Ya, I also noticed some heat sink configurations that were non-standard.

On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote:

> I'd like to note that you have to be careful with Dell because I've found that their form factors are different than standard PC hardware – they maintain some degree of propriety I guess

 

The smaller cases have had issues with this at times. But it’s pretty easy to find out if a particular model has standard case mounting stuff – and this only really applies for motherboard/PSU change.

 

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I'd like to note that you have to be careful with Dell because I've found that their form factors are different than standard PC hardware – they maintain some degree of propriety I guess. So, the motherboards won't necessarily fit into a standard tower, etc. if you ever decided to take your existing parts and port them over to your own custom build.

 

 

 

On Jun 11, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Jim Tierney wrote:

Personally for PCs, I prefer pre-built systems from a known manufacturer (Boxx, Dell, HP, etc). They're usually tested very well and support tends to be good, especially if you pay for Premium support. Building a system or having a workstation custom built tends to involve more problems and incompatibilities. I doubt many Mac users want to become PC sysadmins, so buying something pre-built with good support is probably a better option. PCs have enough quirks without sticking a bunch of compenents together that haven't been tested together.