[K12OSN] Nice case for building a fat client

[David Van Assche]

Yeah, the biggest cos these days seem to be monitors :-) which I suppose can
be gotten second hand relatively easily.

How's your setup holding up? How many fatclients are you running
concurently?

kind regards,
David Van Assche

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 4:58 AM, Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've actually had the thing running and my students can't wait until
> we get more. The difference in speed between this and a thin client is
> beyond noticeable.
>
> Here are the parts I used:
>
> Foxconn A74ML-K 3.0 Socket AM3/ AMD 740G/ A&V&GbE/ MATX
> Motherboard     MB-A74MLK3      $43.99
> Evercase E0526-S15 150W Mini-ITX Case (Black)   CA-0526S15      $45.90
>  $45.90
> AMD Athlon II X2 Processor 250 (3.0 GHz) AM3, Retail    ADX250OCBX
>  $62.99  $62.99
> Super Talent DDR3-1333 2GB Original Memory      D32G1333SP      $18.98
>  $18.98
> Sub Total
> $171.86
>
> I ordered from SuperBiiz, but you could probably get similar pricing
> from NewEgg or TigerDirect. Last I checked, those two didn't carry the
> case, however, and the case is a really nice, small case for a client.
> With a micro-ATX mobo, there's only room for a slim optical drive and
> a 2.5 inch hard drive, so if you're not using either of those, you're
> not wasting a lot of room. Also, there's a vent just over the location
> of the CPU, so the CPU fan blows right out of the case. Since there's
> no case fan, that's a pretty good thing.
>
> There are still a couple of things I'm not sure about with using a fat
> client with Ubuntu LTSP. I changed /etc/environment, but it doesn't
> seem to show up when people log in, and I did have to create a way for
> network traffic to get forwarded, but other than that, the set-up is
> very nice. It's not super low power, but the CPU is about 65 watts and
> the motherboard doesn't use much more. Obviously, you could get a nice
> thin client that uses much less power, but I don't think it would be
> as fast, and it might not be much smaller.
>
> Todd
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I just got one of these cases. A MicroATX motherboard fits into it
> > very snugly, but it's a very nice overall size:
> >
> >
> http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=CA-0526S15&title=Evercase-E0526-S15-150W-Mini-ITX-Case-Black
> >
> > The power supply is above part of the motherboard, so you might want
> > to try your parts before buying a bunch, but if you want something
> > that's not much bigger than a typical thin client, I think this fits
> > the bill. Add an inexpensive mobo, a CPU, and RAM, and it's all less
> > than $200 for a pretty powerful machine.
> >
> > I've been creating my fat-client image to try to get it running and
> > will report back once everything is installed and working.
> >
> > Todd
> >
>
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