Re: Buying PC bits - I just had to tell somebody...

["Andy Davies" <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

Shuttle cases do come up an ebay ever now and again but do you really
need a uATX case or ould you use something like a Morex 668 (if you
can still get one) or a Morex 669 if you can't get a 668?

Some people have managed to get quite a few drives in one of these
cases - http://mashie.org/casemods/udat1.html

Also I notice Nick Shore has some more interesting mini-itx server
cases in e.g http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=3D12173
pity it's
not got drives in a caddy though.

Cheers

Andy

2008/9/28 pjqx <tim@xxxxxxx>:
> I was in a scummy PC shop on the Oxford ringroad buying a firewire
> cable I needed for an install when in the corner I saw a dusty pile of
> desktop chassis - you know the look, forlorne, stripped of components,
> next stop the local dump.  I saw in the midst of this two
> small "shuttle" cases. Well I have been harbouring thoughts
of
> downsizing my WHS onto an Atom based system (I have even bought the
> atom) and I thought one of these cases might be suitable.  No PSU, no
> RAM, CPU or drives - Mobo fitted to both.
>
> I asked the guy in the shop how much - In my head I thought if I could
> get the 2 for 15 or 20 I could make one decent case - I'd still need a
> PSU but I'd be further down the road than I am now - How much do you
> think he said..... =A3150 EACH!  I couldn't help myself and laughed
> heartily for 5 minutes - He told me they had motherboards fitted,
hence
> the price - I asked if the worked or were guaranteed - NO, SOLD AS
SEEN.
>
> So if there are any millionaires out there who want to make a joker's
> day you could pitch up to a run-down PC shop and spend =A3300 on 2
> totally worthless chassis.
>
> My search still continues for a suitable MicroATX chassis.
>
> Tim.
>
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