Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] 1U" music PCs
From: RTaylor (ricktaylor_AT_speakeasy.net)
Date: Wed Feb 25 2004 - 21:00:42 EET
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:55:19 -0800
Mark Knecht <mknecht_AT_controlnet.com> wrote:
> Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> > Mark Knecht wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> 2) Be sure on this one that you like the motherboard in the box. It
> >> doesn't look like a normal PC MB but something considerably smaller.
> >> Not sure if you can replace that one very easily.
> >>
> >
> > Looks like a micro atx mobo. They are standard and what I use in my
> > portable.
> >
> > http://www.boosthardware.com/specs/rigs/Rua.html
> >
>
> Sorry. Yes of course it's a standard motherboard. (Or I think it is.)
>
> I was really referring to the idea that if someone bought one fo these
> machines and then had performance problems and wanted to put another MB
> in the box they would find themselves limited by the MBs in that form
> factor. (I.e. - what processor speeds, how much memory, etc.) It's not
> as open as the more standard desktop size in this case.
Search on micro atx here... there's several.
It seems like most manufacturers make one.
> The deeper 1U case will take the standard bigger MB with the
> disadvantage of being deeper. You can also get either a 2U or 3U rack
> mount case that will take a standard larger MB (I forget what that MB is
> called) and you can do water cooling in 2U and 3U so the machine is fine
> for a studio but not so portable.
>
> Lots of options!
>
> - Mark
>
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