https://tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=.../&share_tid=8425&share_fid=66904&share_type=tI have a Natex S2600CP board that shipped to UK from US that I'm in the process of building up now. I have just got the board to POST sitting on my desk with a newly acquired Fractal Design Newton 800w PSU and 64GB Samsung RAM. I only let the board run a few minutes since I was concerned about lack of airflow with the board sat on my desk with the supplied 1U copper CPU passive heatsinks, but knowing the board is OK has de-risked the project for me going forward. I have a couple of Cooler Master Hyper T4 heatsinks on order now.
Re the case, I ordered a B grade Phanteks Enthoo Pro case which seemed a bargain but arrived with front smashed so was returned. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise because what surprised me most was the fact this case is soooooo huge!!!! It is pretty much double the volume compared to the dual xeon HP Z600 workstation it will replace. I can live with a single SSD + HDD and a decent GPU, so I really don't want such a big case. I will use it for rendering in Blender plus general PC use.
Up to now my case search has focussed on SSI EEB form factor compatible cases, but since this is a server motherboard these cases are all huge, so I'm now also looking at E-ATX cases. I understand E-ATX also has 12"x 13" form factor as per SSI EEB, and generally all board locations are similar, apart from three of the middle board stand offs are in different locations, but this is easy enough to modify.
I like the Corsair Carbide Air 540 cubist style, apart from the window, but guess I could live with that.
Also Silverstone GD07 is quite small, but it's really a HTPC case.
Anyone else squeezed the S2600CP board into a smaller case??
Nice, I am rocking this build for Blender rendering as well. Been hitting 1:46 on the BMW test scene.I have a Natex S2600CP board that shipped to UK from US that I'm in the process of building up now. I have just got the board to POST sitting on my desk with a newly acquired Fractal Design Newton 800w PSU and 64GB Samsung RAM. I only let the board run a few minutes since I was concerned about lack of airflow with the board sat on my desk with the supplied 1U copper CPU passive heatsinks, but knowing the board is OK has de-risked the project for me going forward. I have a couple of Cooler Master Hyper T4 heatsinks on order now.
Re the case, I ordered a B grade Phanteks Enthoo Pro case which seemed a bargain but arrived with front smashed so was returned. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise because what surprised me most was the fact this case is soooooo huge!!!! It is pretty much double the volume compared to the dual xeon HP Z600 workstation it will replace. I can live with a single SSD + HDD and a decent GPU, so I really don't want such a big case. I will use it for rendering in Blender plus general PC use.
Up to now my case search has focussed on SSI EEB form factor compatible cases, but since this is a server motherboard these cases are all huge, so I'm now also looking at E-ATX cases. I understand E-ATX also has 12"x 13" form factor as per SSI EEB, and generally all board locations are similar, apart from three of the middle board stand offs are in different locations, but this is easy enough to modify.
I like the Corsair Carbide Air 540 cubist style, apart from the window, but guess I could live with that.
Also Silverstone GD07 is quite small, but it's really a HTPC case.
Anyone else squeezed the S2600CP board into a smaller case??
Intel FUPCRPSCAGE Redundant Power Supply Cage New Bulk PackagingI have emailed kalleyomalley to ask if this is the correct PSU filler part to use if you are only running one PSU instead of two:
"Intel FUPCRPSCAGE Redundant Power Supply Cage New Bulk Packaging"
The description says it includes a blank filler.
FYI
hello guys, I try to build my first system with a e5 2670 v1, I'm looking for a cheap mother board single socket. could point me some?
Thanks I love the way he shoehorned the board into that case! Great idea to do the backplate mod to allow additional stand off for the MOBO. One of my concerns was what do I do if one of the missing stand offs aligns with a cable hole in the backplate, and he solved it!https://tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/8425/&share_tid=8425&share_fid=66904&share_type=t
Dual E5-2670 build in the smallest case NZXT S340
That's a great time for the BMW scene, is this the old one or the new one?Nice, I am rocking this build for Blender rendering as well. Been hitting 1:46 on the BMW test scene.
For cases, the smallest I saw (with hacking required) is the the post above. The link seems to be broken when I clicked it, so here it goes.
Dual E5-2670 build in the smallest case NZXT S340
That’s a very nice rig!Thanks I love the way he shoehorned the board into that case! Great idea to do the backplate mod to allow additional stand off for the MOBO. One of my concerns was what do I do if one of the missing stand offs aligns with a cable hole in the backplate, and he solved it!
I thought Nanoxia-deep-silence 2 is also an e-atx case, even Nanoxia site says so.That’s a very nice rig!
I’m so close to ordering the Natex S2600CP deal but I was also struggling a bit with finding a small case.
My plan is to use it as a workstation (and for BOINC/World Community Grid) so I have to keep it under my desk.
Most makers of consumer tower cases put in a lot of drive bays that I personally have no use for. (One SSD is enough for me.)
I have an old ATX-case (Cooler Master Mystique 631) laying around, which has lots of generic mounting holes, including EATX, for which many overlap with SSI-EEB. I would still be missing the 3 holes in the top row of the S2600CP though.
It is by no means an ideal case (no silencing, would prefer without window etc.), but if I remove the whole 5.25”-bay section (held in place by rivets) and drill the three mounting holes in the top then it should be a fairly small case (for an SSI-EEB board anyway), although of course not as elegant as the one in the link above.
I’d much rather like to use a silent case like my Nanoxia DS2, but even though it is a huge case it does not accommodate anything wider than ATX. Since I haven’t done any major hardware mods before I’d prefer starting with the Mystique.
If only regular ATX-sized dual 2011 motherboards (e.g. Asus Z9PA or Supermicro X9DRL series) were a bit cheaper I’d probably go for that and the Cooler Master Elite 361 case which is the smallest ATX case as far as I know. Due to its front placement of the PSU it is about the same size as many mATX cases, plus it also creates a separate air flow channel for the PSU.
I think that this is related to Google's demands for CPUs. They started demanding chips which will operate at a higher temp so they could run server farms without cooling the inlet air. I can't find the exact reference(I remember it was in a youtube video), but I think they were getting special speced processors in the Xeon 55XX range and then this was integrated into the entire range after that. Anyway here is why. Free Cooling: the Server Side of the StoryI think the Mystique looks like a good starting point, especially as you have it already.
One thing I just noticed re temps which makes me more comfortable running in a smaller case is that Intel tends to specify higher max CPU temps (Tcase) for Xeons than for consumer CPUs.
For example:
Xeon
E5-2670 Tcase = 80 deg C
X5650 Tcase = 81.3 deg C
E7-2890 V2 Tcase = 77 deg C
Consumer
i7-5960X Tcase = 66.8 deg C
i5-4670 Tcase = 72.75 deg C
i7-4790 Tcase = 72.72 deg C
Maybe I picked an unrepresentative sample, but it seems to be true even if I compare same size of lithography between Xeon and consumer.
Is Intel using better silicon for the Xeons? Or are they derating consumer products?
Now I start to understand why gamers seem to want to run their CPUs much cooler than people running typical Xeon applications
I think that this is related to Google's demands for CPUs. They started demanding chips which will operate at a higher temp so they could run server farms without cooling the inlet air. I can't find the exact reference(I remember it was in a youtube video), but I think they were getting special speced processors in the Xeon 55XX range and then this was integrated into the entire range after that. Anyway here is why. Free Cooling: the Server Side of the Story
Yes, you are right. I referred to the wrong version. Mine is the Deep Silence 1 Rev. B, which does not support E-ATX. It supports a non-standard "XL-ATX" however, which is only a little bit higher (and not wider as needed for these SSI-EEB boards) than ATX.I thought Nanoxia-deep-silence 2 is also an e-atx case, even Nanoxia site says so.
I've temporarily pulled the 2nd PS out couple of inches out & ran the FRUSDR. So it is acting as the filler for the time being and not affect the airflow designIntel FUPCRPSCAGE Redundant Power Supply Cage New Bulk Packaging
Original listing $35
seller was not able to confirm if correct part, suggested I do my own investigation.
My initial offer 2 x $10
seller counter offer $20
seller accepted my offer 3 x $15.
I'm wondering whether it may look like
Intel SC5299 Redundant Power Supply Cage New HP-Q6100XC
though 3 x cages and 2x RAID shipping cost to USA only $26
time will tell when I eventually have item shipped to me.
For those who bought 2 x PSU cases and want to only run 1 x PSU.
Cheers
Yes, I've seen exactly this. I haven't really worried about it. Did the fans ramp up? One time, the room was just really hot (90 ambient) and the fans didn't ramp up. But the other time, I was transcoding and the fans did ramp up.Has anyone experienced this? System board Agg Thrm Mgn 2 going over 0 was not flagged by BMC Web console. ESXi health status showed this as warning. Ran mprime in a VM for 15 / 20 min. S2600C2J in Intel P4000M chassis
The thresholds on the bmc Web console for agg thm mgn2 was 0 for both H-non CR & H-CR. So I was wondering why it was not flagging that as a warning.Agg Thrm Mgn 2 is a Global Aggregate Thermal Margin sensor; a virtual sensor that aggregates the values from other temp sensors (...I dunno which ones specifically). I've seen the same thing when I was running ESXi and loaded the CPUs. I presume it's a discrepancy with how ESXi interprets that value vs what the Intel BMC does...
Just an observation, your CPU1 was running hotter than CPU2; I presume that your VM running mprime was only using cores from CPU1? If not, then you may have an issue with the heat sink fit on CPU1.