SC-846TQ - Average or typical?

[pc-tecky]

Maybe it's typical, but $212 + S&H gets all of the following:

Chassis: Supermicro SC-846TQ-R900 (SC-846TQ-R900 -??- hopefully pieced together right)
Backplane: SAS846TQ rev. 3.1 (individual ports)
Motherboard: H8DME-2 2.01A
Processor: 1X Quad-Core AMD Opteron 1.8GHz 2346 HE
RAM: Samsung 16GB 8x2GB (PC2-5300P? - per photo)
RAM Total/Open Slots: 16 Total; 8 Open
Power Supplies: 2 x 900 W
HD Controller: 3x Supermicro SAT2-MV8
IPMI: SIM1U+ with AOC-USB2RJ45

 

[RyC]

I picked up one of these from them 3 years ago, excellent packaging, and makes a great case if you rip out the old insides and maybe replace the PSUs with Platinum versions

 

[BackupProphet]

I recently ordered two pallets of these from them. The motherboard, cpu, ram and controller isn't worth a $1. But it is a TQ, which means direct connection and you only need three Dell H310 to get awesome storage performance.

 

[PnoT]

I think I'll snatch 1 or 2 up for a storage project here at work. Thanks

 

[pricklypunter]

They have a couple of things I may have been interested in, but I stopped reading at "No international orders. NONE"

 

[canta]

Remember this one uses old "wide" rail, if you need to put on server rack
Finding old "wide" rails SM is very very very very very hard


I have one that bought from the same seller with the same spec 2-3 years ago.
the price was $299+$50 shipping,

this picture will tell the story of old SM "wide" rails

 

[Fritz]

What's the pic supposed to show?

 

[RyC]

The mount points on the side of the case where the inner rail attaches are spaced too wide apart for the current 846 rail set to fit. The rails that fit this older 846 revision are hard to find and are expensive when they do pop up. So I bought a StarTech rack shelf off Amazon and just have it sit on the shelf

 

[Fritz]

Wow, didn't know that. I bought 4 SC 846's last year and apparently all 4 are the new style because I had no trouble at all finding rails for them. I also just added a SM 836 to the herd. It uses the same rails. As luck would have it, one of the 846's came with inner rails attached and I was able to find a set of outer rails on eBay for 25 bucks.

 

[canta]

Wow, didn't know that. I bought 4 SC 846's last year and apparently all 4 are the new style because I had no trouble at all finding rails for them. I also just added a SM 836 to the herd. It uses the same rails. As luck would have it, one of the 846's came with inner rails attached and I was able to find a set of outer rails on eBay for 25 bucks.

you know Now

before you buy SM server 3U-4U, make sure to check the rails that use not old "Wide" one.
"wide" one is hard to find and very $$$$. 1U heavy duty tray is the best solution as already mentioned.
I am curious just a bunch of people know that.

 

[chinesestunna]

I'm seriously tempted by these TQ units as the SAS2 expander ones are getting super pricey. As much as I like the expander for clean cabling TQ does offer more flexibility when it comes to drive attachment and passthrough esp. when it comes to VMs

 

[Fritz]

If you're not dead set on a 846, I bought one of these -

Supermicro CSE-836E2 3U Chassis w/2 PSU UNTESTED

Seller accepted $175 offer. It came with a SAS2 backplane and a bonus SSD (slipped by them I'm sure). The PSU's are 48v so you'll have to come up with a usable one. And it doesn't come with the caddies.
On second thought, unless you already have the PSU's and caddies like I did, maybe it's not such a good deal.

 

[cheezehead]

Not bad for the chassis alone, personally I like the TQ backplane...can go up to 12GB without any issues. SAS backplanes are nice for cabling (and dual-porting but pricy).

Sorry to thread-jack but does anyone have pics showing the old and new style rail mounts on any of the cse-836/846 chassis?

 

[Fritz]

I believe the new ones are referred to as Rev. B

 

[canta]

Not bad for the chassis alone, personally I like the TQ backplane...can go up to 12GB without any issues. SAS backplanes are nice for cabling (and dual-porting but pricy).

Sorry to thread-jack but does anyone have pics showing the old and new style rail mounts on any of the cse-836/846 chassis?

I believe the new ones are referred to as Rev. B

this is prior Rev A...

I have Rev A, and B that has non "wide" rails. < or correct me, if wrong >...

the part# is MCP-290-00014-00
and good luck to find due on rarity

picture tells everything on "wide" rails

 

[pc-tecky]

Yeah, rails would be nice, but I don't have a rack yet. You will need to source 100 flat-tapered 6-32 thread 3/16"-1/4" long 3.5" hdd screws. Yes, the case appears to have the wide rails, roughly 3" from top notch to bottom notch circled in yellow picture above.

So what can these old AOC-SAT2-MV8 cards handle, can they handle 3TB HDD, or are they junk? I might have three available. Hmm, I wonder now why they asked me if I wanted rails with it? And far too noisy even when off. I'll need some sound proofing material if I keep this on.
Or, what is the best means to quiet the monster down? What replacement fans do I get? Replacement PSUs?

 

[Fritz]

I bought an older SM chassis, SC 933 I think, that has non PWM fans in it. It was far too loud to suit me so it's collecting dust. I could have used inline resistors or a fan controller to quieten it down but a great deal on a 846 came along at the right time so I used it instead.

 

[ttabbal]

Special screws? grrrr..... Guess I need to find some. I have 3 of those controllers and the board they came from on the shelf. Was thinking of making a little backup server out of them...

Guess they aren't too hard to find, now that I know to look for them. FWIW, I bought the box from the seller mentioned in this thread, they were good to deal with. Had to pay sales tax, but that with local pickup was still cheaper than shipping it.

 

[pc-tecky]

Special screws, no, not really. Seams typical for the HDD caddies/trays/sleds that I've seen (Supermicro, Chenbro, Dell). Or you need those 1/8" flat pan head screws. You bought the box? A box of screws? Or the server/chassis? Kinda wish I also grabbed the dual 6-core x5650 and 24GB for $102.

@ttabbal, if you don't mind, where are you at? I'm not far from SLC.

 

[ttabbal]

I bought a chassis/server. Opteron with 16G ECC and the 3 PCIX SATA cards. Replaced the motherboard with an Intel S5520HC and a pair of Xeon E5506 with 98G ECC. Should be a pretty big upgrade for my current server once I get all the misc bits together.

I ordered a pack of screws today. I'm not in a rush, so not a big deal. My old setup uses screwless hot swap bays, so I just wasn't expecting to need something other than the pile of standard PC screws I already have.

I'm considering designing a simple 3d printed bracket to block off the drive bays I'm not planning on using right away. Looks like I need that to keep airflow over the active drives.

I'm in Herriman. Glad to see another local here.