Jason Evans
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- May 18, 2015
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Alright, so it was time for an upgrade. I need to downgrade my server blade first. My space will be limited very soon, so I need to switch to a tower style case. Tear down was easy as expected, except when I got to the raid card in the server blade. For whatever reason, the SAS cables were extremely difficult to remove. First issue. Now on to the build. It was pretty straight forward as any tower build usually is. I can say that the case I used is pretty good for what I need. Ran into on issue, the raid card didn't want to see my HD's for some reason. So i decided to switch the ports on the card, still no dice. Here's where I thought I could reuse the old cables from the server blade. Well after 20 mins of searching the net, I decided to just switch to the new cables I bought. booted up, and boom, in business. After that is was pretty smooth sailing. No major issues to report after that. 1 mem stick did die before the switch, and that's fine as I have plenty to use.
Also wanted to mention @Chris Moore for giving me all the suggestion on the hardware I purchased!
Parts used. All new to the build
PSU
MOBO
Case I got the very last one on Newegg.
Cables + Mini Sas + Sata power, intenrnal SAS, longer SAS for SSD's
SAS Expander
CPU
CPU heatsink look at the side by side pics to see why.
Old parts used
12x 2TB HGST NAS drivers. I pad a little less when I got them.
2x Intel 80GB SSD's
32GB ECC 1333 mem. No link as it came in the server blade.
Old Dell blade if anyone cares. Super close to what I have.
Got a few other random bits to assist with the build process like this TOOL KIT, and 2 of these. I chose those for temporary use until I can order a few new SSD's. And lastly THIS guy, just in case anything went wacky on the mobo USB header.
Ok, on to the build pics. :)
Old Dell sever blade.
New Case
Random Case bits included
MOBO and CPU
Heat sink side by side and in case
Heat sink clearance
Case with no HD's in
HD's in
And finally the finished product
Ok, so I have a bit more cable management to get done. There are a few odd bits bothering me from that last pic, but overall the it's complete and running. I also plan to get a few ICY docks to put into the 5.25" bays for the SSD's. I wanted to see if I had room to just throw them up top, which I do. But for cleanliness sake, I am going to do it proper.
I think that's it.
Thanks for looking :0
Also wanted to mention @Chris Moore for giving me all the suggestion on the hardware I purchased!
Parts used. All new to the build
PSU
MOBO
Case I got the very last one on Newegg.
Cables + Mini Sas + Sata power, intenrnal SAS, longer SAS for SSD's
SAS Expander
CPU
CPU heatsink look at the side by side pics to see why.
Old parts used
12x 2TB HGST NAS drivers. I pad a little less when I got them.
2x Intel 80GB SSD's
32GB ECC 1333 mem. No link as it came in the server blade.
Old Dell blade if anyone cares. Super close to what I have.
Got a few other random bits to assist with the build process like this TOOL KIT, and 2 of these. I chose those for temporary use until I can order a few new SSD's. And lastly THIS guy, just in case anything went wacky on the mobo USB header.
Ok, on to the build pics. :)
Old Dell sever blade.
New Case
Random Case bits included
MOBO and CPU
Heat sink side by side and in case
Heat sink clearance
Case with no HD's in
HD's in
And finally the finished product
Ok, so I have a bit more cable management to get done. There are a few odd bits bothering me from that last pic, but overall the it's complete and running. I also plan to get a few ICY docks to put into the 5.25" bays for the SSD's. I wanted to see if I had room to just throw them up top, which I do. But for cleanliness sake, I am going to do it proper.
I think that's it.
Thanks for looking :0