Building a Sossaman rig?

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05-28-2011, 10:29 AM
NKrader

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Originally Posted by D_A

Sossaman heatsinks, part no. ABBHEATSINK
Get 'em HERE
WARNING: absolutely HIDEOUS shipping outside the US.

any better place to get em yet? i dont like spending more on heatsinks than on cpus..
05-28-2011, 08:07 PM
tiro_uspsss

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Originally Posted by NKrader

any better place to get em yet? i dont like spending more on heatsinks than on cpus..

thats a wee bit hard considering the CPUs are ~$10! :p:

I'm going back to sossaman too.. after much deliberation about what I need/want in a server.. I'm going to put a 8 port SATA PCIX card in the PCIX slot & a 16 port SATA/SAS HBA in the PCIEx8 slot.. that gives me a max of 30 SATA ports (without port multipliers attached to the onboard SI3124).

so the mobo, CPU & RAM is cheap enough & easy to get.. but where to get appropriate heatsinks? :D
05-28-2011, 08:14 PM
D_A

Quote:

Originally Posted by NKrader

any better place to get em yet? i dont like spending more on heatsinks than on cpus..

$13 a unit is pretty damn good, especially for something as specialised as this!

As far as I'm aware this is also the ONLY place you can get them.
06-12-2011, 03:15 AM
tiro_uspsss

any of the supermicro mobo owners have any problems/quirks to report?

are u / can u use both PCIEx8 slots?

cheers :up:
06-12-2011, 04:44 AM
95blackz26

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Originally Posted by NKrader

oh chap.
http://www.centrix-intl.com/details.asp?productid=4675

finally going to throw one of these rigs together so i had to do a little back searching for the mobo in this thread. this same place has them on ebay too for the same price shipped as they sell in the store.
Item number: 370474470286
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Dual-Xeon-...item5641ffcb8e
06-12-2011, 05:33 AM
tiro_uspsss

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Originally Posted by 95blackz26

finally going to throw one of these rigs together so i had to do a little back searching for the mobo in this thread. this same place has them on ebay too for the same price shipped as they sell in the store.
Item number: 370474470286
http://cgi.ebay.com/Intel-Dual-Xeon-...item5641ffcb8e

thats the same place ;)
06-12-2011, 05:59 AM
95blackz26

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Originally Posted by tiro_uspsss

thats the same place ;)

i know that's why i said it was the same place. so whether it's the ebay storefront or there actual website storefront one could be bought.
06-12-2011, 06:07 AM
tiro_uspsss

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Originally Posted by 95blackz26

i know that's why i said it was the same place. so whether it's the ebay storefront or there actual website storefront one could be bought.

gotchya, mis-understood u, my bad :up:

edit: for the love of pete, when are smilies gonna work again!
06-12-2011, 07:50 AM
s0lid

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Originally Posted by tiro_uspsss

edit: for the love of pete, when are smilies gonna work again!

Second, the sarcasm doesn't work w/o smilies :E
06-12-2011, 05:22 PM
tiro_uspsss

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Originally Posted by tiro_uspsss

any of the supermicro mobo owners have any problems/quirks to report?

are u / can u use both PCIEx8 slots?

cheers :up:

bump for an answer :)
06-12-2011, 05:38 PM
NKrader

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:) almost two of a kind
06-12-2011, 05:54 PM
kjeldoran

Looking good :). I hope everything works out for you.
06-19-2011, 06:30 PM
NKrader

Heres it is. got it all wired up and almost ready to crunch

almost done. waiting for matching harddrive and sata cables. and one more noctua.
THEN COMPLETE!!
then a little later. 2x micro wireless g adapters so i can stick this whole thing in a closet or somthing.

YAYYYYY!

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...700/sammy1.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...700/sammy2.jpg

on another note.

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Originally Posted by D_A

$13 a unit is pretty damn good, especially for something as specialised as this!

i spent 35$ on the whole second sammy :D 9$ more than those silly expensive heatsinks.
06-24-2011, 05:47 AM
hedge

Looking good. Looks very clean. I think you should leave it right where it is. It goes well with the upholstery on your couch. ;)
06-24-2011, 02:20 PM
D_A

Quote:

Originally Posted by NKrader

Heres it is. got it all wired up and almost ready to crunch

almost done. waiting for matching harddrive and sata cables. and one more noctua.
THEN COMPLETE!!
then a little later. 2x micro wireless g adapters so i can stick this whole thing in a closet or somthing.

YAYYYYY!

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...700/sammy1.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...700/sammy2.jpg

on another note.

i spent 35$ on the whole second sammy :D 9$ more than those silly expensive heatsinks.

Looks to me like you're using four of those "silly expensive" heatsinks.
06-25-2011, 02:45 AM
Origin_Unknown

It' doesn't look like he's able to answer
06-29-2011, 03:44 PM
endlesszeal

mmm this looks so interesting! a couple of questions though..

1) can windows 7 or any other 32bit OS see 4GB or more?
2) places to obtain the heatsinks or cheaply mod ones?

im mainly interestied cuz its so inexpensive for a whole setup and it draws so little power... ive been missing out!
06-29-2011, 05:39 PM
D_A

Modding heatsinks is possible ... but kinda fiddly. I've posted a link to where they can be bought pretty cheaply considering they fit one and only one motherboard in this thread not long ago.
As for the memory, any server operating system SHOULD (and I've been assured here that Windows Server does) have the necessary extras to handle more RAM, though I don't think the desktop version will.
06-29-2011, 05:46 PM
NKrader

Quote:

Originally Posted by D_A

Looks to me like you're using four of those "silly expensive" heatsinks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Origin_Unknown

It' doesn't look like he's able to answer

IM BACK SUCKAS!

took a small vacation :)

i spent 35$ on the second rig and a total of 15$ on the first 2 heatsinks :)

will get some more pics of the upgrades :) got 2 nano wireless adapters for em. now i can stuff em in my closet
06-29-2011, 06:08 PM
Sparky

And to think I spent nearly $200 on my first sammy when I built it. Wow.
06-29-2011, 11:05 PM
Origin_Unknown

:eek: i wish i could get a complete sammy rig for that much!!
07-01-2011, 04:45 PM
NKrader

here it is. almost done. just need to buy 4x noctua 80mm fans & 2x Antec SpotCool :) but its runnin. 2 comps only 1 cable going to em, power. at full tilt pulls 208watts from the wall :D

YAY

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...an9700/2-2.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t...an9700/1-3.jpg
07-01-2011, 06:36 PM
D_A

Nicely done. :)
07-01-2011, 08:04 PM
Sparky

Sounds about right. Mine pulled 212W on a 75% efficient PSU (Antec Smartpower 2.0)
07-01-2011, 08:12 PM
NKrader

and its ready for me to add my 9800gtx+ when i get a new videocard :) as it has one 6pin and 200watts to spair
yayyyy

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