On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Dan Langille <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Thu, February 11, 2010 10:24 am, patpro wrote: > > > > by the way, more things to say: > > > > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:30:41 -0500, Dan Langille <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >>> I would probably go for a SuperWorkstation (www.supermicro.com), like > >>> this one for example: > >>> http://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/4U/7046/SYS-7046A-6.cfm > >>> It's more expensive, for sure, than a combo of Athena case / MSI board, > >>> but it surely rocks. > >> > >> From Newegg, it's $900 : > >> http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101241 > > > > that's not the same. NewEgg's one is the 7046A-T > > http://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/4U/7046/SYS-7046A-T.cfm > > > > > >>> As a cheaper alternative, you might want to consider buying a > > SuperMicro > >>> (or Tyan) motherboard to put into your Athena case. > >> > >> That may be an option, but if I did that, I don't think I'd be buying > >> the above board. > > > > and going for the athena case allows you to chose a quiet PSU... I've no > > idea about the real noise produced by SuperMicro workstation. I just know > > you surely don't want one of their 1U superserver in your house. > > Definitely not! Even though it'll be in the basement, it would still be > heard on the ground floor. > > FWIW, Supermicro markets this the SYS-5046A-XB as "Whisper Quiet > Workstation (27dB) with nVidia® SLI™ and ATI® CrossfireX ™ Technology > Support" As a cheap alternative, I have an Atom 330 motherboard which works great - and would certainly be sufficient for a home server. FreeBSD sees is as a 4-processor motherboard. Its low power consumption is a good candidate for a quiet case. You can get them for less than USD 100,- with processor in the USA (tax included). You just need to add memory and a disk for a complete system. For my benchmark: it compiles Openoffice in 6 to 7 hours :-) Not bad for a 20W motherboard... Cheers -- Olivier Gautherot [email protected] Cel:+56 98 730 9361 www.gautherot.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/ogautherot _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
