[geeks] VIA announces DIY low-power server kit

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2008, at 17:56 , Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> 
>> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>> See http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2336606,00.aap
>>>
>>> $300 for barebones chassis & CPU, space for two SATA drives and gigabit
>>> Ethernet...
>>>
>>
>> Great that it is so low-power, however I recently bought a 1U mini (half
>> depth, you can put 2 in 1U) SuperMicro chassis, dual-core CPU, 2GB RAM
>> and room for 2 SATA drives for $325 shipped.  It seems to use about
>> 70W-80W total, not bad for a rackmount.  Maybe the $300 price will drop
>> further ...
> 
> How is the decibel level on that one?
> 
Not bad actually, it has a CPU fan and a separate blower style fan,
however I think it could make do with just the CPU fan.  The board is
not very large, and it uses DDR-something RAM instead of the more
power-hungry FBDIMMs.

--Patrick