Cheap 2U Supermicro system with X9DRH motherboard

[mikesm]

See here: Supermicro 825TQ-600LPB Barebone 2U Server W/ X9DRH-7H 8x Trays | eBay

It's $249 plus modest shipping, and includes a very nice SSupermicro E5 V1 and V2 DP motherboard with 2 SAS2 (6 Gbps) ports built in, and 16 RAM slots. It also includes a TQ backplane and a 600W Platinum PSU.

The motherboard alone is worth the price. Great deal if you can leave with the V1 and V2 E5 CPUs. DDR3 RAM sure is a lot cheaper than DDR4!

thanks,
mike

 

[BLinux]

V2 support is questionable until the board revision number is known. If it is a rev 1.0, it might not support V2.

 

[svtkobra7]

The motherboard alone is worth the price. Great deal if you can leave with the V1 and V2 E5 CPUs. DDR3 RAM sure is a lot cheaper than DDR4!

• Agreed regarding price.
  
• I moved from a X9DRi-LN4F+ and now have two of these. I love the 2 10GbE NICs (although I haven't used them beyond 1 Gbps yet (LOL) + the integrated 2208, which is easily flashed to 9207-8i IT mode for those wanting to use with ZFS. In comparing the two boards, the only disadvantage the X9DRH-7TF has is 8 less DIMM slots (so I had to increase RAM density from 8GB to 16GB to stay at par with prior).
• Also, I think this board unofficially supports bifurcation (there was mention of bifurcation in the X9DRi-LN4F+ manual; however, the option in the BIOS was greyed out). In the X9DRH-7TF BIOS, bifurcation options are actually configurable.
  
• The cavaet @BLinux notes below is however, quite important.

V2 support is questionable until the board revision number is known. If it is a rev 1.0, it might not support V2.

• Not as popular as the X9DRi-LN4F+ where we had a pretty solid understanding of revisions / CPU compatibility, but FWIW both my boards are rev 1.2 and I'm running a pair of v2s on both.
• Do you think there is anything behind the fact that the X9DRH-7(T)F/i(T)F had an updated BIOS released (rev 3.3) on 7/13/17 to address Spectre; however, the most recent BIOS for the X9DRi-LN4F+ is rev 3.2, released on 3/4/15? I don't want to lead the horse to the water ...
  
• [sidebar] I still owe you a couple of things - haven't forgotten! [/sidebar]

 

[NobleX13]

I see this deal and raise you: SUPERMICRO CSE-826 2U BAREBONE SERVER X9DRI-LN4F+ REV 1.20 12x Trays With Rails

 

[nthu9280]

That is one of the reputable sellers - The server store / The IT Mart I believe are related. They have done specials here. Folks in Texas need add taxes.

 

[mikesm]

I see this deal and raise you: SUPERMICRO CSE-826 2U BAREBONE SERVER X9DRI-LN4F+ REV 1.20 12x Trays With Rails

Nice. That board's onboard SAS controller is only 3 Gbps and a single port, whereas the the MB in the unit I cited has 2 SAS2 (6 Gbps) ports.

The dual 920W platinum PSU's really makes that a bargain though. Nice find!

I'll let you know what the version number of the board I get is.

thanks,
mike

 

[StevenDTX]

That is one of the reputable sellers - The server store / The IT Mart I believe are related. They have done specials here. Folks in Texas need add taxes.

Yes...but we can also pick up locally, saving on shipping!

 

[nthu9280]

You can ask the seller for the MB Rev# but that does not verify the V2 compatiblity with certainty.
I have a rev 1.02 X9DRW-iF but runs 2680v2 just fine.

 

[mmo]

maybe they can test v2 for you if you ask them nicely.

 

[BLinux]

You can ask the seller for the MB Rev# but that does not verify the V2 compatiblity with certainty.
I have a rev 1.02 X9DRW-iF but runs 2680v2 just fine.

from what i've seen, rev 1.2 or 1.02 seem to be able to support V2 CPUs. it's the 1.00, 1.00A, 1.01 that seem not to support V2. 1.00A and above *might* be able to get a ECO rework to make it work with v2 CPUs, but rev 1.00 cannot get ECO rework done. this is at least from my experience so far.