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| 792654 | 2009-07-18 04:24:00 | I'm thinking of the case itself :) Edit: Does a MATX case take a standard size PSU? |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 792655 | 2009-07-18 04:25:00 | You could just use an MATX mobo in an ATX case.. | Blam (54) | ||
| 792656 | 2009-07-18 04:30:00 | You could just use an MATX mobo in an ATX case.. Haha, I could, but wouldn't that defeat the purpose of a small mobo? ;) |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 792657 | 2009-07-18 04:55:00 | OK, now considering a MATX case, seen as they take a standard size PSU (correct me if I'm wrong) and I can put hard drives in the 3.5" bays that face outwards. Case: ascent.co.nz Mobo: ascent.co.nz (the price seems to be very low to me! But it has the 3 year warranty) What do you guys think of those parts?? |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 792658 | 2009-07-18 05:24:00 | Haha, I could, but wouldn't that defeat the purpose of a small mobo? ;) No. The reason I recommend MATX over ATX is because it is cheaper! OK, now considering a MATX case, seen as they take a standard size PSU (correct me if I'm wrong) and I can put hard drives in the 3.5" bays that face outwards. Case: ascent.co.nz Mobo: ascent.co.nz (the price seems to be very low to me! But it has the 3 year warranty) What do you guys think of those parts?? Gigabyte case is good. I have the M3 myself and its pretty good, little noisy, so I replaced the fans. Mobo is fine, keep in mind it has a limit of 4gb Memory. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 792659 | 2009-07-18 06:21:00 | That size case / Motherboard combo is what I put in the last WHS I built. The Motherboard shown is close to the same ones I used previously - main difference is the audio Outputs. The cases I normally use are the Cool Master 332 (www.imagef1.net.nz) or 340 (www.imagef1.net.nz) ( micro Case). Mainly because the air flow is good, and they come with standard 120MM rear fan -- you can hardly hear them when running. The case fan is practically silent ( even with the side off the case) - any noise is from the CPU fan Cant remember how many drives the 340 Takes, but the 332 has slots for 5 but can expand out to more if you want. I dont use the PSU's that you can get with the cases, I order cases without PSU's from my supplier, and install either Antec or Corsair. You wont need 4 GB of RAM -- As Blam pointed out before thats an over kill in specs. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 792660 | 2009-07-18 20:33:00 | my fileserver is an old 1.6ghz sktA sempron 1.25GB running server2003, will be 256MB when i move to FreeNAS a 4port Sata PCI card a GbE PCI card and several harddrives, 1.5, 750, 500, 250, planning on getting another 1.5TB. 400W psu. 4GB of ram would be excessive overkill. for a simple fileserver it works nicely. i also download my torrents on it using utorrent 1.9 |
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