Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:36:40 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building a file server for home Message-ID: <20100215183640.GK64395@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <4B798178.6050707@langille.org> References: <4B737401.5080105@langille.org> <4B798178.6050707@langille.org>
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Just for a few other random ideas... On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:16:40PM -0500 I heard the voice of Dan Langille, and lo! it spake thus: > > I was recently told about Lian Lia cases, which I think are great. Lian Li are nice cases. I had one around my previous workstation and had no real complaints. However, my current (and preferred) is an older version of CalPC's full tower case: <http://www.calpc.com/catalog/full_tower.html>. It's big, it's heavy, it's steel, it's spacious, it's not excessively pretty... but it's solid. My drives aren't in hot-swap racks, I use some of the (again CalPC) 2-bay/3-drive bay coolers with 80mm fans on the front. They also have 3-bay/5-drive coolers that will take 120mm fans that aren't listed on their website; I'd prefer that for more air and lower noise, I just had these 2-bay on hand (I've been using gobs of them for more than 10 years; cool drives are happy drives!). Tell 'em I sent you; it won't do any good, but maybe it'll get me a few bucks off next time I order stuff 8-} > 2. Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W PSU $80 I always just reflexively buy PC Power & Cooling power supplies. The Silencer 610 <http://www.pcpower.com/power-supply/silencer-610-eps12v.html>; would be the equivalent to your choice there. Probably costs a few bucks more. They put out lots of very well-regulated power, age well, they're quiet sound-wise, and (important to those of us who play with MHz that aren't in a computer) quiet RF-wise too. I don't actually know how the Antec compares in output cleanliness; maybe it's as good. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.
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