Hi,

I'm looking for a small ATX case to use for a linux firewall.

All it will have is...
a small HSF (Arctic alpine pro) CLICKY!
an additional PCI NIC (possibly more in the future)
and one full size HDD
I need a new PSU also so PSU size isn't too important as I can buy to fit the new box.

I'm looking for something as small as poss that will fit an ATX mobo. Something that looks like a DVD player or something would be ideal.

Budget is as cheap as possible. I can buy a midi tower for £15 so something around that would be good.

Thanks

Oliver

Ebuyer, they do some REALLY cheap cases

If size isn't an issue got a Chieftec Dragon you can have if you arrange to collect it/get it delivered

Thanks.

I'll be getting these I think...

this case http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143894
this HSF http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150270
the NIC http://www.ebuyer.com/product/16435
and possibly this PSU http://www.ebuyer.com/product/151783

or poss this PSU http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/350W-AKA ... -Quiet-Fan

Oliver

Pretty sure I have one of those lying around if you want it for postage, got no need for it as I have no AMD stuff any more

That would be ace! Let me know if you find it and PM me your address.

I'll send a cheque in the post.

Thanks

LOL, just been doing some electricity calculations.

If I was to swap out the HDD of my router for a CF card and use the 80% PSU I linked then the Linux router running for 24hours would use about the same amount of electricity as my kettle would in 40 minutes.

LOL!

This is why I've decided to go for one of these:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167153

The processor only draws 4W, and I imagine the rest of the set up is pretty low power too given the 65W PSU.

I'll measure the idle and peak currents when I get it next week, but I'm guessing it would be about 10 minutes of kettle per day. That's about £30 a year, so it'll pay for itself compared to running my old Athlon.

And thus, my beloved Barton 2500 is finally retired *sob*

If that had an extra ethernet port it would be the ideal kind of thing that I'm looking for.



Looks good though.

Good to see the Atom is getting use in places other than mobile phones.

I just realised though that the loudest thing in my PC at the moment is the HDD. Even the tacky cheapo PSU is virtually silent compared to the HDD.

I may have to invest in a CF card and IDE adapter to get this working properly. It'll be my project for the next month or two I think

Yes, that's the only problem. If I'm going to use it as a firewall, then I might be stuck with a USB ADSL modem. Not ideal!

Mines going to be playing HD video though, thanks to that ION chipset

Yeah, I noticed that.

It seems remarkably over powered for it's size and cost.

It would give my old gaming PC (the one I'm converting to a router) a run for it's money.