Just curious, as i want to build a very powerfull system..... is there any way of powering more that one motherboard with a single psu(like a 450w one). Also what sort of power adapter would ( http://www.nexcom.com.tw/product/ebc/ebc569/ ) that sort of thing use? As they are basically entire PC's that can fit in a 5.25 drive, i was thinking of getting a few to put in my case and use them for things like seti@home. Any idea how you would do that? (i was thinking have some sort of internal network between them and the main system.)

Wow... That is impressive... any idea how much they cost?

There are 650 watters, thats the most I know of, they will power multiple systems

Ever think of going rack mount?

"Ever think of going rack mount?"

yeah, my step dad works as a manager in a recycling plant. To date ive managed to build 4 systems from components there. 2 x 133's and 2x166's. I also have 6 NIC cards (5 ISA 1 PCI) and the makings (MB, CPU, need PSU) for a k6-2+ 450 MHz system. not all bad for free. I want to parrelize them and rack them after.

"Wow... That is impressive... any idea how much they cost? "

No idea, its supposed to be about ?100 - ?200 ($150 - $300) but a rival company was doing then for $569 minus a CPU.

I had a look... They seem to vary between $350 and $550... (USD that is)

Well $350 would be around ?225 and i could live with that, maybe even 2. Im mainly woried about power consumption though and how i would power them. I dont want to use 250W PSU's. 2 250W PSUs plus the 400W one that powers my main system. Thats 3 PSU's (not enough space for 3) and a total of 900W. I dont think my University would like that when they pay my power bill. They do look almost as cool as the 1U cases though;)

Just found some cool SBC's (single board computers) for pretty cheap. No idea how you connect them together though. Also found a 1U rackount server with PSU (good low 180W, enough to easily run a 1ghz VIA C3) and a PCI riser card, all for ?150.

Those SBC need 5V 6A and 12V 1A. At 300W PSU can handle 5V 30A and 12V 12A (the one I have laying here). So you can put 4 of these on one 300W PSU (keep some reserve for HDs and such). However I don't know how well multiple SBCs can share a PSU. But I think it's worth the try.

RedX

any idea how i would actually use them? (ie put them in a pc) the board doesnt look like it would fit in. It says its a type of ISA, no idea though

You don't plug these boards into a PC mainboard. These are complete computers.
You'll need to find a way to mount these somewhere in the case and hook up the power cables, HD, diskdrives, etc. Then You'll need to connected the onboard LAN connector to a network.

Click on the picture of the card on top of the page, it opens a pop up with a better picture which explaines what's on it.

RedX

Oh yeah, thanks. What sort of power conecter do they use? And also, any idea how you would power a few of these with one psu? (as in where would you get a PSU with a few of those connecters on it?)

They mention a "Two 4P to 6P (For AT Power Supply)" power conversion cable (near the bottom of the page "Power Source & Power Requirements"). So I assume they mean you'll plug such a conversion cable in the board and connect it with one of those connectors from the PSU (probably those big connectors for CD-rom and HDs).

RedX