[Ion]
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- Joined
- Sep 15, 2009
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- Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
System Name | Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk |
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Processor | i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz |
Motherboard | BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7 |
Cooling | Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34 |
Memory | 1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB |
Video Card(s) | GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310 |
Storage | 80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1) |
Display(s) | Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None |
Case | Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U |
Audio Device(s) | Onboard |
Power Supply | Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W |
Keyboard | IBM Model M |
Software | Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk) |
So I'm finally getting around to putting together something else interesting (no, the endless i5 HP SFFs don't count) so I might as well do a build log. Parts are:
- 2x Xeon X5672 (3.2GHz + turbo, quad-core + HT, LGA1366)
- 6x2GB DDR3-10666 RAM. More than enough for what I'm working on here
- 550w AcBel PSU from an old Sun workstation. Not very modern of efficient, but with 375w available @ 12V, it should do just fine. It's going to require a bit of modification, which I'll get to later
- 160GB HDD from Stinger608. Thanks!
- Supermicro X8DTi-F (almost certainly, just waiting to hear back if my offer on Ebay was accepted)
- nVidia Quadro 400
- 2x Supermicro heatpipe copper coolers
- Either Server 2008 R2 Enterprise or Linux Mint
- Caseless for now, but if I can find a decently-priced eATX case I might have to snap one up
First issue: the AcBel PSU only has a single 8-pin EPS12V. However, I salved the EPS12V plug off of a past trashed PSU (perhaps the 300w Antec I burned out running the FX8350, but I don't remember). There is a lab here with a soldering iron + supplies, however, that I believe is open to all electrical and computer engineering students. I'm heading there tomorrow to see if I can use it, in which case I'll solder the extra EPS12V plug on. If not I'll cut up a Molex->PCIe power adapter and tape them together. That's not going to be my first choice, however
(and yup, that's my Model M; a damn fine keyboard!)
I'm still waiting on most of the parts; I have the RAM, GPU, and PSU, but that's it ATM.
- 2x Xeon X5672 (3.2GHz + turbo, quad-core + HT, LGA1366)
- 6x2GB DDR3-10666 RAM. More than enough for what I'm working on here
- 550w AcBel PSU from an old Sun workstation. Not very modern of efficient, but with 375w available @ 12V, it should do just fine. It's going to require a bit of modification, which I'll get to later
- 160GB HDD from Stinger608. Thanks!
- Supermicro X8DTi-F (almost certainly, just waiting to hear back if my offer on Ebay was accepted)
- nVidia Quadro 400
- 2x Supermicro heatpipe copper coolers
- Either Server 2008 R2 Enterprise or Linux Mint
- Caseless for now, but if I can find a decently-priced eATX case I might have to snap one up
First issue: the AcBel PSU only has a single 8-pin EPS12V. However, I salved the EPS12V plug off of a past trashed PSU (perhaps the 300w Antec I burned out running the FX8350, but I don't remember). There is a lab here with a soldering iron + supplies, however, that I believe is open to all electrical and computer engineering students. I'm heading there tomorrow to see if I can use it, in which case I'll solder the extra EPS12V plug on. If not I'll cut up a Molex->PCIe power adapter and tape them together. That's not going to be my first choice, however
(and yup, that's my Model M; a damn fine keyboard!)
I'm still waiting on most of the parts; I have the RAM, GPU, and PSU, but that's it ATM.