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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: Shuttle is still naffly expensive for a decent spec, so if anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears. Smile
Unfortunately shuttle has something approaching a stranglehold on the SFF market, and most smaller rivals seem to price at similar levels. I've looked off and on at it with the intent of setting up a dedicated nas, but going smaller than miniATX in a tower that supports full size cards is prohibitively expensive.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
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That's what I figured, but I thought I'd ask anyway. We do know of one supplier selling 4GB Q6600 (probably good enough for this) machines in SFF for £300 or so (no OS), and I suspect that's probably as good as we're going to get.
FWIW we need portable machines for this, so SFF of some form is the way to go.
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I don't know how they compare on price but have you looked at a Mac Mini?
Henry Minute
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Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
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No..last I heard they weren't quad, but then I've not checked.
We'd want units that we could swap 7200rpm 3.5" drives in and out of, FWIW....not sure if you can do that on a mini.
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IIRC it's a 2.5" drive. A friend of mine has one and complained it was a nightmare to open up and change anything (and odds are his change was a bigger HD).
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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That's what I thought...we use one in our church for music during services (I'm the standby mixing desk person when our real organist is away) and given the miniscule size of the thing I'd be amazed if you could easily upgrade anything but the mouse and keyboard. 
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actually now that I think about it it's a laptop CPU too, so quadding it while possible would be disgustingly expensive.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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Nice, I knew you could DIY a $4-500 quad, but didn't realize anyone was selling them around that price.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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It's an Ebay seller, so I've no idea of their providence (that's the catch). Integrated graphics and no OS, but otherwise not at all bad.
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Hi Anna: ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
Noticed you were looking for a decent shuttle,
http://shopsws.com/Pre_Built_Systems.htm[^]
Although these guys are in the US, the freight is prob reasonable.
I buy all my gear from these folks and they stand behind what they sell.
Reasonable prices as well.
Best of Luck
rcb 
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Thanks for the link Craig. Unfortunately it looks like those are all single or dual core systems...we're specifically looking for quad systems so we can build a mobile IncrediBuild grid with as few machines as possible.
The reference machine we've found is an SFF 2.4GHz Q6600 quad box with 4GB RAM...they's going for just under £300 from a UK company. If we can match that with a recent Shuttle system, all the better...but it looks like that is a bit of a long shot.
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Are the systems listed there the current list, it looks like everything there's at least a year old, much more than that for the p4 boxen.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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dan neely wrote: Are the systems listed there the current list, it looks like everything there's at least a year old, much more than that for the p4 boxen.
Dan
Greetings 
Sorry my response was tardy but I was watching Obama's first news conf.
Just noticed that myself, I am going to go to their store tomorrow,
(I need another hdd), I will query them on that.
However I think their price list page is current (at least the date tag is) 
http://shopsws.com/current_pricing.asp[^]
regards;
rcb
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The parts list does list up to date hardware...
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots.
-- Robert Royall
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Turns out carrying my umbrella from the car this morning when it was beaming with sunshine was a good choice!!
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Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit.
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In Sydney?
Just so long as it is gone by the weekend - I get in on Friday, Yaahhhh
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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NO RAIN IN SYDNEY but 90% humidity. I am drowning in my own sweat. (IIRC Singapore is not much different). The forecast is for the same for the next week with the occassional thunder storm to start some more bush fires.
I don't speak Illidiot - please talk slowly and clearly
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What's everyone up to this weekend?
We have a long weekend here in Australia (it's Australia Day on Monday), so I'm off to beautiful Fraser Island for 4 days of camping and relaxation (if you ignore the working on Sunday morning weeding our designated section of island as part of the annual Fraser Island Clean Up).
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Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!!
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_Damian S_ wrote: so I'm off to beautiful Fraser Island
Taking your kids to feed the dingos?
Wrong on so many levels I know, but I just couldn't resist.
I just love Koalas - they go great with Bacon.
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If they misbehave, yes!
Seriously though, we will have to be extra vigilant this year for the dingoes, as the authorities have completed fencing off the various townships on Fraser, so the dingoes aren't getting their free feed anymore, and (anecdotally) have been becoming more brazen and/or aggressive in their search for food...
Much stricter campsite rubbish rules this year also - all rubbish to be kept in a lockable container, not just insite a plastic tub etc... Even with a lid, mist be lockable!!
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Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit.
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I would give up a morning to community service if the payoff was four days on Fraser. Love the place - although have only visited once.
Unfortunately I have to work but will be having a long weekend for Waitangi Day (and as a coincidence, the Superbowl  )
I don't speak Illidiot - please talk slowly and clearly
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Yes, we willingly participate every year! It's run by the Qld 4WD Association, and we get free camping and discount barge trip, plus on the Sunday night a free BBQ dinner with live bands etc!!
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Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!!
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_Damian S_ wrote: 4 days of camping and relaxation
Woot! And some "tent shakin' action" to top it all off?
We have a great spot we go camping every summer for a softball tournament, it's right on the beach and there are tasty oysters in the bay.
"It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it."
-Sam Levenson
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John C wrote: tent shakin' action
We have a camper trailer... the advice is to "make sure you grease the shackles!!", which can be taken both literally and as a euphemism!
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_Damian S_ wrote: What's everyone up to this weekend?
building a computer for the wife
working
inspecting the house repairs done while I am ... elsewhere today
more work
start on work I was supposed to be doing instead of being quickly transferred... here for two days.
even more work
did I mention work? 
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