dual-opteron server. Thanks, Peter -- Peter A. H. Peterson, technician and musician. ---=[ http://tastytronic.net/~pedro/ ]=--- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
