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From: Måns Rullgård on 13 Jan 2008 09:38 Jack Snodgrass <jacks_temp_id_bf2142(a)verizon.net> writes: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:36:07 +0000, mark carter wrote: > >> My first question is, and this is going to sound really stupid: are all >> PCI slots the same standard height at the back? I've been hearing about >> "half-height" PCI cards, so I want to make sure that there are no >> gotchas trying to install PCI cards in slimline towers. > > ...now some 'slim-line' cases include a 'riser card that has you mount > a standard pci card side-wise in the case... so they would use a standard > pci card... some want you to use these new, half-height cards... it just > depends on the case... The trouble with using a riser is that it usually blocks most of the slots on the board, meaning you can generally only fit one (sometimes two) cards. -- M�ns Rullg�rd mans(a)mansr.com
From: Jack Snodgrass on 13 Jan 2008 11:33 On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:38:14 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote: > Jack Snodgrass <jacks_temp_id_bf2142(a)verizon.net> writes: > >> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:36:07 +0000, mark carter wrote: >> >>> My first question is, and this is going to sound really stupid: are >>> all PCI slots the same standard height at the back? I've been hearing >>> about "half-height" PCI cards, so I want to make sure that there are >>> no gotchas trying to install PCI cards in slimline towers. >> >> ...now some 'slim-line' cases include a 'riser card that has you mount >> a standard pci card side-wise in the case... so they would use a >> standard pci card... some want you to use these new, half-height >> cards... it just depends on the case... > > The trouble with using a riser is that it usually blocks most of the > slots on the board, meaning you can generally only fit one (sometimes > two) cards. .... didn't say it was a good thing... also... if this is really a slim line type of case... you don't have space for a lot of PCI cards anyway... so blocking all but one or two is the idea anyway.... slim line cases are nice... but your limited to what you can cram in there... also... they generally use 150 - 200 watt PS that are fitted for the case.... another consideration. These are not setups that you get if you want to add a lot of stuff later.... -- D.A.M. - Mothers Against Dyslexia see http://www.jacksnodgrass.com for my contact info. jack - Grapevine/Richardson
From: mark carter on 13 Jan 2008 14:16
Jack Snodgrass wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:38:14 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote: > >> Jack Snodgrass <jacks_temp_id_bf2142(a)verizon.net> writes: >> >>> On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:36:07 +0000, mark carter wrote: >>> >>>> My first question is, and this is going to sound really stupid: are >>>> all PCI slots the same standard height at the back? I've been hearing >>>> about "half-height" PCI cards, so I want to make sure that there are >>>> no gotchas trying to install PCI cards in slimline towers. >>> ...now some 'slim-line' cases include a 'riser card that has you mount >>> a standard pci card side-wise in the case... so they would use a >>> standard pci card... some want you to use these new, half-height >>> cards... it just depends on the case... >> The trouble with using a riser is that it usually blocks most of the >> slots on the board, meaning you can generally only fit one (sometimes >> two) cards. > > ... didn't say it was a good thing... also... if this is really a > slim line type of case... you don't have space for a lot of PCI cards > anyway... so blocking all but one or two is the idea anyway.... > > slim line cases are nice... but your limited to what you can cram in > there... also... they generally use 150 - 200 watt PS that are fitted > for the case.... another consideration. These are not setups that you > get if you want to add a lot of stuff later.... > > I've ruled out the use of a slimline case as being too problematical for what I want. Pity, because the Vostro slimline looks really neat. Being a Mac owner, I'm not fond of butt-ugly space-hogging breeze-blocks. ;) |