I'm thinking of putting together the following system:
Intel D945GCLF motherboard
uATX, integrated Atom 230, 945 chipset, 2 SATA ports, 1 PCI slot, 1 DDR2 slot.
Antec NSK2480B case
uATX, includes EarthWatts 380W PSU, two 120mm TriCool fans.
2GB Corsair Value Select DDR2-667 CL5
Seagate 7200.11 500GB
As the motherboard only has a 100MB fast ethernet port, I was thinking of also chucking in:
D-link DGE-530T Gigabit PCI card
I do have a router with gigabit ports, and my desktop is also connected via gigabit - so would probably get some use out of the speed boost.
All for: ~422 AUD (346 USD)
At time of posting.
I'm planning for 24 hour operation which is why I'm thinking of the Atom for it's low power consumption (pity about the chipset being a bit of a hog). I'd be using it mainly for FTP access and home file-sharing purposes, probably running XP Pro as I think I have a spare copy around somewhere and the remote desktop capability would be nice.
Questions as follows,
How does this sound for value and practicality?
Do you think that with the two case fans set to medium/low I'd be able to disconnect the small and noisy chipset fan without it overheating?
Is it worth getting the gigabit card?
This seemed like the right place for this thread, apologies if it ain't.
Intel D945GCLF motherboard
uATX, integrated Atom 230, 945 chipset, 2 SATA ports, 1 PCI slot, 1 DDR2 slot.
Antec NSK2480B case
uATX, includes EarthWatts 380W PSU, two 120mm TriCool fans.
2GB Corsair Value Select DDR2-667 CL5
Seagate 7200.11 500GB
As the motherboard only has a 100MB fast ethernet port, I was thinking of also chucking in:
D-link DGE-530T Gigabit PCI card
I do have a router with gigabit ports, and my desktop is also connected via gigabit - so would probably get some use out of the speed boost.
All for: ~422 AUD (346 USD)
At time of posting.
I'm planning for 24 hour operation which is why I'm thinking of the Atom for it's low power consumption (pity about the chipset being a bit of a hog). I'd be using it mainly for FTP access and home file-sharing purposes, probably running XP Pro as I think I have a spare copy around somewhere and the remote desktop capability would be nice.
Questions as follows,
How does this sound for value and practicality?
Do you think that with the two case fans set to medium/low I'd be able to disconnect the small and noisy chipset fan without it overheating?
Is it worth getting the gigabit card?
This seemed like the right place for this thread, apologies if it ain't.