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If I wanted to build something like this myself, are the motherboards fairly commodity? Or do you get into bizarre non-ATX custom form factors with bespoke case

If I wanted to build something like this myself, are the motherboards fairly commodity? Or do you get into bizarre non-ATX custom form factors with bespoke cases and PSUs to match? I've built plenty of gaming rigs, but have never been interested in this world until recently... and would appreciate any insight :)

chriscappuccio 9y ago
For something at this level of sophistication, you'd typically use an integrated case/cooling/motherboard combination from a company like SuperMicro. You could always buy a board and mate it up with another case, it will likely be a SuperMicro board...
oso2k 9y ago
There's posts here on HN and I think techspot that discuss this [0][1]. [0] http://www.techspot.com/review/1155-affordable-dual-xeon-pc/ http://www.techspot.com/review/1155-affordable-dual-xeon-pc/ [1] http://www.techspot.com/review/1218-affordable-40-thread-xeon-monster-pc/ http://www.techspot.com/review/1218-affordable-40-thread-xeo...