159$ US 'new' Quanta D51B-1U LGA2011-3 Server Best Offer

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I swapped around the modules and which yellow slots to populate. It always seems like it has some issue with slots on the first CPU. Not entirely sure if it's a board issue or CPU memory controller yet.

Update: Seems like it may be an issue with CPU seating/pin contact. I was able to get it fully working on another unit.
 
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SPCRich said:
Good news! the latest FW for the raid controller from quanta is from like 2017. you can flash the latest from avago though: https://docs.broadcom.com/docs-and-....0-0119_SAS_MR_FW_IMAGE_APP_4.680.00-8505.zip

Code: 
/tmp# storcli /c0 download file=/tmp/mr3108fw.rom
Download Completed.
Flashing image to adapter...
CLI Version = 007.1108.0000.0000 July 17, 2019
Operating system = Linux 4.15.0-65-generic
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = F/W Flash Completed. Please reboot the system for the changes to take effect

Current package version = 24.16.0-0082
New package version = 24.21.0-0119

YMMV, but my system successfully took it (I have the 12G SAS adapter in mine) and booted back up with array intact. According to firmware date this is the latest from 2018. If for some reason the link doesn't work, just go here MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i
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My units came with 3008 rather than 3108. I was able to wipe the IR firmware on the card and flash it to latest IT firmware.
 
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The M.2 to U.2 adapter from Amazon works as intended and allowed me to use a couple EX920 drives. However, it seems that VMware dropped the support on these drives in ESXi 6.7U1, so I had to install an older NVMe driver in ESXi to get them to show up.
 
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If yours happen to come with 500W PSU's, I'd be happy to trade you my 750's. I don't need 750w, I try to optimize my power supplies to get closer to my actual usage to slightly increase efficiency... I'm using at most maybe 100-120W (single 8c 85w processor + 2 sticks of ram and 4 ssds). I know it's a marginal increase, but i pay a lot for electricity, so every few watts i save helps :)
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Anyone know the model # on the 500w psus? Also, do they make an 80+ platinum psu for these? The 750s appear to be 80+ gold.
 
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Did you look at the FRU document? I found one doc but it only listed the Quanta part numbers which turned up no matches in google. that ebay link looks promising, but @59$ each, it doesn't really make sense. I'm only drawing 100W, so 100W out of a 750W PSU is <20% utilization which puts me down a few % on efficiency. If I could get the 500W ones that'd raise me up a bit, but not at the nearly the cost of the chassis. That's why I was hoping someone had received 500W PSU's and wanted to trade :D
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I got them from a compatible components list on their website: Marketing summary report

I did some more searching and found that the DPS-500AB-2 A supply is also used in some HP servers under the 633680-101 labeling. The HP version is only rated for 200-277V input and has a weird power plug, so not very useful (I see some on eBay for $10 + shipping).
 
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Yeah, I'm thinking the gold rated PSUs are good enough, given the cost of replacing them. If they were worse than gold rated maybe I could see replacing the PSUs.
 
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I had no idea. In fact, I thought I was going to get a janky one, because the one in the photos had weird looking rack ears...but the one I received had normal ears, and all these goodies :D Literally all I needed was CPU/Memory and caddies

Edit: This is the one I purchased, they have more: QuantaGrid Server D51B-1U 10SFF BAREBONE 2x HEATSINK 2x PSU RAIL | eBay

Edit2: The description says i350 and 3Gbps sata controller, so either their description is wrong, or they have various models and I won the lottery :D
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Seller said he had 200 of them, so that's how many I bought.

:D
 
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~_~

A cool fact about these, if you add them into librenms, along with ipmi info, librenms will graph the power consumption from the PSUs for you...my supermicros don't do that :(
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Oh nice. Power consumption seemed ok when I checked it.

200 seems like much too round of a number, so I assume a handful more will show back up on ebay after my order gets processed.
 
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Does anyone find them a little noisy? In the same environment, my Intel 1U servers are a whisper compared to the Quanta.
My fans never go below 7000 rpm at idle and there aren't any options in the BIOS to adjust thermal/fan settings.
 
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Yes , this beast is very noisy for homelab use.

I started with high clock rate 16c cpu , then 12c cpu.
I ended up with dual E5-4610v3 ( low power 10c cpu ) to keep the fan spinning between 4k -5k rpm.
Now it is usable in my spare room.
 
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E5-4xxx v3 CPU are basement bargain at this time.

Picked up 12 x E5-4667 v3 retail ( 16 core , 32T, base 2.0ghz , turbo 2.9ghz ) CPU at $80 each.

The CPU came up from HP servers pull, looks like brand new without any thermal paste on top.

Single E5-4667 v3 Cinebench R165 is 2200
 
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E5-4xxx v3 CPU are basement bargain at this time.

Picked up 12 x E5-4667 v3 retail ( 16 core , 32T, base 2.0ghz , turbo 2.9ghz ) CPU at $80 each.

The CPU came up from HP servers pull, looks like brand new without any thermal paste on top.

Single E5-4667 v3 Cinebench R165 is 2200
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Interesting!

Thanks for sharing.

Any downside to the 4xxx cpus?
 
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Any downside to the 4xxx cpus?
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I been using E5-4xxx v3 series for a while at least 2-3 years , either is single or dual socket board.

I have not encounter any issue, my guess E5-4xxx cpu used 1-2 watts more due to extra QPI link circuitry
 
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All-cores-turbo seems to be substantially lower on 46xx vs equivalent 26xx cpus:

http://www.intel.com/content/dam/ww...cification-updates/xeon-e5-v3-spec-update.pdf

Say, E5-2695v3 and E5-2699v3 have an all cores turbo of 2.8ghz, vs only 2.4ghz on the equivalent E5-4660v3 and E5-4669v3 processors.

46xx sometimes also have lower TDP and higher maximum operating temperatures -- no surprise given the lower clock speed.
 
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Since most people shy away from E5-4xxx cpu, demand is lower , therefore market price is lower.

When you compare price between E5-2xxx v3 vs E5-4xxx v3,
$80 16 core E5-4667 v3 2.3ghz is similar to E5-2698v3 turbo 3.6ghz ( $400 on Ebay ),
Price vs performance is on the side of E5-4xxx v3

That is why, I been buying un-loved E5-4xxx v3 chip for a while now.
 
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