On Monday 29 March 2021 21:59:11 Jon Elson wrote: > On 03/29/2021 07:48 PM, Billy Huddleston wrote: > For really small, like a 7" cube, you can get mini ITX > motherboards and a matching cabinet and power supply from > the usual outfits like NewEgg, etc. The 7" cube box allows > full-height PCI cards. > > If you can handle something a little bigger, you can get > off-lease Dell SFF (Small Form Factor) or Mini-Tower > computers from the Optiplex (commercial) line quite cheap. > Put in a small SSD and it makes a quite good machine > controller. I've been using the Optiplexes for years with > excellent results. > > Jon > I'll second the Optiplex. The later i5 powered ones are giving me very low latency-test results, typically 3.5 u-secs, where lower is better. Solid, dependable and fast, and you don't have to pick any 2, its all in one relatively heavy box.
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