Super cheap Supermicro Superserver! 1U w/ 8x 2.5" bay & X8DTL

[Fritz]

Yep, it does.

 

[Flintstone]

Did you guys get the original heatsinks for this server? I have been puzzled by the inside design and lack of airflow to the dual CPUs when I came across the parts list (looking for the fan SKUs).

It says 1x SNK-P0037P and 1x SNK-P0041 - THAT makes a lot more sense than the servers I got built (all dual CPU) with 2x 37P resulting in subpair airflow.

I guess most if not all of these were only built for 1 cpu...

I just ordered four of these :

Supermicro 1U SNK-P0041 LGA1366 (X8) Intel Xeon Socket Heatsink for X9DBL

 

[BackupProphet]

I don't believe that heatsink will help much, an air shroud will help slightly though. Anyway I rather recommend going for dual L5630 cpus. No need to worry about heat at all. I just recently ordered a few L5640 which is hex-core and 60w tdp. I think they will work fine.

 

[Flintstone]

I don't believe that heatsink will help much, an air shroud will help slightly though. Anyway I rather recommend going for dual L5630 cpus. No need to worry about heat at all. I just recently ordered a few L5640 which is hex-core and 60w tdp. I think they will work fine.

Oh - if it is a waste of $100 I should cancel my order. Have you tried it?

I have dual L5630 and dual L5520 - to me they both end up beeing hot and loud... I am almost just giving up and using just one CPU in them (maybe compensate with a x5650)

 

[BackupProphet]

I have no problems with dual L5630, the fans don't even spin up with full load. Every night at 3AM they do some crazy number crunching right next to my bedroom. Can' hear them. The Quanta LB6M is a lot more noisy
So it sounds like your server room needs better cooling.

 

[Flintstone]

Can you see a difference in the cpu temps for front and back cpu or between your harddrives? My problem is that my a couple of my 10k spinners are at 50c, and I think lack of airflow in the middle of the case is part of the reason.


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[BackupProphet]

Rear CPU is about 5-10 degrees warmer under full load.

 

[nthu9280]

I'm trying to remove Optical drive assembly and can't seem to figure out. The manual says to release the latch which I can't find.

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[PigLover]

I'm trying to remove Optical drive assembly and can't seem to figure out. The manual says to release the latch which I can't find.

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There is a single small screw in the rear, near the chassis edge. It can be awkward to reach it - the PSU means you have to get it from an angle. Then the optical drive cage will slide right out.

 

[Fritz]

I added 2 extra fans to mine but CPU 1 is still running warm (80c). I think this is because CPU 2 warms the air before it gets to CPU 1. I've ordered a Dynatron G199 active cooler to replace the SM cooler on CPU1. All heatsinks should be solid copper as far as I'm concerned.

 

[nthu9280]

@PigLover
Thank you so much! I figured I was overlooking something simple. I should now be able to mount a small 80G SSD boot drive in the space and VTd the SAS ports on the back plane.

 

[Flintstone]

@PigLover
Thank you so much! I figured I was overlooking something simple. I should now be able to mount a small 80G SSD boot drive in the space and VTd the SAS ports on the back plane.

What replacement bracket did you get? There is a few out there, but I sometimes read that people buy them "for pennies". My guess is that it is a pretty standard formfit?

 

[JayG30]

If you are changing out the MB anyway there are a lot "safer" ways to do what you want - choose a MB with either the 10Gbe or SAS on board and then use the riser for the other one. Of choose a SM "UIO/MIO" motherboard and change out the back of the chassis to UIO to allow two add-on cards (the replacement window costs about $15-30 on eBay).

I've had poor results with the flex-riser approach. Note that most of them are not adequately shielded for PCIe 2.0/2.1 speeds and certainly not 3.0 (even the ones that claim to be).

This is what I was thinking. I'd love to swap out the MB for one that support 2 x Sandy Bridge E5-2670's, 10G (prefer SFP+), and enough SATA3 to fill out the chassis. Does anyone know of a board that might work?

 

[distracted247]

This is what I was thinking. I'd love to swap out the MB for one that support 2 x Sandy Bridge E5-2670's, 10G (prefer SFP+), and enough SATA3 to fill out the chassis. Does anyone know of a board that might work?

The Gigabyte GA-7PESH2 ticks all the boxes except the SFP+ requirement I think.

• Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 & E5-2600 V2 product families
• 16 x RDIMM/UDIMM ECC DIMM slots
• 2 x 10GbE BASE-T LAN ports (Intel® X540-AT2)
• 2 x SATA III 6Gb/s + 4 x SATA II 3Gb/s
• 8 x SAS 6Gb/s

 

[JayG30]

The Gigabyte GA-7PESH2 ticks all the boxes except the SFP+ requirement I think.

• Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 & E5-2600 V2 product families
• 16 x RDIMM/UDIMM ECC DIMM slots
• 2 x 10GbE BASE-T LAN ports (Intel® X540-AT2)
• 2 x SATA III 6Gb/s + 4 x SATA II 3Gb/s
• 8 x SAS 6Gb/s

So just realized there are 2 supermicro systems in this thread. But I don't think this gigabyte board would fit either one. It is listed as an E-ATX form factor for starters with dimensions of 305mm x 330mm (12.0079" x 12.9921").

The first link is to the SYS-1026T-M3 system, which uses a CSE-113MTQ-560CB chassis and a X8DTL-3 motherboard. Chassis form factor support is;

19.98" Depth 1U Rackmount Chassis - support M-ATX (9.6" x 9.6") and ATX (12" x 10") motherboard (max MB size support: 13.68" x 10.5")

The second machine talked about in this thread is essentially a 1026T-URF4+, which is a CSE-119TQ-R700UB chassis with a X8DTU-LN4F motherboard. Chassis form factor support is;

1U chassis optimized for 12.8" x 16.5" proprietary motherboard

So the first chassis doesn't support E-ATX. The second one which supports more expansion slots using a non-standard form factor and only lists X8 boards for the chassis. However I know that many times that doesn't stop other supermicro boards from fitting because they could have made X9/X10 boards with the same form factor but just never updated the motherboard compatibility list. And sometimes they slightly revise the chassis to support the newer boards as well.

 

[mjygvfesz]

The only issue with the x9/x10 gen is that they are "W" and not "U" type boards. So I don't believe they line up with the expansion slots.

 

[JayG30]

The only issue with the x9/x10 gen is that they are "W" and not "U" type boards. So I don't believe they line up with the expansion slots.

If true, that's unfortunate then. The chassis would be perfect (redundant PSU, enough expansion slots, 2.5" sleds) but being limited to X8 boards really limits you. I assume @Patrick talking about swapping a Xeon D board in was using the first chassis (since it support regular m-ATX/ATX).

Looks like the best board for the second server with the extra expansion slots (proprietary form factor) would be X8DTU-6TF+-LR (has 2x10G SPF+, LSI 2108 onboard) but really no point trying to find that when you have the extra expansion slots.

 

[distracted247]

So just realized there are 2 supermicro systems in this thread. But I don't think this gigabyte board would fit either one. It is listed as an E-ATX form factor for starters with dimensions of 305mm x 330mm (12.0079" x 12.9921").
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Sorry, I didn't actually read the whole thread, I just saw the requirements list and thought for sure I had seen a board that met them.

I'll just back slowly away into the shadows now...

 

[mjygvfesz]

Yeah I was looking at this chassis combo then dropping in a x9drw-3f I picked up but it didn't seem to line up from what I could tell so got stuck buying a 300 dollar non resident case for it. Still makes one hell of an esxi server though

 

[BackupProphet]

The second chassis is back from the same seller, and for a great price to0! Includes 72GB RAM
Supermicro 1U Server X8DTU-LN4F+ Chassis 2x Heat sink CPU 72GB RAM 2 x PSU