[clue-talk] small form factor PCs

[erik at ezolan.com]

> For those of you who like small form factor PCs, this might be of
> interest.
>
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/makeprojects/?CMP=ILC-GG7423313304&ATT=makeprojects

Huh. I never thought they'd make a book on this subject. I think I'll put
it on my Christmas
list.

I want to upgrade my desktop PC and my linux box into something that takes
up much less
space. The only restrictions being:
a: I still need my PCI-X video card for my desktop PC.
b: I don't want to make them so small that the only fans that will fit in
them are the small,
loud ones.

Ideally, I'd like to have my linux box passively cooled. But going
complely fanless is far
more difficult than having a 120mm fan running at it's lowest setting.

And I still have my passive cooling tower, which I can hook up to the
desktop box once I get
the proper brackets for it. Man, I bought that thing when Intel's strategy
was "More Mhz!
More heat!" but these new die sizes (and their new design strategy) has
had an amazing effect
on heat output.

Later,
Erik Z