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I did this recently, costs/specs: Case + Mobo + Heatsinks + PSU: $740 2x E5-2670v1 (8c/16t ea, not ES): $120 128GB DDR3 Ram: $240 6x 4TB 2.5in Disks: $650
by virtuallynathan 10y ago
I did this recently, costs/specs:
Case + Mobo + Heatsinks + PSU: $740
2x E5-2670v1 (8c/16t ea, not ES): $120
128GB DDR3 Ram: $240
6x 4TB 2.5in Disks: $650
Total cost: $1750
Motherboard has 2x 10GbE, 16x port LSI SAS/SATA controller. Case is a 2U, 24x 2.5in bay, with 2x 920W Platinum quiet PSUs. With a larger budget 256GB of ram and 2x 14c/28t CPUs are pretty reasonable (~$1000 more)
- p1esk 10y ago128GB RAM for $270? How is this possible?
- wmf 10y agoPresumably used, just like the processors.
- virtuallynathan 10y agoGo nuts: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-128GB-16x-8GB-RAM-2RX4-PC3L-12800R-DDR3-1600Mhz-ECC-Server-REG-Memory-/371597641105?hash=item5684f20591:g:FCgAAOSwiylXC2II http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-128GB-16x-8GB-RAM-2RX4-PC3L-... It was actually on sale for $237.50 when I bought it.
- sireat 10y agoInspired by that other Techspot article: http://www.techspot.com/review/1155-affordable-dual-xeon-pc/ http://www.techspot.com/review/1155-affordable-dual-xeon-pc/ I also did a same type of build on the cheap, getting a Dell T5600 case/mb/PS + 2x E5-2670s +64GB RAM for ~$1,000 For multi-threaded use it absolutely destroys a consumer setup such as an overclocked 4790k.
- encore2097 10y agowhat dual LGA2011 motherboard has a 2x 10GbE?
- virtuallynathan 10y agohttp://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x9dr7-tf_.cfm http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x9d... for up to E5-2600v2 (this is the one I have), and someting like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157550 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157... for E5-2600v3/4