[Watford] High Spec PC - Small Form Factor

[Mark Stewart]

thanks for the info, I'll put some options together and post back my
findings.

On 24/04/2008, Yvan Seth <watford.lug.org.uk at malignity.net> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 01:36:32PM +0100, Mark Stewart wrote:
> > I need a small form factor PC with a minimum spec of a 64 bit
> > processor and 32gb of RAM.
> >
> > It needs to be small so it can go as hand luggage around Europe, it
> > will be running Redhat 3 and some memory intensive apps that crunch
> > huge datasets .
>
>
> I've dealt with a lot of embedded systems vendors and have only seen
> that sort of memory capacity in their top-end systems.  They'd be far
> too large/heavy for carry-on.  Just checked NexCom and Portwell, nothing
> with that memory capacity that is "small" - though they're smaller than
> equivalent standard server equipment.  (They're bloody expensive too.)
>
> We used to carry around Shuttle XPC (shuttle.com) boxes for trade shows,
> but they seem to max out at 8GB at the moment.  Have you tried the
> similar mini-PC vendors?  (I think Asus make some, and there are probaby
> other vendors around by now.)
>
> A restricting factor will be chipsets, how many are there that support
> that much memory?  That'll narrow down the viable boards at least, then
> see if you can find an ATX board with the right chipset and enough RAM
> slots!  I know Tyan (tyan.com) make some ATX boards that can handle a
> pile of memory - might be worth hunting around their range.  A quick
> search in "System Boards" shows a few, all the contenders seem to be
> dual-CPU though.
>
> Find a board and stick it into the smallest ATX case you can get your
> hands on?  Can always mod the case a bit to fit it in? :)
>
> -Yvan
>
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