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Buying new desktops - which chassis to choose
Hi,
Until recently, I had been looking at buying Dell's rather space saving USFF (ultra small form factor) chassis for new computers. They hinge on the back of the screen, so are easy to move around. We have a few.

Great from a sysadmin point of view, until I started considering what I do when the warranty runs out. These are pretty tight pieces of kit, it's not going to be easy changing out a hard drive or memory if they fail, not compared to a desktop anyway. However i have three years before anything could potentially fail.

What's everyone's opinion on this? Worth worrying about, or is the 3 year warranty sufficient...
Chris.
Posted by Chrisfc
23rd Apr 2007