bsodmike
Dabbler
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2017
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Hi all,
I thought I'd share my upcoming build with the forum here, based on a past thread of mine. I've gone Ryzen as I was able to confirm ECC compatibility via a couple Reddit threads, as well as the Crucial site for the chosen WS grade X570 mainboard from Asus.
Ideally, I would have preferred a X99/Xeon build from Intel, but it also doesn't make sense buying such old parts for a new build, and Xeon Scalable is really cost prohibitive.
I may also change the head unit to a model from Supermicro, which I have to source from a different supplier in Asia. At least with the Supermicro unit, it is a far more quality product and the backplane is confirmed as SAS3/12Gb/s, whereas with Norco it's hard to tell.
Build
I thought I'd share my upcoming build with the forum here, based on a past thread of mine. I've gone Ryzen as I was able to confirm ECC compatibility via a couple Reddit threads, as well as the Crucial site for the chosen WS grade X570 mainboard from Asus.
Ideally, I would have preferred a X99/Xeon build from Intel, but it also doesn't make sense buying such old parts for a new build, and Xeon Scalable is really cost prohibitive.
I may also change the head unit to a model from Supermicro, which I have to source from a different supplier in Asia. At least with the Supermicro unit, it is a far more quality product and the backplane is confirmed as SAS3/12Gb/s, whereas with Norco it's hard to tell.
Build
- Ryzen 9 3900X
- Asus Pro WS X570-Ace mainboard
- x2 Crucial 16GB UDIMM ECC CT16G4WFD8266 (Crucial QVL)
- Noctua NH-U9S CPU cooler (Thanks to @noenken)
- GPU: Using a spare Nvidia card.
- 1x Product Model: IPC-4424 (4U Server Case with 24 Hot-Swappable SAS/SATA Drive Bay, MINI-SAS backplane) @ SGD 598
- 1x Short Depth Sliding Rails (Sliding Rail for 1U to 4U rackmount server case) @ SGD 66
- x1 LSI Logic Controller Card 05-25699-00 9305-24I 24-Port SAS 12GB/S PCI-Express 3.0 (https://www.provantage.com/lsi-05-25699-00~7LSIG0VL.htm)
- x7 StarTech.com Internal Mini-SAS Cable - SFF-8087 to SFF-8643 - 1 m (Manufacturer Part# SAS87431M) (https://www.provantage.com/startech-sas87431m~7STR943H.htm)
- x1 Intel X550-T2 Converged Network Adaptor (https://www.provantage.com/intel-x550t2~7ITEN0LA.htm)