Need suggestions 2U Supermicro chassis

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Damo

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I am looking for some suggestions on 2U chassis that would support both Supermicro H12SSL-i & Supermicro H11DSi-NT. I do not need drive bays as each chassis will hold only M.2 drives. I would like a minimum of 2x 1000w PSU as the H11DSi-NT motherboard may hold 1TB of RAM one day :cool:. I am willing to buy new within a budget of £600.

Chassis will hold either:

Supermicro H12SSL-i Motherboard +AMD EPYC 7742 CPU 64 Cores + 128GB 2666MHz RAM
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Supermicro H11DSi-NT Motherboard + 2x AMD EPYC 7642 CPU + 8x 32GB 2666MHz RAM


2x 980 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB
4x Samsung PM983 1.92TB SSD 110mm M.2 NVMe 22110 PCIe MZ-1LB1T9B MZ1LB1T9HALS-00AMV (all in the ASUS HYPE)

Open to other suggestions on the following:
ASUS HYPER M.2 X16 CARD V2 GEN4
Dell BCM57810S Dual Port SFP+ 10Gbps Low Profile PCIe-x8 Y40PH CNA Card

I need some suggestions for the L bracket too
 

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that won't work

for the full height card you would need a "wb" chassis. these chassis require mainbaords with a proprietary form factor.
 

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There are low profile x16 to 4x NVMe x4 adapters (they have SSDs on the front and back), for example Delock 90090
I have seen some of these cards here in the forums (no name alibaba cards), not some branded like the Delock though. If op has nothing else (besides the 10gbe nic) this would work for him

edit:fixed some typo
 

Damo

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There are low profile x16 to 4x NVMe x4 adapters (they have SSDs on the front and back), for example Delock 90090
Thanks will look into them.

I have seen some of these cards here in the forums (no name alibaba cards), not some branded like the Delock though. If op has nothing else (besides the 10gbe nic) this would work for him

edit:fixed some typo
Good to hear. What is "wb" chassis?
 

Damo

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Supermicro 2u chassis with horizontal pcie slots (via risers).
Well that's convenient I got a Supermicro CSE-826 12LFF here now cheap off Ebay that I was playing around with. I just don't like it as the drive bays are a waste at the front was hoping to get more fans. I guess I could just take out the L-SAS and I-SATA ports off the motherboard. I would also need a PSU upgrade SuperMicro (PWS-920P-SQ) CSE-826, CSE-847 Hot-Swap PSU 920W seems like a first good option (currently has 2x500w)

Also one of the CSE-826 has a terrible screeching sound while it runs that doesn't stop I swapped the two PSU around disabled the fans no luck I presume it must be the motherboard YouTube Link

I guess something like the Delock 90090 would be required for the H11DSi-NT as it has only 2 PCIe x16 lanes but with regards to the H12SSL-i which has 5 x16 lanes why should I not just buy 4 of these? https://www.amazon.co.uk/NVME-Adapter-PCIe-6amLifestyle-Support/dp/B07RZZ3TJG @NablaSquaredG https://www.amazon.com/JEYI-iHyper-PCIE3-0-NVME-Adapter/dp/B0819P4YCG looks like what I should probably end up getting though.
 
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