Hello everyone,
After following the post about cheap Xeons I decided to jump on the bandwagon and get access to power far more than I currently need. But it is nice to have that wiggle room. Going to share a small build log.
Below is the current setup. Top system is the unRaid is a DS380 case. Bottom system is the Windows 7 server in a Corsair 540. Going to tear both systems apart just to salvage the hard-drives and video card.
unRAID (DS380)
CPU/Motherboard: ASRock Intel Avoton C2750
RAM: Crucial 16GB Kit ECC
Power Supply: SilverStone Technology 500W SFX-L
HardDrives: Samsung Evo 840 - 250GB x2
Corsair Force LS - 60GB
Western Digital RED - 6TB
Seagate - 4TB x4
Windows 7 (540)
CPU: Intel i7-930
Motherboard: EVGA FTW3
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 12GB
Video Card: EVGA GTX-580
Power Supply: Season Platinum 860W
HardDrives: Samsung EVO 830 - 120GB x2
Western Digital Blue - 250GB x2
I was planning on using the power supply but I had an issue with getting a second EPS power connector.
These are the new parts that are going into the system.
CPU: Intel Xeon e5-2670 x2
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO x2
Motherboard: ASRock Rack EP2C602-4L/D16
RAM: Hynix 64GB (8x8GB) Registered ECC
Power Supply: EVGA 850W P2
Teardown of DS380
Can get a nice view of the board here.
Gutted HDDs and SSDs
Teardown of 540
Not really much here.
Putting it all together
CCOOOORRREEESSSS
Now time to get the minecraft server on there and everything else. For anyone that folds, what program do you use?