<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 14, 2018, at 3:30 PM, George Rosamond <<a href="mailto:george@ceetonetechnology.com" class="">george@ceetonetechnology.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Charles Sprickman:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jan 14, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Brian Cully <<a href="mailto:bcully@gmail.com" class="">bcully@gmail.com</a>><br class="">wrote:<br class=""><br class="">On January 12, 2018 at 13:02:15, Isaac (.ike) Levy <br class="">(<a href="mailto:ike@blackskyresearch.net" class="">ike@blackskyresearch.net</a>) wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I'll second Shawn on this, there was just a thread on PCEngines<br class="">this in December, here's my long ramble: <br class=""><a href="http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/talk/2017-December/017422.html" class="">http://lists.nycbug.org/pipermail/talk/2017-December/017422.html</a> <br class="">In short- the PCEngines people are awesome, the gear is stellar<br class="">for your purposes.<br class=""><br class="">PCEngines board - apu2c4 - $132 <a href="http://pcengines.ch/apu2c4.htm" class="">http://pcengines.ch/apu2c4.htm</a><br class=""><br class="">Case - case1d2blku - $10.00 (Case can be black, red, blue) <br class=""><a href="http://pcengines.ch/case1d2blku.htm" class="">http://pcengines.ch/case1d2blku.htm</a><br class=""><br class="">AC adapter 12V 2A US plug - ac12vus2 $4.40 <br class="">http://pcengines.ch/ac12vus2.htm<br class=""><br class="">SSD M-Sata 16GB MLC - $17.80 http://pcengines.ch/msata16g.htm<br class=""><br class="">$ 164.20 - Each Router + shipping.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Thanks, everyone. I did end up purchasing an apu2c4. Price was<br class="">higher than this (by almost $100!), though. pcengines was sold out<br class="">of their boards, and external vendors were more expensive. But at<br class="">least it all comes pre-assembled, so less waiting for parts.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Just another option to think about… I was recently looking for a<br class="">replacement for a personal 1U box on ebay (and I missed a good one by<br class="">hours!), but I found quite a few people selling Supermicro 1U Atom<br class="">boxes. Maybe not the best, but cheap, can likely survive without a<br class="">fan, and you likely jam more ports in there.<br class=""><br class="">Example of an ended auction:<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Server-Supermicro-Intel-Atom-D525-Mini-1U-Rackmount-SATA-TESTED-Working-Great-/232596282461?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=gWZ%252FyqhCG6KLYlzQFPHYl3Gdr5U%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc" class="">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Server-Supermicro-Intel-Atom-D525-Mini-1U-Rackmount-SATA-TESTED-Working-Great-/232596282461?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=gWZ%252FyqhCG6KLYlzQFPHYl3Gdr5U%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc</a><br class=""><https://www.ebay.com/itm/Server-Supermicro-Intel-Atom-D525-Mini-1U-Rackmount-SATA-TESTED-Working-Great-/232596282461?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=gWZ%2FyqhCG6KLYlzQFPHYl3Gdr5U%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc><br class=""></blockquote><br class="">When it comes to Atoms, I have lost my patience for most purposes,<br class="">unless it's for a specific low-power single-function.<br class=""><br class="">They are so incredibly underpowered that I'd prefer a decent i386 box in<br class="">many cases.<br class=""><br class="">Mark S had recommended, and I'll +1 it, to recommend Dell R210 II for<br class="">small half-depth servers. Cheap, and pack a decent processor and RAM<br class="">maximum is good.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>This looks to be a bit newer, only 14W TDP, so probably quiet and cool:</div><div><br class=""></div><div><a href="https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101874&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=supermicro_1u_atom-_-16-101-874-_-Product" class="">https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101874&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=supermicro_1u_atom-_-16-101-874-_-Product</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>2.4GHz, but no idea how that relates to other processors, I’m assuming a much</div><div>newer Atom series than the ebay model (and 4 GbE ports).</div><div><br class=""></div><div>C</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class="">Of course, all this discussion makes me feel queasy with the ugly Intel<br class="">reality today.<br class=""><br class="">g<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">talk mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:talk@lists.nycbug.org" class="">talk@lists.nycbug.org</a><br class="">http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>