So assuming the L5639 is "worth" $135 then that means they are including the chassis, PSU, sleds, etc, for $74. Not a bad deal...but it might suggest the price of the L5639 has not yet found the floor.
With the normal c6100s selling for $800 and the L5639 versions running $1,200, I call it $400 for the faster CPUs, or +$50 per CPU. The L5520s are now $35 on eBay, so my best guess at the new benchmark price for an L5639 is $35+$50=$85. I expect to see these CPUs at around that price soon, maybe up to $95, and I'll pick up a few when they do.
On the 2.5" ones I believe each node gets 6 of the 24 drive bays. On the 3.5" ones, no.
I can check and confirm. I bought a 2 node 12 x 3.5" chassis about year ago. It's been sitting in the rack powered off since I jumped on the E5-2570 build. Need to part it out and add to my FS thread.
Did you get any LSI 2008 cards for it? Or HBAs with the vertical port arrangement?
I did not get any mezzanine cards with it if that's what you were asking. I may have a couple of regular PCIe cards in a different system or as a spare. But as you know H200 (vertical) or H310 (horizontal) can be bought for 35 - 45 pretty regularly on ebay.
@spyrule
Just remove the cpu and ram. This worked fine for me as I did it the other day.
