Hi all,
I'm a bit stymied and hoping for some advice.
I've built dozens of servers, but for this build can't find exactly what I need.
I have a very minimalist one room loft style apartment, so I don't have a "server room." Last year I put a server in a closet, but it was awkward. So I want to build a system that is absolutely silent under normal load, and quiet under high load, both from about 6' away. I can put it in a ventilated enclosed shelf space, but anything louder than 25db, or any high pitched or irregular sounds, will be too much. It should also consume minimal power since it will be on all the time.
The work I do is text mining and visualization. So the server needs to support at least 64GB, more than 4 cores, and support fast storage. I want something that isn't fiddly, which lasts a few years without touching it, so I think options like water cooling are out. It needs to be rock solid. Sometimes processing jobs will be maxing out CPU and I/O for hours at a time.
Some NVidia 970 video cards seems ideal since they run passively under normal load, if I can find a model without the coil whine issue. For storage I'd like something like a Samsung XP941-512G along with a 4TB drive. The 50 watt Xeon V3 E5-2608L might be a good choice for a CPU, though something with better peak speed would be good.
I don't mind spending $1500+ on this build, though spending less would be nice. I considered something like a Precision T3610 off eBay but am not confident they are quiet enough, and building it myself I can use the newest generation parts. Given I don't want a large system, I haven't found any micro ATX boards that support 64GB or more. Yet I understand there are 32GB DDR4 chips, so shouldn't they support 4 X 32GB = 128GB?
Thanks for any advice!
I'm a bit stymied and hoping for some advice.
I've built dozens of servers, but for this build can't find exactly what I need.
I have a very minimalist one room loft style apartment, so I don't have a "server room." Last year I put a server in a closet, but it was awkward. So I want to build a system that is absolutely silent under normal load, and quiet under high load, both from about 6' away. I can put it in a ventilated enclosed shelf space, but anything louder than 25db, or any high pitched or irregular sounds, will be too much. It should also consume minimal power since it will be on all the time.
The work I do is text mining and visualization. So the server needs to support at least 64GB, more than 4 cores, and support fast storage. I want something that isn't fiddly, which lasts a few years without touching it, so I think options like water cooling are out. It needs to be rock solid. Sometimes processing jobs will be maxing out CPU and I/O for hours at a time.
Some NVidia 970 video cards seems ideal since they run passively under normal load, if I can find a model without the coil whine issue. For storage I'd like something like a Samsung XP941-512G along with a 4TB drive. The 50 watt Xeon V3 E5-2608L might be a good choice for a CPU, though something with better peak speed would be good.
I don't mind spending $1500+ on this build, though spending less would be nice. I considered something like a Precision T3610 off eBay but am not confident they are quiet enough, and building it myself I can use the newest generation parts. Given I don't want a large system, I haven't found any micro ATX boards that support 64GB or more. Yet I understand there are 32GB DDR4 chips, so shouldn't they support 4 X 32GB = 128GB?
Thanks for any advice!