Got my 2 E5-2670 on the way now from deepdiscountservers. Managed to talk down the price on a Supermicro X9DRL-iF from a local supplier. Now I only miss RAM, CPU coolers and a PSU. Thinking of getting a Corsair HX750i. Should be okay with 8 HDDs?
I picked the X9DRL-iF because it is ATX and I can use a regular midi case for it. The LGA2011 sockets sit close on that board so I can't use just about any cooler for it. Supermicro has fitting ones. I'm also eyeing the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo which STH has a review of. But not sure if they bump into the RAM modules or not.
I picked the X9DRL-iF because it is ATX and I can use a regular midi case for it. The LGA2011 sockets sit close on that board so I can't use just about any cooler for it. Supermicro has fitting ones. I'm also eyeing the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo which STH has a review of. But not sure if they bump into the RAM modules or not.