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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Baumgartner</b> <<a href="mailto:sgt.hulka@gmail.com">sgt.hulka@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I'd like to reduce the noise and power consumption of my current<br>backend. I'm looking to replace it with a Via Epia that will also
<br>operate as my home NAS and webserver. I've built lots of desktops in<br>the past, but never worked with a mini-itx system. Any advice would be<br>much appreciated.<br><br>GigE is a must and I like the idea of having a fanless system for
<br>noise/power. It looks like the EN12000E with a PVR500 is right up my<br>alley.</blockquote>
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<div>I just finished a build with the EN12000E. Works quite well, noiseless except for the hard-drive. I'd look for the quietest one available. Check out <a href="http://www.silentpcreview.com/">http://www.silentpcreview.com
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Any recommendations on cases? I'll have 2 sata drives and maybe an<br>optical drive. I'd like to keep it really small and would even house
<br>the drives outside the case if needed.</blockquote>
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<div>I used the Casetronic C137. Fits a small DVD burner as an optical drive. I believe it only supports one internal 3.5" drive (or 2.5"). Looks nice and small and like a normal audio-visual component.</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">How about PSUs? I'd like to set it up with one of the external bricks<br>rather than the traditional type ATX PSU, but I've never built a
<br>system with one before. Using this handy little tool<br>(<a href="http://www.epiacenter.com/powersim/powersim_v2/epiasimulator_v2.htm">http://www.epiacenter.com/powersim/powersim_v2/epiasimulator_v2.htm</a>)<br>it doesn't look like it should be pulling more than 120W max. Anything
<br>else I need to be aware of?</blockquote>
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<div>If I recall, the power-brick that came with the C137 was incompatible with the EN12000. I went ahead and got the pico-PSU 120 along with a new brick (the PW12-9A).</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Finally, any recommendations on vendors in the US?</blockquote>
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<div>I've had good luck with <a href="http://www.logicsupply.com">http://www.logicsupply.com</a></div>
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<div>They should have all of the parts mentioned above.</div></div>