[LUAU] How long should it take to put a system together?

[chee at hawaii.edu]

One issue missed by many is MB heat management. Originally server boards placed components far apart (intel). Now you use coordinated fans, air guides, etc. Make sure your fans work with each other and not against...air needs to flow through the box, preferrably reaching cpu, ram and drives. Keep in mind 15k rpm drives are very hot and you should consider drive coolers is you run big fast drives.

Brian Chee

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott E Foulk <sfoulk at hawaii.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 11:49 AM
To: LUAU <luau at lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org>
Subject: Re: [LUAU] How long should it take to put a system together?

I suppose I missed this part of the thread, but how does one pick a motherboard?  I have a LTSP server down, and I want to replace the MB.  I see all kinds of options and haven't a clue.  This server needs minimally 4 Gb of ram.  A decent bus speed, which CPU, etc.  Its for Linux, obviously.  
Is there a difference in MB's that I would choose between a Linux standalone and a Windows WS?



----- Original Message -----
From: Clifton Royston <cliftonr at lava.net>
Date: Friday, August 15, 2008 2:51 pm
Subject: Re: [LUAU] How long should it take to put a system together?
To: LUAU <luau at lists.freesoftwarehawaii.org>

> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 06:51:09PM -1000, Peter Besenbruch wrote:
> > On Wednesday 13 August 2008 20:07:31 Karen Lofstrom wrote:
> > > How long would
> > > it take an experienced assembler to put a system unit 
> together from
> > > scratch, using parts that he/she hadn't previously used? 
> (Part of my
> > > time was spent reading manuals.)  45 minutes? An hour?
> > 
> > I'd say 2 hours, 2.5 with OS installation for Linux, 3 for Windows.
> 
>   About what he said.  Occasionally it's possible for 
> the hardware
> assembly to go faster when everything just falls into place, but you
> can't count on that.
> 
>   -- Clifton
> 
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