[geeks] VIA announces DIY low-power server kit

[Lionel Peterson]

On Dec 11, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net>  
wrote:

> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> See http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2336606,00.aap
>>
>> $300 for barebones chassis & CPU, space for two SATA drives and  
>> gigabit
>> Ethernet...
>>
>
> Great that it is so low-power, however I recently bought a 1U mini  
> (half
> depth, you can put 2 in 1U) SuperMicro chassis, dual-core CPU, 2GB RAM
> and room for 2 SATA drives for $325 shipped.  It seems to use about
> 70W-80W total, not bad for a rackmount.  Maybe the $300 price will  
> drop
> further ...

Sounds a little like the quad-core 1U SuperMicro server I got on eBay  
two months ago, it was Buy-it-now, and the MS Live search deal just  
paid me my $200 refund (30% of almost $700)...

I wrote about that deal in early October...

Lionel