Recommend me a EE-ATX chassis

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safado

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Got a little eBay happy and picked up a couple of Supermicro X10 motherboards on good deals to do some long overdue upgrades. One was an EE-ATX and I’ve since learned that’s not a common form factor.

I’m looking for a chassis that will work and preferably something in a rack mount 2u/4u I don’t care that isn’t too deep. Would consider a tower as well—budget is flexible but would prefer to not spend 1k on a case.

Anyone have any recommendations or should I just sell the EE-ATX and chalk it up as a mistake? Thanks!
 

safado

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Thank you! I had seen the 846 previously for a Unraid build but knew little to nothing of Supermicro's offerings. Appreciate the response--looks like a perfect fit for my needs.
 

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Ok I’m now rethinking this chassis. I see the Supermicro cooler SNK-P0048AP4 that works with a 2u chassis is extremely loud. I haven’t found another alternative cooler so I’m thinking perhaps a 4u chassis now.

Any additional thoughts/recommendations or am I off base?
 

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Well, with that chassis, you would generally use passive heatsinks, not active. If you want to explore other options, the majority of full length Supermicro chassis will accommodate EEATX motherboards.
 
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safado

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Ah ok thank you! I wonder if passive would be adequate enough for a garage environment with dual 120w TDP v3 processors assuming stock fans on the 2u? Thanks for helping me think this through!
 

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see the Supermicro cooler SNK-P0048AP4 that works with a 2u chassis is extremely loud.
I have that heatsink and while the fan can go up to 8.4k rpm it usually runs at less than 4k rpm and is quieter than all the system/chassis fans together (or the hdds in the 846b :D)
 

safado

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I have that heatsink and while the fan can go up to 8.4k rpm it usually runs at less than 4k rpm and is quieter than all the system/chassis fans together (or the hdds in the 846b :D)
Thank you! That’s great to know—garage is well insulated and it only gets up to 100 outside a handful of times during the year.

I’m guessing it’s a lot like the ICX6610 that I recently installed where I can only hear it above the other equipment when the fans kick into a second gear and that happens only 5-10 times a day or so.

Thanks for your insights!
 

qQ4lXbYj

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Hi,
If you are interested in a tower, you can fit EE-ATX motherboard easily on a Fractal Design Define 7 XL (Speaking from experience), It is massive though.
 

Commey

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Hi,
If you are interested in a tower, you can fit EE-ATX motherboard easily on a Fractal Design Define 7 XL (Speaking from experience), It is massive though.
Did you have to modify the case at all (drilling mounts, etc.)? I'm stuck looking for an EE-ATX case and this is the first good suggestion of a model I've found so far.
 

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Did you have to modify the case at all (drilling mounts, etc.)? I'm stuck looking for an EE-ATX case and this is the first good suggestion of a model I've found so far.
Nope no drilling no nothing. As I said if you have the space for the case then an added bonus is that you can fit a ridiculous amount of drives inside and it is very modular so you can modify the case to your needs. The only thing that I had a bit of trouble with and haven't been bothered to fix are the PWM fans but i've just been lazy.
I don't have a GPU so not so sure if there is space for massive heat sinks and GPU but it's probably ok.
Mine fits very comfortably 4 SATA SSD, 6 SATA HDD (with one full space between each disk for cooling purposes) a Supermicro EE-ATX X9Dri-LN4F+ an LSI Controller LSI-9211-8i, 2 add-on NIC cards (4 ports) and 2 massive Noctua heatsinks NH-D15.
 

Commey

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Nope no drilling no nothing. As I said if you have the space for the case then an added bonus is that you can fit a ridiculous amount of drives inside and it is very modular so you can modify the case to your needs. The only thing that I had a bit of trouble with and haven't been bothered to fix are the PWM fans but i've just been lazy.
I don't have a GPU so not so sure if there is space for massive heat sinks and GPU but it's probably ok.
Mine fits very comfortably 4 SATA SSD, 6 SATA HDD (with one full space between each disk for cooling purposes) a Supermicro EE-ATX X9Dri-LN4F+ an LSI Controller LSI-9211-8i, 2 add-on NIC cards (4 ports) and 2 massive Noctua heatsinks NH-D15.
Awesome! Thank you for the write up.

I have the exact same Supermicro board so I think this is the solution I’ll go with, it’s impossible to find a case that’s not an overpriced Supermicro rack.

Thanks again!