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Rackmount PC Server

68kMLA Hardware 10 posts Jan 27, 2008 to Jan 28, 2008
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#1 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 - 14:44 68kMLA
Well,

Actuley it is a web filter by 8e6. It came without the hd and special os, so it cant be a web filter/proxy. I am making it into a server.

866mhz PIII

256mb RAM

Space for 2 IDE Drives

FSP Group PSU

3 nics

What do you alll think?

all for 20$ n ia cool x-serve like case. The front is aluminum.

#2 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 - 19:47 68kMLA
Wow. It is really loud. The fans are super loud. Maby with the cover on it will be better?

#3 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 - 21:20 68kMLA
WD-40 I'm sure would fix the noisy fans, my Fantom Drives case fan grinds and WD-40 fixed it.

#4 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 - 23:11 68kMLA
No, it is not the bearings. Just the ammount of air. tons and tons of it. Hi Velocity too.

#7 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 - 00:49 68kMLA
WD-40 is not a lubricant, it's a degreaser. Great for clearing gunk out of the bearing race, not great for long-term protection. After a few days of use, follow up with a drop of sewing machine oil.

#8 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 - 05:52 68kMLA
You should see an IBM BladeCenter H with the fans at full speed. You can feel the blast from 10' away.

I spilt some water on my shirt once at work. So I just reset the management module so the fans would go to full speed and stood behind the BladeCenter. My shirt was dry in about 30 seconds.

#9 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 - 14:56 68kMLA
bladecenter sounds rather ominous

#10 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 - 18:09 68kMLA
You should see an IBM BladeCenter H with the fans at full speed. You can feel the blast from 10' away.
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Damn! I want that. For some reason, BIG sound = Big Power in my eyes. Dang, I would LOVE to have my box sound like a vacuum again. My last PC was like that and I want that sound back! Especially when I got a dually core under the hood of this machine. It almost sounds like a mini-supercomputer :D