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Date:      Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:38:49 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: case for dual-processor Opteron machines
Message-ID:  <20031023183849.GB72589@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20031022001901.03ced698@216.82.101.6>
References:  <20031021172822.GA7800@dragon.nuxi.com> <5.2.0.9.2.20031022001901.03ced698@216.82.101.6>

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On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 12:21:01AM -0700, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
> http://www.chieftec.com/products/products.htm
> 
> Antec's business is importing the cases and putting them in shiny
> colored cardboard boxes...  If you don't mind using the plain brown-box
> versions and providing your own power supply you can save quite a few

Even better -- as you have to use a rather special power supply for the
Tyan K8W (s2885), you'd end up tossing the stock Antec PS into the trash.


> Speaking of Antec, I love the sonata..  Its the first respectably quiet
> case I've come across.  Even the fans are mounted on rubber dampers,

BUT, just to make sure people don't get confused: 2P Opteron boards won't
fix into this case.  It makes the best Uniprocessor Asus SK8N case
though.



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