Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 13:13:13 -0700 From: "Aram Compeau" <aram@tibco.com> To: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, Bill Maniatty <maniattb@cs.rpi.edu> Subject: Re: Message-ID: <37B47C59.3190F045@tibco.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908130021100.40318-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net>
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hehe.. case wars. Well, I'm sure you'll be satisfied with either case. The differences basically come down to personal preference, I think. Cheers, Aram jack wrote: > On Aug 12 Aram Compeau wrote: > > > With the money you save there, buy a different motherboard (Say the > > P2B-D), and get Ultra 2 wide SCSI. Then pick up some nice IBM LVD U2W > > SCSI drives (Say, the IBM 18LZX if cost is not an issue, 18ES if it is > > :-). You'll get a better boost from the U2W SCSI and the faster hard > > drives than the dual CPU under most circumstance, IMHO. Those IBM drives > > are very nice... > > Definitely IBM drives. > > > I can highly recommend the Lite-On FS020 case over an Inwin Q500. Only > > $143 at Cobra Computers (good mail-order company, too). Look under > > `Products->Cases and Power Supplies->Server Cases`. The model is > > FSP-020.... > > http://www.cobracomp.net/ > > Get the Inwin Q500-300 from the same place for $71.33 and get 3 > more 5.24 and one more 3.5 drive bays than the Lite-On. > > The last four cases I've bought have been Inwin and I have yet to > scratch or cut my hand in any of them. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jack O'Neill Systems Administrator / Systems Analyst > jack@germanium.xtalwind.net Crystal Wind Communications, Inc. > Finger jack@germanium.xtalwind.net for my PGP key. > PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD > enriched, vcard, HTML messages > /dev/null > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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