voldak Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Guys/Gals, I've been running a pretty low-key setup for a while and things have been well. I've bought another server to start setting up my own lab at the house. I've almost got the wife conned into a rack for the house, so i'm needing to get my ducks in a row to see what I need to get my tower converted to a rackmount server. I've never looked into doing this before, so any advice would be helpful. I wouldn't mind slight upgrades, but would prefer to keep spending at a minimum for the transfer. Thanks! Motherboard: Biostar A760G M2+ - http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=394#spec RAM: Kingston 10GB 800Mhz CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 CPU - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103675 PSU: Corsair TX650W - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005 Drives - 7 Various drives (6x3.5", 1x2.5" cache drive). I have these 7 drives in 2 Icy Dock bays. Quote Link to comment
denishay Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 That motherboard you chose officially only supports 8GB. And also I'm curious… did you intend combining an 8GB stick of RAM witrh a 2 GB one? Quote Link to comment
hocky Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Hi, i´ve recently build a rackserver based on a FANTEC SRC-2080X07 case. It´s 2HE height and has 8 external drive slots. You have to take a bit on the height of the cpu cooler. I´ve got an Intel 8700K installed and it works just fine with the box-cooler. It has enough space for a standard-size atx-board. However, you need low profile add-on cards (nic, hd controller, etc.) if you want to add sth. Fantec also has standard-size 4HE cases. These storage cases usually have a backplane for the drive slots which needs to be connected to the mainboard or disk-controlller ports with a special cable. As an accessoire, you want sliding rails to be able to open the case while in the rack. Quote Link to comment
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