[geeks] Via PC-1

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
>Date: 2008/02/28 Thu PM 09:37:01 CST
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Via PC-1

>On Feb 28, 2008, at 10:21 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
<snip>

>> MicroCenter has a nice IDE -> CF card adapter for about $12[0], it  
>> fits in the IDE socket on the MB/controller card, and Circuit City  
>> has a nice sale on 400 Gig SATA II drives ($70/each, no rebate,  
>> IIRC). At $work-1 we used to boot off USB keys attached to the USB  
>> 2.0 headers on the MB for certain applications, all you needed was  
>> a back panel USB adapter and remove the back plate[1]
>
>At work I have an Emphase module.  I haven't had time to try it yet,  
>but they claim it is a lot faster than regular CF.  Plus, it sticks  
>straight into the IDE port on the motherboard rather than requiring a  
>carrier to be mounted elsewhere and an IDE cable.  For larger sizes,  
>the Emphase modules are competitively priced to CF cards.

MicroCenter.com has a unit that plugs into the motherboard header as well as 
on the IDE cable, I just couldn't find the link. They have them in the store - 
have you been to the store in St. Davids?

>I did not know about the current Circuit City sale.  I may have to  
>take advantage of that.

I WAS WRONG - it is Staples that is having the sale:

http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesCategoryDisplay?
PID=683153&jspStoreDir=Staples&catalogId=10051&interceptedCatEntryId=212391&id
entifier=BI49486&cm_mmc=CJ-_-affiliate-_-feed-_-listing&langId=-
1&cm_pla=683153&AID=10422268&cm_cat=664734&cm_ven=CJ&storeId=10001&ddkey=Stapl
esProductDisplay

The sale is through March 8th, and involves use of a coupon that *may* limit 
qty, not sure, didn't try it...

>> I know I am flogging an ailing horse, but I like the D201GLY2 for  
>> similar applications (2x SATA 150 MB/sec, IDE, 1.2 GHz Celeron  
>> (Conroe) CPU that supports 64 bit OS and 512K cache)[2] for about  
>> $70 (same as the list on the PC-1 board), but I don't have a  
>> factual basis for my preference. I'd like a small "micro" desktop  
>> case for my Intel MBs, I've seen them, but I can't find them now  
>> (somewhere on Newegg - my temp wish lists are gone/on another PC)...
>
>The LY2 supports 64bit mode?  I must have missed that.  That would  
>significantly change my opinion of it.

The D201GLY2 board uses a more recent CPU core that supports x64 and has two 
included SATA ports (the previous version didn't support 64 bit execution or 
SATA). There is a second for of the board that has a fan on the CPU heatsink 
(D201GLY2A, IIRC). Not sure how tall they are for 1U applications, the 
original MB included a CPU heatsink that was too tall for 1U cases...

<snip>

>I have nothing against the LY2, I just thought this looked cooler.   
>Plus you offered a used PC-1 up for sale, and you didn't offer a used  
>LY2 up for sale. ;)

Yeah, well... I haven't actually put my D201GLY2 in a case yet and fire it up, 
I will this weekend.

Lionel