Hi there,
Just picked up a SC847 chassis with a X8DTU-F motherboard included (Revision 2.01) for $175. It also came with an L5520. I planned to get a x9DRi-LN4F but I got the motherboard as a bonus with the chassis and I figured since this was my first NAS build I would try the x8 motherboard first to see if I could get some use out of it for a low budget approach.
Primary purpose: ESXi with FreeNAS as a VM, so AES-NI is a must. I already have 28 x 4GB of DDR3 1333 RDIMMs- plan to populate all of the DIMM slots on this X8DTU-F motherboard and have a bit left over.
I've been looking at ARK for the Westmere and Nehalem processors and have been trying to figure out:
1) Do I get another L5520 ($3.24 for one) to complete my dual CPU setup?
or
2) Do I get dual L5640s ($15 each) and scrap the L5520?
or
3) Do I choose a different 5500 / 5600 option altogether? If so, I'd like to spend no more than $20ish each CPU (and that expense would have to be justified, as I would be putting money in an aging x8 system).
Planning to pick up a Dynatron G666 cooler to match the existing cooler already in the chassis. Most of the recs here seem to be older comparatively, so posting this for an updated 2018 look at this issue.
Thanks!
Just picked up a SC847 chassis with a X8DTU-F motherboard included (Revision 2.01) for $175. It also came with an L5520. I planned to get a x9DRi-LN4F but I got the motherboard as a bonus with the chassis and I figured since this was my first NAS build I would try the x8 motherboard first to see if I could get some use out of it for a low budget approach.
Primary purpose: ESXi with FreeNAS as a VM, so AES-NI is a must. I already have 28 x 4GB of DDR3 1333 RDIMMs- plan to populate all of the DIMM slots on this X8DTU-F motherboard and have a bit left over.
I've been looking at ARK for the Westmere and Nehalem processors and have been trying to figure out:
1) Do I get another L5520 ($3.24 for one) to complete my dual CPU setup?
or
2) Do I get dual L5640s ($15 each) and scrap the L5520?
or
3) Do I choose a different 5500 / 5600 option altogether? If so, I'd like to spend no more than $20ish each CPU (and that expense would have to be justified, as I would be putting money in an aging x8 system).
Planning to pick up a Dynatron G666 cooler to match the existing cooler already in the chassis. Most of the recs here seem to be older comparatively, so posting this for an updated 2018 look at this issue.
Thanks!
