As you can see from the pictures below, the
layout of the two boards are the same save the SCSI / IDE ports. The only
flaw I found was that installing or removing memory with heatsinks installed
was a bit tight. Other than that the layout is perfect for the intended
purpose of this board and I can definitely see it fitting without any
trouble into a 1U rackmount case (at least all the ones I have seen).
The power supply connector, SCSI and IDE connectors, capacitors, etc are
all well placed... For a 1U case. If you're planning to build a machine
in a tower case you won't dissappointed either. This board fits anywhere.
The Test System
Both boards were configured the same except
for the hard drives. The Thunder LE was blessed with one of my 18gb Seagate
Cheetahs (10000rpm, U160) while the Tiger LE settled in with a pair of
IBM 34GXP's (7200rpm, ATA66). The rest of the system went like this:
