That Norco looks like a slick little box, but if you are comfortable with DIY (and, since you asked for components, I assume you are), I think you can do a lot better in regards to both price and performance by assembling yourself:
AMD 64 X2 4000+ Brisbane CPU and heatsink+fan - $50 Gigayte GA-MA69VM-S2 micro-ATX Motherboard w/integrated graphics and Gig Ethernet- $65 Antec Earthwatts 430W Power Supply - $50 Case - $50 to $100 Fans, cables, etc... - $0 to $40 Total: $215 to $305 Not required with the right case, but if you absolutely must have one, then add an AMS or StarTech four drive SATA hot-swap enclosure for the 5.25" bays for $100. Add 2GB of G.Skill DDR2-800 RAM for $45 and you can have a pretty solid setup. Norco advantages are compactness, an extra gig-E port, and additional SATA channels. Considering the processor, it is also probably more energy efficient. DIY advantages are cost, expandability (including the option to add another gig-E and more SATA channels to match the Norco, if needed), and increased performance. Of course, a lot of other components will get the job done equally as well. I just happened to help someone put together a server using these exact parts last week and it is performing wonderfully. Good luck. -- jsprag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jsprag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14437 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43916 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
