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keith wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:46:17 +0000, Rob Stow wrote:
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>
>>keith wrote:
>>
>>>My Tyan S2875S (for the Opteron, not Intel) was designed for EPS, though
>>>it had the necessary connectors on it to allow an ATX12V supply (sorta
>>>wierd plugging a drive cable into the motherboard, but...). It's a good
>>>thing; cases with EPS supplies are rare as hen's teeth and expen$ive!
>>>
>>
>>Full tower cases can usually take both ATX and eATX
>>motherboards, and your choice of ATX or EPS12V power
>>supplies.
>
>
> Sure, the S2875 takes both, but it's clearly set up for EPS12V (which is
> expensive).
>
>>Easy to find at the Lian-Li, EnLight, and ThermalTake sites. Last few
>>eATX cases and EPS12V PSUs I've bought have been from www.lynncomp.com.
>
>
> It's easy to find EPS12V supplies. ...harder to find an arrray of cases
> with said supply and even harder to swollow the price. Commodity supplies
> are ATX12V, which works well enough.
>
>
>>If you don't care about appearances, just get a rackmount chassis.
>
>
> ...or cost.
You also usually get more too - more drive bays,
better layout, and the case fans tend to be included
rather than a separate purchase.
Often much cheaper just to buy a used server just for
the case, then gut it. Same principle applies when
you want a tower case.
>...and *damned* are they ugly! Usefull, but ugly.
Which is why they are only used by people who either
care only about the functionality or who are
willing to put a lot of time into dressing them up.
I once dressed one up with oak panelling and a solid
oak face plate. Did wonders for noise reduction, too.
Used stock I had on hand - cost me nothing but my
spare time. Someone else liked it so much he traded
me a brand new Lian-Li aluminum tower for it.
>
>
>>Typical total cost for a steel eATX-capable tower case with an Antec
>>True550 EPS12V PSU is about $280 (Canadian). Add about $80 for an
>>aluminum case.
>
>
> Sure, about twice as much as an equivalent ATX12V case. I'm sure
> Maserattie's are fine autos too.
>
I tend to get full towers anyway, so no savings for me
there. I like lots more drive bays than you get in a
typical mid-tower - preferably drive bays that don't
obstruct my access to the motherboard. The only
additional expense for me thus tends to be in the PSU -
EPS12V instead of plain vanilla ATX.
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