Re: New Mainboard.
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>> From: Weaver <weaver@riseup.net>
>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> Cc: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: New Mainboard.
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>>> Whether IDE or SATA, you'll get at least two. I myself prefer, for
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>>> expansion purposes, to have a 4 internal physical device option
>>> minimum.
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>> I'm finding quite a number of M-ATX boards with just the one primary IDE
>> channel.
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> Now that you mention it, I came across a number of micro boards like that
> when I was researching building a digital video recorder. Don't really
> need more than two devices--hard drive and DVD or Blu-ray burner. And the
> boxes the MB are designed to fit it won't hold anymore anyway.
I'm finding what they will fit into that space, amazing.
You could have the two internal HDDs if you used an external ROM.
* Model: PC-A04.
* Case Type: Mini Tower Chassis.
* Dimensions: (W) 188mm x (H) 386mm x (D) 460mm.
* Front bezel Material: Aluminium.
* Colour: Black.
* Side Panel: Aluminium.
* Body Material: Aluminium.
* Net Weight: 4.1KG.
* 5.25" drive bay (External): 2.
* 3.5" drive bay (External): None.
* 3.5" drive bay (Internal): 7.
* Expansion Slot: 4.
* Motherboard: Micro-ATX / Mini-ITX.
* System Fan (Front): 120mm Fan x 2.
* System Fan (Top): 120mm Fan x 1.
* System Fan (Rear): None.
* I/O Ports: USB3.0 x 1 / USB2.0 x 1 / e-SATA x 1 / HD Audio.
* 2.5" drive bay (Internal): 1.
* Maximum Video Card Length: 370mm.
You sacrifice a bit of that drive space if you need that sized Video Card,
because you have to remove the upper drive cage to fit it in, but there's
still more than two drive spaces.
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>>> It is rare that you'll find a micro-ATX board with more than 2 RAM
>>> slots [snip]
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>> Again, many of the M-ATX boards I'm looking at provide four slots and a
>> potential for 16 GB, with the ability to use 1800 Mh modules, so the
>> upgrade is no problem there.
>> I do more design and graphic work than photography, so that gives me
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>> leeway.
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> These days more RAM is more useful than more devices. If you can find a
> suitable board that has 4 RAM slots, that's the way to go. If you can
> find one with a 32GB maximum that would be, in my opinion, preferred.
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> Also, because of your type of work like mine, onboard graphics will
> probably not be enough. So, allow for a fast graphics card.
Restricted as to that, by finances, but definitely 'on the cards' a little
further down the track.
Cheers,
Weaver
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