darkzar99 Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 anybody know where one could buy a basic rackmount cabinet for a sort of cheap price (under $300) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duelus Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 I see them all the time on craigslist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbjazzman Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 If you're handy with power tools, you can make your own. This involves buying the metal racks and the corner pieces for Guitar Center or somethign like that and a sheet of MDF board at Home Depot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 If you're handy with power tools, you can make your own. This involves buying the metal racks and the corner pieces for Guitar Center or somethign like that and a sheet of MDF board at Home Depot. Thats what i thought the cheapest way would be, also i would be able to make it the size i wanted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted July 1, 2006 Author Share Posted July 1, 2006 I see them all the time on craigslist thanks, i will check there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbjazzman Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 If you're handy with power tools, you can make your own. This involves buying the metal racks and the corner pieces for Guitar Center or somethign like that and a sheet of MDF board at Home Depot. Thats what i thought the cheapest way would be, also i would be able to make it the size i wanted Right. The mounting brackets can be expensive depending on where you buy them from, so it'd probably be in your best interest to shop around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted July 1, 2006 Share Posted July 1, 2006 Just take a trip to the local Home Depot, you will find something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Employee Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 If you're handy with power tools, you can make your own. This involves buying the metal racks and the corner pieces for Guitar Center or somethign like that and a sheet of MDF board at Home Depot. Thats what i thought the cheapest way would be, also i would be able to make it the size i wanted Ok... I see them all the time on craigslist thanks, i will check there Good idea, I also would like to say there is an edit button; to make the forums neater. Just throwing that out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/11/how-to-...-gear-for-cheap http://rack.modzone.dk/index.htm In the second one I don't like how he put the PSU effectively on the outside of the unit, and als the choice of Mini-ITX boards. They're good boards, but only come with 100 MBit ethernet which, for a fileserver, is *WAAAAY* too slow. There are Mini-ITX boards out there that can take a Pentium M and include gigabit ethernet. You'd be much better off with one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 thanks for the links Cooper, i do have shelving like the kind that was used in the first link, i figured that making my own would be cheapest, and for teh second link, i have seen that website before, but it wasnt as updated as it is now, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 thought about doing a mod on this but we dont have any rack mount gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 thought about doing a mod on this but we dont have any rack mount gear. now that would be awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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