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Wow, all the components are crazy overpriced. You can get the same system built for probably 1/3 the price with the same level of quality. Example is the mothe
by lqdc13 11y ago
Wow, all the components are crazy overpriced. You can get the same system built for probably 1/3 the price with the same level of quality.
Example is the motherboard for $500+, the fans for $20 each, on off switch for $25, 8gb of DDR3 ram for $90???? etc.
The saving grace is the hard drives that are decently priced and make up the bulk of the cost.
- budmang 11y agoLinks? We love getting feedback, especially if we're overpaying for a particular component? Gleb
- lqdc13 11y agoI guess it depends on the requirements a lot. Are you guys set on using ECC RAM and microATX mobo? It would be much cheaper to use some sort of gaming cpu + DDR4 non-ecc RAM. For example, microatx mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157544 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157... some non-ecc DDR4 ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231796&cm_re=ddr4-_-20-231-796-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231... and a cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117402&cm_re=5820k-_-19-117-402-_-Product http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117...
- modoc 11y agoFor a use like this EEC RAM is worth the money.
- lqdc13 11y agoAlright, even with ECC and much faster DDR4 ram: http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct16g4rfd4213 http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct16g4rfd4213 and motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157545 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157...
- lewisl9029 11y agoYou might have missed the fact that the motherboard they use has built-in dual 10G Ethernet: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9SRH-7TF.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9S... Once you account for the cost of a 10G NIC and the fact that having it integrated frees up another expansion slot, I'd say it's a pretty good deal. Also, I'm not sure if there are any non-Xeon processors that support ECC.
- ZoFreX 11y agoAn extreme example of a non-Xeon that supports ECC: Atom C2750 :)