AM2 SPF? (was "Re: [Pc_Support] Socket-AM2 may be the best investment now ...")

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 21:54 -0400, Damien McKenna wrote:
> Looks good.  We're contiplating upgrading ~20 workstations at work,  
> what do you recommend?  Most of the machines we're hoping to replace  
> are HP e-PC's, custom SPF thingies,

SPF?  Did you mean SFF (small form-factor), or is SPF something else?

The two "standard" SFF sizes I've been going with are:  
- $40 -- 7" x 14" x 15" (MicroATX Mid-Tower, full ATX PS, 92mm exhaust)
- $70 -- 9" x 11" x 14" (MicroATX Cube, full ATX PS, 120mm exhaust)

Now I've done smaller -- e.g.,
- $40 -- 5.5" x 12" x 12" (Slim MicroATX, MicroATX PS)

But the cooling and power supply is always an issue, at least for
pairing with a high-end graphics card.

> and they really like that form factor.  I had been looking at some
> SPF barebones units, so is there anything out / on the way (within a
> month or so) for AM2 that you know of?  Thanks.

I personally try to stay away from a proprietary PS and/or mainboard.
But that's just me.


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