Ah, that would make sense. Just for the record, this puppy started out life as a $1800 dual celeron 400 system, then became a dual p/// 750 system. The biggest cost was getting Xeons since (at the time) I couldn't find a replacement board (Abit VP6). Of course, now the VP6 can be found on Ebay (weird, huh?), but I also now have the Xeons.
By the way, the box is definitely coming to the installfest. William On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Brian A. Henning wrote: > This is just a guess on my part (but it makes sense to me...), but could it > mean "Ultimate Linux Box?" > > Given that hypothesis, I think the object is to build the best possible > fully-Linux-compatible machine. > > Personally, you'll not likely find me shelling out $3k for a computer any > day (unless I happen to make $millions some day).. I don't have any actual > figures or statistics, but it seems like computers depreciate worse/faster > than cars.. > > ~B > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of William Sutton > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:50 AM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Slightly OT: >> ULB > > > I'm curious, first as to the definition of "ULB" and second as to what > you're trying to do here. However, it's possible to build a box with the > specs listed. I personally have a box that contains > > - Iwill DPL-533 > - http://www.iwillusa.com/products/ProductDetail.asp?vID=152&CID=91 > - Onbard 10/100/1000 broadcom nic > - capable of up to 8 Gb SDRAM > - 4x/8x AGP slot > - 1 PCI-X/133 slot > - 1 PCI-X/100 slot > - 1 64 bit PCI/66 slot > - 2 32 bit PCI-33 slots > > - Matrox G450 dual vid card > - http://matrox.com/mga/products/mill_g450/home.cfm > - AGP 4x > - 32 Mb RAM > > - 1 GB RAM (2 512 sticks) > > - 2 Xeon 2.0 GHz processors > > - SBLive Value PCI > > - Adaptec 2940 SCSI-2 card > - 1 external 68 pin connector > - 1 internal 68 pin connector > - 1 internal 50 pin connector > > - 2 SCSI HDDs (~ 18 Mb) > > - SCSI CD-ROM (Plextor 12/20 Plex) > > - SCSI CD-R (Plextor PlexWriter 8/12/20) > > - Floppy drive > > - Zip drive > > - Charcoal ATX form factor Antec case > > - Vantec Stealth 520 W power supply (Xeon capable) > > - 2 ViewSonic E90fb 19" Monitors > > - PS/2 keyboard & mouse > > Notes...I haven't kept track of how much it cost to put all this together, > but it's in excess of $3000 :) Also, DRI doesn't seem to be supported > under Linux for the chipset on the mainboard (works fine for the Matrox on > other boards, just not the Iwill). The Iwill board variant I have is an > ATX form factor board, and is guaranteed to run under Red Hat 9 by Iwill. > The system does run very stably under Red Hat 9, but was prone to constant > lockups under Gentoo (not sure why). Gigabit is supported under Linux, > and shows up on my gigabit hub. If you're interested in details, I'm > thinking about bringing it to the installfest. > > William > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, z wrote: > > > On Monday 19 January 2004 12:59 am, Jon Carnes wrote: > > > As a counter point, I purchased several "quiet" fans from a specialty > > > site (that specialized in selling quiet components) and they worked > > > quiet well. :-) > > > > > > You may have also noticed the machine I demo'ed with at the last TriLUG > > > meeting - noticed it for how quietly it ran. Jason Tower built that > > > machine, and it is so quiet, I have to put my hand behind it to make > > > sure the fans are working (they are!). > > > > This makes me think that we ought to pull all of our collective knowledge > and > > come up with TriLUG's very own ULB. After reading the ULB article in Linux > > Journal this year, I was very disappointed to see them go for the "latest > and > > greatest with little support" over the "best of the compatible" > components. > > > > The criteria could be defined as follows: > > > > 1. Case > > - mid/full tower or other format > > - quiet > > - atx mb compatible > > - accept full length cards > > 2. Mother board > > - dual processor > > - intel or amd > > - USB 2.0 > > - capable of 4GB ram > > - linux compatible > > 3. Graphics Card > > - non-proprietary linux drivers available > > - single or dual head > > - min 32MB ram > > 4. Hard Drives > > - SCSI/ATA Controller > > - minimum 40BGb > > 5. Sound Card > > - ALSA compatible > > 6. CD-RW/DVD-RW > > - SCSI/ATAPI > > 7. Network Card > > - 10/100/1000 Compatible > > - Non-proprietary drivers > > 8. Keyboard/Mouse > > - USB > > - Wireless > > 9. Speaker System > > - ? > > 10. Monitor > > - Minimum 17" > > - Flat Screen > > 11. Other? > > > > Anyone care to try? > > > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
