Looking for a lightweight server/build

[tenet]

@tenet - How would you fit that Heatsink/fan combo in a 1U chassis?

Bah, you're right. It's a 2U fan. That's what I get for trying to function with a sinus infection. I guess you're stuck with the dynatron.

 

[TLN]

What's the reason to stick with 1U case? I would go with 2U, is space is not a problem.

 

[snowflake]

What's the reason to stick with 1U case? I would go with 2U, is space is not a problem.

At first I was going for a 2U but people were recommending 1U and 3U chassis. 4U is too big for me and just unnecessary overhead.

When choosing a chassis that comes with fans, does more fans mean = jet engine?

 

[Patrick]

@snowflake not always. Usually 1U fans = jet engine (although there are a few quiet 1U chassis out there.)

 

[tenet]

When choosing a chassis that comes with fans, does more fans mean = jet engine?

I have two CSE-813MTQ-350CB cases, each with a LGA1150 board, (and a CSE-721 case, but that's a mid-tower) within ten feet of my bed. I don't even hear them other than the occasional spin up. That being said, I have a SYS-E300-8D that I can't put within 30 feet of me because it is so loud.

 

[TLN]

Bigger fans in 2U chasis will be more quiet. Airflow will be better also.
1U is compact, and it's grean when you have lots of servers and limited with rackspace.

 

[Jerupic666]

I'm trying to build something like this, of course not the hole project but at least the general idea arround the Xeon E5-2670 cpu.

Building a 32-Thread Xeon Monster PC for Less Than the Price of a Haswell-E Core i7

hope it helps.