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Case/chassis for a K8SE

Flycatcher

Junior Member
I'm about to acquire a Tyan K8SE and was hoping to find a 1U chassis for it, or at minimum a mid-tower. From my research, the K8SE isn't as suited for 1U as the K8SRE mobo, since the CPU slots are staggered. This leaves me to either sell the board, or find a mid-tower case. Any suggestions on cases?
 
About the cheapest I've found is the Evercase 5000LX - places to buy can be found via Froogle. There is a list of suitable cases on the Tyan web site. I also found a fair selection by using- extended ATX -in the keywords field of the Newegg case configurator. The least expensive was in the $70. range. And there were several others at under $100.
. If you need a nice PSU for your dualie, consider the Delta 465W unit I'm selling for $75. It has a total of 39 Amps on the +12 (22 for the CPUs and 17 for the I/O). It was designed for the HP X4000 dual Xeon workstation and is oversized: the width is normal at 5.9 but the height at nearly 4" and the depth of 6.25" (has a 92mm) fan will require a roomy PSU bay. It has full range AC from 100-240V and 49-60+Hz and active PFC measured here at .97-.99. The pinout was non-standard but I have rearranged it to meet the current standards of 4x2 for CPU power and EPS-12V for the 24-pin eATX connector. This one has never been installed in a system - new, old stock. You can still buy replacements for it from HP for $150. Looks like the Evercase 5000LX or the Enermax 10182 and the Chenbros could handle it with only minor dremel work. Let me know.

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