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On Tue, 3 May 2011, Gibbs wrote:
On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 20:44 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote:However: Case: http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12789 £82 Mobo: http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=13021 £69.14 RAM: http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12224 £12.38 Total is: £163.52 + VAT = £196.25.LinITX looks pretty decent. Think I'll go down that root ;)
The mobo is out of stock - but FWIW: I've not used that case, but I have used this one recently for a client:
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12632it's a bit cheaper too, but out of stock, but if you're waiting on the mobo, then you might want to wait for that one too. I was quite impressed by it, but it was a bit fiddly to get all the cabling in the right place.
Don't forget the drives! Linitx have a limited stock, so I use Aria for other stuff.
Hm. Saying that, I've just checked and they've a much bigger selection than they used to have, so worth a look!
Be careful with the motherboard selection too - I'm not personally a fan of the Jetway ones - well, I bought one and it kept on giving me DMA errors of SATA transfers - and someone I know reported the same too, so maybe there's some weirdness there that the Windows driver copes with, but the Linux one doesn't - who knows.
For a home system, you're not usually after blistering speeds either, so no need to splash out of the latest & greatest, fastest, etc. drives and mobo - unless you want to! The newer Atom boards are in the 15 watt range too - budget 12 watts per drive and you ought to be well under 50 watts for the whole unit.
Gordon
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