Dual Mobo Case?

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Do these things exist? I'd prefer to avoid the hassle of modding if possible.
 
I would love to have a dual motherboard case. I am now thinking of modding mine and making it usable for 2 motherboards. If I cluster them both I would need alot less room to do it.
 
I built a system for work that has 15 PCI boards in one enclosure and 11 PCI/PCI-X boards in the other computer. They are connected by a pair of 2 Gbaud fiber optic cables which share memory between the two. One dual Xeon PC in the PCI/PCI-X enclosure controls both (they are one computer as far as software knows). Out of our price range though.
 
Frank4d said:
I built a system for work that has 15 PCI boards in one enclosure and 11 PCI/PCI-X boards in the other computer. They are connected by a pair of 2 Gbaud fiber optic cables which share memory between the two. One dual Xeon PC in the PCI/PCI-X enclosure controls both (they are one computer as far as software knows). Out of our price range though.
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Pics are mandatory. :p
Thats the equivlant of sleeping with a pornstar around here. :p
 
Frank4d said:
I built a system for work that has 15 PCI boards in one enclosure and 11 PCI/PCI-X boards in the other computer. They are connected by a pair of 2 Gbaud fiber optic cables which share memory between the two. One dual Xeon PC in the PCI/PCI-X enclosure controls both (they are one computer as far as software knows). Out of our price range though.
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out of curiosity how much?
 
GlobalFear said:
Pics are mandatory. :p
Thats the equivlant of sleeping with a pornstar around here. :p
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I can't post pics because my employer would get pissed. What it does is simulate all of the serial, discrete, video, and analog I/O to and from an avionics flight management computer; about 700 wires.

board2death986 said:
out of curiosity how much?
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About $80K
 
The Mozart is designed and built for dual mobos, one ATX/BTX and one Mini ITX. As for the heat, it can take up to fans. i think that should take care of any heat problem.

Now, the only problem is to find what to with this case. Apprently Thermaltake themselves have come up short on that front, since they're holding a contest where they're asking users to come up with ideas on what to do with the Mozart.

But I think it's logical, since in the PC world all consumer cases so far have always been made with one mobo in mind, that the various peripherals (cooling, HDD, optical drives, PSU) are not suited for a dual mobo config. So it would be kinda hard at this point to set up an elgant and simple config in this case.

If however the trend catches on, then there is probably going to be hardware that is better suited for these kinds of configs in the future.

My 2 cents...
 
I don't understand why there would be any advantage to having two MOBOs in one case unless they are set up in a multi-processing configuration? If they are both set up as servers and communicate with each other in near real-time (as I have done with the computers I posted above using shared memory, or similar... then fine. Otherwise it is just two MOBOs in one case.
 
Mushkin used to sell a dual-ATX enclosure, but I haven't been able to find it on their site recently.
 
AreEss said:
Mozart is not designed or built for dual motherboards. And frankly, if you tried to put two high heat producing boards in there, you'd have nothing but problems.

Only one I know of these days is what KRI sells as the CK1200C.
http://www.servercase.com/miva/miva...Product_Code=CK1200C&Category_Code=Adv+Server
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thermaltake is showcasing it and advertising it as a dual motherboard computer case. I frankly dont care tho cause two computers in one case is just not something id care to do. the case is decent but ill stick with my 600xs better chenming :D
 
AreEss said:
Mozart is not designed or built for dual motherboards. And frankly, if you tried to put two high heat producing boards in there, you'd have nothing but problems.

Only one I know of these days is what KRI sells as the CK1200C.
http://www.servercase.com/miva/miva...Product_Code=CK1200C&Category_Code=Adv+Server
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thermaltake is showcasing it and advertising it as a dual motherboard computer case. I frankly dont care tho cause two computers in one case is just not something id care to do. the case is decent but ill stick with my 600xs better chenming :D

Edit: you ever get a chenming?
 
well i could think of one use that i would actually find it useful. And that's for lan's. Basically put my gaming rig goes up top, and then install a mid-end cpu with a decent amount of ram and i would use the ITX as a dedicated gaming server(using the 7inch screen as it's monitor for simplicity) an internet PC (for browsing and chatting on the side) and perhaps for downloads to take the heat off my main rig of downloading off bit-torrent all night every night. I already do this but with two separate rigs, so it would make sense to simplify things if I could combine the two. But obviously there are downfalls with that case, it's size and shape would make it hard to transport (wheel's anyone?), and having two computers in a single case means more heat, but it seems to have a pretty good open space with rooms for ludicrous amounts of air cooling, and possibilites for serious water cooling solutions. And then the obvious, it's Thermaltake, isn't all their stuff total crap? Well being a user with two of these so called "crap" cases, it's all here and there. My tsunami would be the crappier of the two, it was more built for being showy, as I have grown over since my earlier computer days, but it's still a decently sturdy case (if i had gone with the windowless version i would be happier). A few parts are flimsier than i would have liked, but for the most part it does the job well. My armor case however, is no less than superb at what it does. With a full rig of parts including SLI and 6 hard drives (3 IDE and 3 SATA), I have nothing to complain about, well ok the stupid flaps on the front are useless but THAT'S IT OK!!! Those were easily removable and it looks ok without them, with some simple modding i could smooth out the look but im waiting on modding it for now. Simply put (yea kinda late huh?) you just have to be smart on the types of cases you buy, it's not just brand name, its layout, size, materials, compatibility, and of course the luck factor because sometimes you just get a dud, or a piece of series of duds that just got through the quality control.
 
German Muscle said:
thermaltake is showcasing it and advertising it as a dual motherboard computer case. I frankly dont care tho cause two computers in one case is just not something id care to do. the case is decent but ill stick with my 600xs better chenming :D
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ATX/BTX + MiniITX != Dual Motherboard, IMHO.
For one, you're going to get how much out of a MiniITX in addition to a full ATX or EATX? (Answer; not a lot!) Secondly, okay, where's the MiniITX mount? Not much use if all it does is control the overpriced LCD module that comes separately. I just don't see any value in the Mozart there.

Edit: you ever get a chenming?
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Nah, I'm hooking up with my machinist sometime soonish. Decided that at $400 for the case, feh, I can build better for less. :D
 
Sorry to dredge up an old thread but the topic is still an interesting one. Has anyone heard of any newer dual (or more) motherboard chassis been released in the market recently? I could modify my dual compartment server cases for this purpose, but would much rather purchase a purpose-built case for this project.

The only thing I've come up with is these: http://www.mountainmods.com/computer-cases-u2ufo-duality-c-21_71.html
 
I think that's one of the only dual-mobos besides the Mozart...

And this thread is more than just a little old ;)
 
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