[$90 Xeon E5-2670 2.6Ghz (8cores / 16threads)]

I'd appreciate recommendations on the best silent case for a Dual Quad-Core Xeon system using a Supermicro X9DRI-F Extended ATX workstation motherboard. These are 12"x13". I'd like to have case with minimum of 8 Hot Swap HDD Trays. Silent performance, proper cooling and quality are key. I'm really looking for something very quiet. I understand this is a tall order. See my signature for parts that I am planning to install. Thanks in advance.

[51TB Dual Xeon Lian Li PC-D600 Build - "Shogun"]

 

 

OS at time of building: Unraid 6.2 Pro

CPU: Dual Xeon E5-2670 2.6GHz to 3.3GHz - SR0KX stepping

Motherboard: Supermicro X9DR3-F

RAM: 128Gb ECC Hynix DDR3 Ram - HMT31GR7EFR4C-RDT8

Case: Lian Li PC-D600WB dual sided case

Drive Cage(s): iStarUSA BPN-DE350ss-Blue 3x5.25in to 5x3.5in drive cages

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNova 1000P2

SATA Expansion Card(s): 2x Supermicro AOC-SAS2LP-MV8

Power supply Cables: BenFenix Alchemy 2.0 Powersupply Black and Blue Kit

Drive Cables: Cable Matters Forward Break out Cables

Fans: Thermaltake Riing Fans in Blue 3x 120mm, 3x 140mm - Noctua Fan swap on drive cages 3x 80mm - Corsair Air Flow Fans on case rear 3x 140mm

 

Parity Drive: 6TB WD Red

Data Drives: 11x WD Red 3TB - 3X 4TB WD Red

Cache Drive: 2x Samsung 850EVO 250GB SSD Cache Pool

Total Drive Capacity: 51TB Total Capacity - 45TB Array Storage

 

What was the total cost of your build?

[$90 Xeon E5-2670 2.6Ghz (8cores / 16threads)]

StevenD what was the cost for your recent build? Also, how's noise?

[$90 Xeon E5-2670 2.6Ghz (8cores / 16threads)]

Hi There,

 

I've been reading this forum for about a month. Looking to build a dual cpu server for use of multiple VMs for budget around $1k. I want to make the server as silent as possible. I'd appreciate your thoughts, feedback, comments, advice, before I bite the bullet. Thanks in advance!

 

CPU: $130 - (2x) INTEL XEON E5-2670 8 CORE 2.60GHz 20M 8GT/s 115W PROCESSOR CPU (SR0KX)

http://www.natex.us/product-p/intel-e5-2670-sr0kx.htm

 

MB: $394 - SUPERMICRO MBD-X9DRL-IF-B

http://www.provantage.com/supermicro-mbd-x9dri-f~7SUPM3Q7.htm

 

COOLER: $120 - (2x) Noctua NH-U9DXi4 90mm SSO2 CPU Cooler

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-Cooler-LGA2011-Platforms-NH-U9DXi4/dp/B00E1JGFA0/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1467235227&sr=1-1&keywords=NH-U9DXi4

 

RAM: $125 - (8x8GB) PC3L-10600R DDR3 1333MHz ECC Reg Server Memory RAM Upgrade Kit

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191764689184

 

PSU: $125 - Seasonic-X-850-SS-850KM3

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ETEFTK/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1NAXRGTBQ0GCQ&coliid=I32T5UFSGTKBMH

 

CASE: $118 - Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower Chassis PH-ES614P_WT White

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854005

 

FANS: $34 - (2x) Noiseblocker NB-BlackSilent?Pro PL-2 120mm x 25mm Ultra Quiet Fan

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JVYK6U/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1NAXRGTBQ0GCQ&coliid=I19B2GXX8271KQ

 

Total $1046

 

Thanks,

Andy

[$90 Xeon E5-2670 2.6Ghz (8cores / 16threads)]

I ordered dual as well. Haven't ordered a board yet, but leaning towards the ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16.  16 dimms,  4 ethernet, ipmi, 5 pci-e slots, 14 sata.  I'm tempted by the version with 10gbit networking, but price premium is too much,  plus I'd have to upgrade most of my network hardware, plus I have no driving reason for it other than to have it ;-)

 

I have the ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16 and fired it up yesterday after receiving two e5-2670's that were snatched from ebay. Easy to setup and all seems good so far on Memtests.

 

How loud is your system with 2 CPU/ fans?