Re: [PLUG] 1U Rackmount Cases

[JP Toto <viceclown@yahoo.com>]

I've done some messing in this area since I acquired a 19 inch rack 
cabinet for myself. Basically you can get 1u through 5u cases that will 
fit standard ATX mobos and use all your old parts. They should all 
transition w/o any problems. 1u and 2u cases recquire riser cards 
because the pci slots go horizontally instead of vertically. These cards 
usually come w/ the case. A decent starting point is 
http://www.electroseller.com for equipment. They are a little shady 
about "Free shipping" deals where they just raise their normal pricing 
but otherwise they have lots of stuff to choose from. Basically anything 
that fix the ATX mobo form factor and is the correct width for your rack 
will work fine with all your old parts. Have fun!

Cheeerios, - JP

Jason Wertz wrote:
> I've been recycling a lot of old desktop machines at work and using them as servers running linux...mostly older pentium stuff but I've also nabbed some decent P3 systems too. Since these are all in desktop cases they take up way too much room and make our server room look like a PC graveyard. 
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> Does anyone have any experience with companies that sell rackmount cases that I can put the guts of these old desktops into? I've looked around on the web but wasn't really impressed with what I found. I don't mind spending some money on them because the way money works around here is that  "upgrading" things is much easier then buying new things.
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