Supermicro SC732

[Evan]

SC732 lists as compatible the X10SRH (2011-3 with SAS), does anybody know how the cooling is ? The chassis is said to be quiet.

I saw this thread from @Patrick Supermicro SC732 fits E-ATX SSI EEB Motherboards

Anybody have any experience and would you recommend it as a good chassis, not really small or fancy but good value for money in the part of the world purchased new.

 

[i386]

In general supermicro chassis are of very high quality. The "SQ" models require 3 or 4u active heatsinks for the cpu(s) and use low rpm fans (max 5k rpm) while the normal version without the suffix have an air shroud and use 2u passive heatsinks with midwall fans that can ramp up to 7k rpm.

The 73x chassis are made for workstations in office enviroments, they are quiet but not silent.
I prefer the 745b chassis as the 745 series can use redundant psus and the same psus/bbp (ups) as the rackmount chassis.

 

[Evan]

Thanks for the feedback, I like the look of 745 also but cost 3 or 4 times as much here (granted I can get prices right now on the 732), and it’s large, don’t need redundant PDU or anything.

Did realize I would need an active heatsink but was fine with that given the price of the case.

 

[britinpdx]

I've a workstation build comprising a SC732D4-903B with an X10SRA motherboard, E5-2658 v3 (ES QEYP) with a 4U Active Heat sink SNK-P0050AP4 and a GTX650 video card. As noted by @i386, the chassis quality is excellent.

I added the 4x 2.5" cage for SSD's (MCP-220-73201-0N, mounts at the bottom/front of the chassis) and have not yet populated the 3.5" bays

Currently mining Aeon on the STH pool with xmrig at ~1880H/s, CPU load at 72%, CPU core temps at 44~50C, CPU Fan at 1950rpm, Chassis fan at 1050rpm, and IMHO it is very quiet.

 

[Evan]

Thanks @britinpdx thats perfect information especially the heatsink info.
Looks like I will order one then. Being the other side of the world it will take a week or so to arrive but will report back how it goes. (I figure since the board is listed to be compatible with the case it must work ok )

 

[Aestr]

It looks like it only comes with a rear 120mm fan, so you'll want to add one on the optional front mount to help cool that SAS controller.

 

[Evan]

It looks like it only comes with a rear 120mm fan, so you'll want to add one on the optional front mount to help cool that SAS controller.

I kind of assumed that also but I was also wondering about how I would cool a proper network card as well.