On 6/15/07, Ian Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Alec Muffett wrote: > 2) I've considered pivot-root solutions based around a USB stick or > drive; cute, but I want a single tower box and no "dongles"
You could buy a laptop disk, or mount one of these on the motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822998003 with a card like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820214113 for about $20.
A good alternative is a smaller case with 6 bays and two 5 way SuperMicro cages. Better for space and drive cooling.
Interesting in this regard is the yy-0221: http://www.directron.com/yy0221bk.html with 10 3.5" bays (well-cooled, too - fans mounted in front of 8 of them) and 6 5.25" bays. This doesn't leave much room for a power supply, unfortunately - the Supermicro bays are almost 10" deep, and the case is only 18" deep. I'll measure when I get home, but suffice it to say that the Enermax EG651P-VE I have in mine (at 140mm deep, if the manufacturer specs are correct) is a little on the tight side. But powerful PSUs aren't necessarily any deeper - the Silverstone OP750, for example, is only 150mm, which I think would fit fine.
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