| De Barecool |
Mijn plexiserver
hield er mee op dus bofte ik dat ik dit spul zomaar kreeg.
Ik had natuurlijk nog harde en optische schijven van de Plexiserver ...
De vreugde was helaas van korte duur, het moederbordje hield er rap mee op.
Ik had nu een mooi klein kastje, met handvat ! , grote verlichte fan achterin,
compleet met voeding (de mijne is die linksonder):
| Aspire X-QPack: A Lanparty Dream |
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Aspire
seems to be a company that does not mind marching to the beat of a different
drummer. We have seen more boldly themed cases from Aspire than just about any
other case manufacturer out there.
This is not a bad thing at all though, as
many, such as the X-Navigator we reviewed last year, actually represent a very
good performance per dollar niche especially for the gamers out there.
Continuing
in their tradition, Aspire has recently come up with a Micro-ATX form factor
case dubbed the X-QPack, and let us be the first to tell you, this is by no
means a case that only gamers should get interested in.
A
quick search through your favorite engines on the web for "micro atx
cases" will most likely yield droves of squatty-looking mid-towers with no
real features separating them from their slightly-bigger mid-tower
brothers.
One has to wonder what the point is of getting a case that does not allow the
use of larger motherboards if it really doesn't have much to offer over the
nicer (not to mention only marginally bigger) mid-tower cases.
Well the X-QPack definitely aims to change all that. After a couple days of working with the unit, here is a brief summary of how we feel about the new chassis:
Much
to gamers' delight everywhere the case comes in red, yellow, green, blue, and
silver, and the model we received for review was of the blue variety.
For
anyone who has ever attended several lan parties, they know how much of a drag
it can be to lug around a massive steel tower case fully loaded with multiple
drives and other components galore.
Shuttle will forever be famous for
attempting to break this tradition of 'large' desktop cases, but for a lot of
people their small form factor designs simply didn't allow for enough
expansion, and others simply
couldn't swallow the concept of getting a case
that already came with a motherboard pre-selected for it.
Well
with this new design from Aspire, buyers have yet another choice available to
them. They can have a case that's still much more compact and portable than a
standard tower case, but one that still
provides 90% of the same functionality
provided the user selects an appropriate micro ATX motherboard. With more and
more people interested in smaller computers, motherboard manufacturers are
going to
continue to come up with new and improved micro ATX layouts that offer
just as much power as their full-sized counterparts. Also, with so many devices
getting put onto either the motherboard itself or into
external devices rather
than expansion cards, many users simply don't need as many expansion slots as
they used to in order to get the same amount of functionality out of their PC.
In the
heat and noise arena, the case does very well. We figured a maximum ambient air
temperature of 28.3 degrees Celsius, and it kept our decent gaming rig's
components each within relatively low ranges.
Running full force we only
measured a sound pressure level of 44 dBa, certainly low enough to not be a
problem for the majority of users.
Considering
one can get the X-QPack for $90, and that this comes with the 420 watt power
supply, we simply could not recommend this case any higher for someone who
wants
a micro-ATX compatible case that doesn't cut many corners.
Dus kocht ik een mini-atx-moederbordje en 2 GB geheugen. Als processor zette ik er een Intel Core2Duo E6300 in. Dat moest zwaar genoeg zijn vond ik.
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Ik plaatste 3 schijven.
alle software en media files op staan. En alle (True) images. Zwarte DvD speler
er in (ik brand toch niks op die PC) en zwarte floppy.
Oh ja, en een Noiseblocker fancontroller om de case fan te kalmeren (op de CPU
zette ik een Arctic Cooling Freezer). Mooi stil systeem dus.
Jammer van het handvat, die kast kwam op de plaats van de Plexiserver in de kast
te staan, en komt er niet meer uit. Bediening via de KVM. Windows XP pro er op.
Klaar.
Mijn backupsysteem is nu compleet:
1. Alle media en softwarebestanden en images staan op de HP Home Server, die dagelijks van iedere PC een backup (image) maakt.
2. Regelmatig maak ik een True Image van iedere PC en plaats die op de HP.
3. De Barecool voorzien van een synchronisatieprogramma (Smartsync) die, 5 minuten nadat de PC is gestart, de mappen van de Barecool synchroniseert met de Home Server.
4. Twee USB harde schijven van 1TB die regelmatig gewisseld worden (en elders opgeborgen), die gesynct worden met de Z-schijf.
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Datum |
Omschrijving |
DEALER |
KOOP |
NIEUW |
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PartyPooper |
Ane / Bert |
PRIJS |
WAARDE |
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BASIS |
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| Barebone |
15-09-2008 |
Portable Barebone X-Qpack-AL Blauw |
Bert Cool |
0 |
135 |
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| Voeding |
inclusief, 420W |
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| Moederbord |
20-02-2009 |
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H |
Zercom |
62,8 |
62,8 |
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Netwerkkaart |
inclusief, onboard 10-100-1000 |
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Processor |
04-12-2008 |
Intel Core2Duo E6300 1,88Ghz 2M 1066 Tray |
eBay jsrlab US |
60 |
120 |
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| Geheugen |
20-02-2009 |
2 x Buffalo 1GB DDR2 800MHz | M2U800-1GBJ PC6400 |
Zercom |
27,4 |
27,4 |
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KOELING MOD |
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CPU cooler |
04-12-2008 |
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 |
eBay Nox DE |
22 |
25 |
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Case Fan |
26-09-2008 |
onboard Blauw 12cm |
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Fan Controller |
04-12-2008 |
Noiseblocker |
eBay Nox DE |
1 |
10 |
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OPSLAG |
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Harde schijf Boot |
23-11-2005 |
Maxtor Diamond Max10 GL300RO BAH4G10 300GB pata |
HCC dagen / Microdirect |
130 |
150 |
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Harde schijf Z |
24-05-2008 |
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 750G 32MB 7200 rpm Sata |
Zercom |
111 |
111 |
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Harde Schijf Sata Quickport |
03-09-2008 |
Logilink |
eBay Lets-sell |
20 |
30 |
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Harde Schijf eSata sata controller |
01-03-2010 |
Logilink 1x esata 2x sata 1 x ata133 |
eBay |
10 |
10 |
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Diskdrive |
2006 |
Sony MFP920 black |
25 |
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Cardreader |
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DVD-speler |
28-01-2005 |
Aopen 16/48 "Chameleon" DVD-1648 |
Komplett.nl |
22 |
22 |
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MULTIMEDIA |
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Video |
PCIe |
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Video |
26-09-2008 |
Onboard nVidia 7100 / nForce 630i max 256MB |
0 |
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Geluidskaart |
onboard 7.1 Realtek ALC889A |
0 |
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Speakers |
19-11-1999 |
Mentor SP-280 |
HCC dagen / Tiga Computers |
16 |
16 |
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IN/UITVOER |
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Muis |
via KVM |
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Toetsenbord |
via KVM |
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MONITOR |
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Monitor |
via KVM |
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TOTAAL |
482 |
744 |
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Ik heb een Logilink sata quickport er aan gekoppeld, handig
als je even met een schijf uit een andere PC moet rommelen.