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Re: [LUG] Connectors...Re: New Setup Ideas

 

On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Gibbs wrote:

On 29/08/10 10:33, Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, tom wrote:

All this talk of new pc has got me coveting my neighbours AMD...
Rather than shell out for everything I've got a couple of ATX mini-towers and was wondering if I can just drop in a miniATX mboard or do I need new connectors/power supply

Most miniATX boards have standard 20 or 24-way power connectors. New ones will come with a new IO backplate too. There are a small number that take 12V directly, but these are few & far between and it'll be obvious anyway.

My workstation is a miniITX Dual-core Atom board. It has a 24-pin PSU socket, but works OK with a standard 20-pin one. (by design)

Gordon

Talking of miniATX I'm just waiting on some RAM till I can get it up and running (similar setup to Gordon). I plan on running it as a small server but am curious if it will go the distance or isn't recommended.

I've a number of servers hosted in Sheffield which are dual-core Atoms working exteremely well as servers. (VoIP, not general purpose LAMP though)

My home/office server is also an Atom - single core unit, but it's got a pair of 2TB drives attached used for local storage and remote backups, etc.

And actually I'm confusing ATX and ITX - they're all miniITX format - smaller than miniATX (I think?)

This is my current favourite Atom board:

  http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12683

Ah, here's something to check the relative sizes:

  http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/compact,606-2.html

So the ITX boards only have one PCI slot - no issue for my needs, but do check the IO you need.

Gordon

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