June 24, 20179 yr I need a box for a special project. It is not for unRAID and I don't need any hot-swap bays. But I need some horsepower. Dual Xeons with at least 6 cores each (prefer 10 or more) and at least 2.6gHz. Prefer Supermicro mobo w/ IPMI but will consider something else if it's a real screamer. Must be 2U with a single (not redundant) PSU (I can't stand the sound of the 40mm fans in the redundant PSUs. I plan to water cool it with an aquarium chiller to minimize noise.) RAM is less important, but need at least 24GB. I prefer a complete system rather than building piecemeal, but will consider anything.
June 25, 20179 yr I guess the big question is do you want new? How much you looking to budget? Shipped to you? Location? I can build custom SuperMicro systems and have direct contact with distributors for them. I mean I have a pretty nasty Poweredge T610 with dual Xeon 6 core processers (24threads total) with 96gb of RAM and 12tb or storage. Edited June 25, 20179 yr by demonmaestro
July 3, 20179 yr Author Definitely used to max bang/buck. I've found several dual hex-cores with plenty of RAM for $200-275 range + ship. But I'd go higher to get more cores. No storage needed.
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.