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My Tri-Monitor Rackmount PC

Here’s my PC. I built it last year and posted this silentpcreview link to describe the build process.

Amazingly, it ended up on the front page of Digg and I was getting upwards of 35,000 hits per day on my web page!

Monitors

  • 3x Dell 2007fp (20.1″ 1600×1200 giving desktop resolution of 4800×1200)

Main PC

  • Asus P5N-E SLI NF650i
  • Core 2 Duo E4300
  • Noctua NH-U9F heatsink
  • 2Gb RAM
  • 2x 256MB XFX 7600GT ‘Fatal1ty’ PCI-E(x16) SLI Passive
  • 250Gb Samsung Spinpoint SP2504C in Scythe Quiet Drive enclosure
  • Xilence Office Edition 460W Semi Fanless PSU
  • Compucase 4u 19″ rackmountable case with sliding rails
  • Nexus fans

Linux Server

  • VIA EPIA EN12000E
  • 1Gb RAM
  • 500Gb HD
  • running off 8Gb Compact Flash card
  • 1u case from LinITX

Other Stuff

  • 12u 19″ cabinet from Orion Biz
  • Dell Powerconnect 2716 16-port Gigabit managed switch
  • 24 port Cat-5e patch panel

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9 Responses to “My Tri-Monitor Rackmount PC”

  1. mick dundee Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    i’d kill my pet alligator for a setup like that

  2. Conrad Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm

    Some guys have all the fun, all the time. ….OK now I’m thirsty, more more more!

  3. Dan Says:
    June 27th, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    Hey, thanks for the inspiration.. I’m starting my a project like yours :) I can’t wait.. How much money did you put into the whole thing approx?

  4. admin Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 1:27 am

    It’s not a very high spec pc so maybe £2000, but most of that was monitors, cases, cabinets etc… The cheap bits are the actual pc!

  5. BigPops Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 4:10 am

    And I thought my setup was cool. You win.

  6. Apple iPod Speakers Says:
    July 17th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    Apparently, I have one less monitor than is cool. Oh well - it’s only money :)

  7. Gyrate Dot Org » Home Server Rack Says:
    July 19th, 2008 at 5:22 am

    [...] know, I’ve had this same idea for a few years now, and now that I know what it looks like, I’m thinking about it again. [...]

  8. Graham Gallagher Says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 8:44 am

    What a fantastic setup you have, I have seen similar multiple monitor rigs at dealer trading company’s in the UK, as for housing it all the active equipment in an Orion Cabinet, I can highly recommend Orion, as they are helpful and very professional.

  9. schmodude Says:
    July 30th, 2008 at 5:40 am

    I like how you put the xbox in the cabinet too.

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