I'd recommend looking at the Antec Take 3 (3U rackmount).<br><br><a href="http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=94003">http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=94003</a><br><br>They're extremely quiet, rack mountable, and use regular hight PCI cards, so that you don't need any screwy riser cards for your motherboard.
<br><br>later,<br>Steve<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Larry Troxler</b> <<a href="mailto:lt@westnet.com">lt@westnet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey all, it's that wonderful time where I'm picking components for a new<br>music machine. It would mostly be used at home, but occasionally taken<br>to rehearsalls and gigs, where it would function as a synthesizer.
<br><br>At first I was looking at rackmounts, say 2U, but got a bit concerned<br>about how quiet they could be made.<br><br>I then found this:<br><br><a href="http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15738">http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=15738
</a><br><br>It looks super, and has got good reviews with respect to quietness, and<br>apparently there is a driver for the LCD display, which will come in<br>handy for using it as a gig synth; I suppose I will look for some sort
<br>of USB button panel that also has Linux support.<br><br> From the dimensions, it seems that it would fit into a 19 inch rack. So<br>I wonder if I could buy or fashion some brackets so that I could put it<br>into a rack when needed.
<br><br>I would get a single quiet hard drive, and try 64 studio, but this time<br>I'll remember to set aside a couple of blank partitions in case I want<br>to try another distro later.<br><br>My main problem is deciding on a motherboard. I've been an AMD fan and
<br>I'm not quite ready yet to go back to Intel, even though I've read that<br>the new Intel dual core is really giving AMD some competition. And since<br>that case only fits a micro ATX motherboard, and since it seems like the
<br>AM2 socket is the way to go, it sort of limits my choices. And my main<br>concern is with the on-board video. I am not interested at all in good<br>quality video or 3D accel, but instead my priority is to pick a chipset
<br>that provides the least hassle in Linux, and is not disruptive with<br>real-time operation.<br><br>This is what New Egg has to offer:<br><br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010200022+1070921489+1075707619&Subcategory=22&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=">
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010200022+1070921489+1075707619&Subcategory=22&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=</a><br><br>It looks then, like the video choices are Nvidia GeForce 6100, Nvidia
<br>GeForce 6150, VIA K8M800, VIA K8M890, and ATI Radeon XPress 1150.<br><br>So, if anyone has suggestions on which of these might be best, it would<br>be nice to hear.<br><br>I could of course throw in an older video card if that turns out to be
<br>better, but I am hoping to avoid that so as not to use up another slot<br>on the micro ATX board.<br><br>Larry Troxler<br></blockquote></div><br>