[GLLUG] Good Tiny Computer

Charles Ulrich charles at bityard.net
Wed Aug 5 00:26:28 EDT 2009


Ha, whoops. I meant Intel Atom.

Charles

David Singer wrote:
> Do you mean VIA Nano or Intel Atom?
> 
> David
> 
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:56 PM, <charles at bityard.net 
> <mailto:charles at bityard.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     On Tue, August 4, 2009 3:58 pm, David Singer wrote:
>      > I currently have a smallish 1Ghz PIII dell computer that I use as
>     my home
>      > server. I would like to upgrade it to something with a very small
>     form
>      > factor and ultra low power consumption. I am moving to a tiny
>     apartment
>      > and
>      > there will be no room for my little dell. It also makes a lot of
>     noise (3
>      > fans) and consumes a lot of power (cheap ATX power supply).
>      >
>      > Idealy I would like something based on either a laptop chip-set
>     or ARM,
>      > Atom, Ion etc. Fanless would be great. All the server needs is
>     enought
>      > room
>      > to load a Linux install and maybe run SVN plus a few little apps.
>     Storage
>      > will be though external USB drive or internal HD if it fits. Most
>     of its
>      > job
>      > will be to serve mp3's. Video streaming to a TV is not needed as
>     I don't
>      > have a TV. Since it will be on all the time power consumption is a
>      > consideration as well. I thought about one of those wall warts but id
>      > rather
>      > have something slightly beefer but still in the hotel bible sized
>      > category.
>      > Cheaper is better. Nothing over $200.
>      >
>      > Anyone have recommendations? Anyone want a small old dell in a
>     week or
>      > two?
> 
>     I did this same exact thing just a few months ago. The case is going
>     to be
>     the hardest part. If you want small _and_ cheap, they all have fans. You
>     can find a fanless case, but they cost a bit more.
> 
>     That said, I'd highly recommend anything with the Intel Nano 330 CPU. I
>     got one for my file server at home and for such a low-power, low-priced
>     thing it's pretty capable. Dual-core, 64-bit. Intel Motherboard+CPU
>     combos
>     sell on newegg for about $80. Ubuntu server runs like a dream on mine.
>     There is a small fan on the motherboard chipset, but it's fairly quiet.
> 
>     Charles
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