[Cialug] 1U rackmount PSU question

[David Champion]

... which is why several of us have just pointed out some pre-built 
rackmount systems. Especially in a 1U case, you're going to have all 
kinds of space & heat issues that you don't have to worry about in an 
ATX tower.

Calculate how much you're going to "save" by building your own system, 
add in your time to build it, and then your frustration when your 
heatsink doesn't fit, or it overheats.

The Dell 1U servers have a (very loud) fan system that blasts a large 
volume of air thru them, but they keep nice and cool. They have built-in 
video, dual gigabit ethernet. They have one PCI / PCI-X slot for 
expansion cards on a sideways riser card.

You can get a stripped down Dell server for about $1k. My sc1425 with 1 
2.8ghz xeon, 2 x 80gb SATA drives (using software raid) and 1gb ram was 
about $1300.

I'm not a salesperson for Dell, but I'm really happy with them. Of 
course, DW does resell Dell servers, he can give me a kickback if you 
buy one from him. :p

-dc

Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> You may also need a low-profile heatsink/fan combination depending upon what
> processor you are using.
> 
> -Nate
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Bailey [mailto:jcbailey@code0.net] 
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 3:56 PM
> To: cialug@cialug.org
> Subject: [Cialug] 1U rackmount PSU question
> 
> 
> 
> Well, I decided to just buy a case and recycle my old motherboard/ram that
> has been serving me well... I do have one question though. I'm trying to
> figure out what kind of PSU I can use. I know the 1U PSU is a different
> beast, but besides that, are they pretty standard? Here's what I'm looking
> at:
> 
> 
> 
> 1U case: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5199481144
> 
> Possible PSU: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5703075771
> 
> 
> Jon