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Old 2nd November, 2001, 06:23 AM
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Full tower or Rackmount?
Ok, i got in a HUGE argument with an technician associate who thinks i know NOTHING about cooling! LOL! #@$$#!!$1 HIM!
I think that depending on fans- and space issues that full towers can cool quite efficiantly, he belives that only rackmounts cool the best. This is for a dual P4 xeon 2gig, raid 5, and such! yesh!

The rack that i have wont fit a rackmout anyways, hehehehe either way, i win! hehehehe
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Old 3rd November, 2001, 09:49 PM
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Rackmounted components have always looked kewl. Anyone know if it's possible to by a 19" rackmount "frame" that's intended for stereo and other more "consumer" oriented gear, and then use it for PC stuff?

The prices for 1U and 3U boxes that accept PC components locally available are beyond ridiculous.

As to cooling, the built-in fannage in rackmount boxes that I've seen is...well, it might as well not even be there. Perhaps the space constraints make it very difficult to accommodate REAL fans?

Can a convincing argument be made for using rackmount form factor if space constraints don't mandate it? Leaving vanity out of the argument.
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Old 4th November, 2001, 05:38 AM
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Well, first off- this is a 5u rackmount- holding (1) 120mm front input, the (2) 80mm ones infront of the hotswappable hardrives, (2) 120mm infront of the processors , (2) 80 mm outputs, and (2) 92mm redundant p.s. fans-

The other problem is that my rack is short in the server fits- but nothing can plug in to ittttt!!!!!!!!
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Rackmounted components have always looked kewl. Anyone know if it's possible to by a 19" rackmount "frame" that's intended for stereo and other more "consumer" oriented gear, and then use it for PC stuff?

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Oh, and yes it is-- i set my school up with pro tools and a heck of alota sound equip on a rack a while ago!


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have you seen OCMojos rackmount?
IMHO, his has better cooling than my Full tower
but thats only because he has peltiers and like watercooling etc.
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anything can be well cooled! a rackmount is more or less a sideways tower afterall!

talking of which what happened to the old "desktop" style cases?
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Cloasters, for rack mount systems they just turn the A/C way down in the room.
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I'm the only person allowed to necro post here, move along nothing to see...
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Now look what you've done! You've awakened the phantom necro! *sigh*
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what is this necro thing? id dont understand?
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