I'm not sure if this is the right location for this thread but I chose here since many viewing this section seem to have the Norco cases.
I recently purchased a Supermicro SuperServer 7045B-T on Craig's List. I got it home and was greeted with the sound of a miniature Lear Jet. I am considering modifying this chassis with the intention of reducing the insane volume and lowering its power consumption. This model has hot-swap 80mm fans. I noticed that the midplane is extremely easy to remove (or at least appears so). I would like to put in the 120mm Norco fan wall for the RPC-4220 case but I can't seem to find the dimensions of that piece to see if it would work. Can anyone here give me the dimensions of that fan wall?
I intend to replace the motherboard with a Supermicro socket 1155 board and either an E3-1220 or an i3 2100 once I find out if the i3 really does support ECC RAM. I have all 8 drive bays populated and 16gb of RAM, does anyone know if I could get away with 3x quiet 120mm fans in the midplane and some quiet 80mm fans in the back without compromising the long-term stability of the system? Not sure if it matters, but this server will be converted to a rack model and used in a 16u rack.
Any help or advice on this topic would be appreciated!
I recently purchased a Supermicro SuperServer 7045B-T on Craig's List. I got it home and was greeted with the sound of a miniature Lear Jet. I am considering modifying this chassis with the intention of reducing the insane volume and lowering its power consumption. This model has hot-swap 80mm fans. I noticed that the midplane is extremely easy to remove (or at least appears so). I would like to put in the 120mm Norco fan wall for the RPC-4220 case but I can't seem to find the dimensions of that piece to see if it would work. Can anyone here give me the dimensions of that fan wall?
I intend to replace the motherboard with a Supermicro socket 1155 board and either an E3-1220 or an i3 2100 once I find out if the i3 really does support ECC RAM. I have all 8 drive bays populated and 16gb of RAM, does anyone know if I could get away with 3x quiet 120mm fans in the midplane and some quiet 80mm fans in the back without compromising the long-term stability of the system? Not sure if it matters, but this server will be converted to a rack model and used in a 16u rack.
Any help or advice on this topic would be appreciated!