I just moved into a new house, and somehow during the move my server died. Here's my build writeup of that (now dead) server. I took this opportunity to do a little upgrade. The rebuild is essentially the same, I just dropped in a new CPU+Motherboard+RAM. Previously it was an ASRock E3C224D4I with an E3-1230v3 CPU and 16 GB RAM (which is the max for that board). The replacement is a Supermicro X10SDV-TLN4F, with Xeon D 1541, and 32 GB RAM (2x16).
I'm currently using the same case, the [url=http://www.istarusa.com/istarusa/products.php?model=S-35-DE5#.WThv5VXyvct]iStarUSA S-35-DE5. This build now has only three total fans: the 120mm case fan, the tiny (40mm?) fan on the CPU heatsink, and whatever fan is in the power supply (which I believe doesn't generally run because this system uses so little power).
Last night I ran prime95 for nearly two hours, and to my pleasant surprise, the CPU never broke 70 degrees C. That was my one hesitation in buying this board: tiny heatsink and minimal aftermarket options. (I've read the articles and posts here on replacing the heatsink on these boards; but this thing was expensive and is still new so I don't want to do anything that could compromise the warranty.)
Question 1: considering just the simple fan mod for this board: has anyone compared the stock fan versus the Noctua NF-A6x25? The Noctua is bigger, so I would think it might be better. (Also, I was thinking, maybe I could commission someone with a 3D printer to make a tapered duct, so you could use e.g. a 92mm fan on the stock heatsink.)
Question 2: the new house has a big unfinished basement, so I'm no longer space-constrained, though I like to keep things small when possible. So I'm thinking of migrating this server into a 2U rackmount case I already have, iStarUSA D-213-MATX. This case basically has only two 80mm fans. In it I'm using an Antec Earthwatts PSU, which I deliberately chose for this case because it has an 80mm "straight through" fan rather than the more common 120mm "sideways" fan. I thought this might help create some more in-case ventilation. Another option is, I have an unused 160watt PicoPSU which would suffice for this server. So then I could free up all that ATX PSU space, and rig another 80mm blower fan in its place.
In short, just trying to get a handle on how little airflow I can get away with when using this board.
Thanks for any thoughts![/url]
I'm currently using the same case, the [url=http://www.istarusa.com/istarusa/products.php?model=S-35-DE5#.WThv5VXyvct]iStarUSA S-35-DE5. This build now has only three total fans: the 120mm case fan, the tiny (40mm?) fan on the CPU heatsink, and whatever fan is in the power supply (which I believe doesn't generally run because this system uses so little power).
Last night I ran prime95 for nearly two hours, and to my pleasant surprise, the CPU never broke 70 degrees C. That was my one hesitation in buying this board: tiny heatsink and minimal aftermarket options. (I've read the articles and posts here on replacing the heatsink on these boards; but this thing was expensive and is still new so I don't want to do anything that could compromise the warranty.)
Question 1: considering just the simple fan mod for this board: has anyone compared the stock fan versus the Noctua NF-A6x25? The Noctua is bigger, so I would think it might be better. (Also, I was thinking, maybe I could commission someone with a 3D printer to make a tapered duct, so you could use e.g. a 92mm fan on the stock heatsink.)
Question 2: the new house has a big unfinished basement, so I'm no longer space-constrained, though I like to keep things small when possible. So I'm thinking of migrating this server into a 2U rackmount case I already have, iStarUSA D-213-MATX. This case basically has only two 80mm fans. In it I'm using an Antec Earthwatts PSU, which I deliberately chose for this case because it has an 80mm "straight through" fan rather than the more common 120mm "sideways" fan. I thought this might help create some more in-case ventilation. Another option is, I have an unused 160watt PicoPSU which would suffice for this server. So then I could free up all that ATX PSU space, and rig another 80mm blower fan in its place.
In short, just trying to get a handle on how little airflow I can get away with when using this board.
Thanks for any thoughts![/url]