Building a Sossaman rig?

[Movieman]

na, I'm not *too* tight atm... any idea on cost to the LDU? , PM me if u want

Not saure yet, will find out monday so save your shillings..

Just out of curiosity, how much would it cost to get a board + 2x CPUs + heatsinks + shipping to Australia? RAM isn't a problem, I can get PC3200 DDR2 EEC for about AU$20-30 for a 512mb stick or ~AU$60 for a 1 gb stick. Would they run better with 4x512mb or 2x1Gb? And I'm assuming that they don't have an IHS, yes?

We've seemed to have skipped spring over here in Aust, so it's gone from cool wet and rainy to 35+ C days in about a week, so I'd be interested in something that runs fairly cool and is cheap, especially if it puts out something close to a stock Q6600 in PPD.

Eller

carl: Explained this further back in the thread, the cpu's are the tough part so what you do is grab the rest and wait on a deal on them from ebay,etc..
Here a board is $30.00,HS are $10.00 each(2),memory is $65.00 for 2x1 gig DDR2-400ECC REG

[tiro_uspsss]

You can have the sunshine, I want the cold

sold! - to the man who likes the cold!

Edit: Oh, how much do they charge for shipping?

Eller

shipping is USD$30 - wee bit pricey, but if my calculations are correct, u still get more ram for ur $$ than if u were buying here.. plus, its not so bad for me, as i'm getting 2 kits... with that in mind - if u want, & if u r able to let me know sometime in the next 7 days, we can combine our orders, saving on shipping even more

[karl_eller]

carl: Explained this further back in the thread, the cpu's are the tough part so what you do is grab the rest and wait on a deal on them from ebay,etc..
Here a board is $30.00,HS are $10.00 each(2),memory is $65.00 for 2x1 gig DDR2-400ECC REG

If I was to grab two 1.67 Ghz'ers from ITXchange plus a backplate from wherever sells them (might be able to source that locally, but server stuff seems to be close to non-existent over here ) and you were to grab a board and two heatsinks next time you go to oemxs, how much would shipping cost roughly?

shipping is USD$30 - wee bit pricey, but if my calculations are correct, u still get more ram for ur $$ than if u were buying here.. plus, its not so bad for me, as i'm getting 2 kits... with that in mind - if u want, & if u r able to let me know sometime in the next 7 days, we can combine our orders, saving on shipping even more

Hmm I think I'll have to pass on it for now. I probably won't have the spare cash to buy a Sossman rig for something like a month or so.

Eller

[Movieman]

sold! - to the man who likes the cold!



shipping is USD$30 - wee bit pricey, but if my calculations are correct, u still get more ram for ur $$ than if u were buying here.. plus, its not so bad for me, as i'm getting 2 kits... with that in mind - if u want, & if u r able to let me know sometime in the next 7 days, we can combine our orders, saving on shipping even more

Listen:
Since I'm going to be sending you that package anyway why don't you two get smart, find what you want on either newegg or performance PC's and I'll get it for you. Still one package and save a hell of a lot of money. I also have one extra board here that I can send as I can get more locally.( Read back in the thread)
Remember, just DDR2-400 ECC REG and nothing else. I'd suggest the Kingston 1 gig sticks as I know they work as thats what I used.
I tested a pair of DDR2-533 ECC REG and will not post..

[NaeKuh]

u guys want final pics of my sammy?

She's not super cable managed, but you can see the yate 140 i screwed right on top.

[karl_eller]

The problem is that I don't have the cash on hand to buy one right now. Uni holidays start next week, so I should be able to work 4-5 days a week, but until then (say 2-3 weeks from now) I wouldn't be able to pay for it.

Eller

[Movieman]

The problem is that I don't have the cash on hand to buy one right now. Uni holidays start next week, so I should be able to work 4-5 days a week, but until then (say 2-3 weeks from now) I wouldn't be able to pay for it.

Eller

Just decided, I'm going to mail down the board and a xtra pair of HS to Tiro.
This is the smart way to do it, all in one package and then in a month you can pay me ok?
I'm not sure how far away you guys are from one another so you'll have that postage also but should still be cheaper than doing 2 packages from here to you both.

[tiro_uspsss]

Just decided, I'm going to mail down the board and a xtra pair of HS to Tiro.
This is the smart way to do it, all in one package and then in a month you can pay me ok?
I'm not sure how far away you guys are from one another so you'll have that postage also but should still be cheaper than doing 2 packages from here to you both.

willing to do whatever it takes to help u guys out
oh, MM, he's on the other side of oz

u guys want final pics of my sammy?

She's not super cable managed, but you can see the yate 140 i screwed right on top.

if i were standing in front of u, i'd........... what a stoopid question! POST ALREADY!

[karl_eller]

Just decided, I'm going to mail down the board and a xtra pair of HS to Tiro.
This is the smart way to do it, all in one package and then in a month you can pay me ok?
I'm not sure how far away you guys are from one another so you'll have that postage also but should still be cheaper than doing 2 packages from here to you both.

I'm on the other side of Aust from him, but shipping should only be about AU$15 to get the stuff across.
But yeah, if you're willing to do that, it's fine with me Would you prefer PayPal or International Bank transfer when I pay you?

And Tiro, YGPM.

Eller

[Movieman]

willing to do whatever it takes to help u guys out
oh, MM, he's on the other side of oz

must still be a hell of a lot cheaper from you to him than 2 packages from me to you and him so expect a board and 4 HS, then send him a board,2HS, and one of those 3 backplates you ordered.
Make sense?

[tiro_uspsss]

must still be a hell of a lot cheaper from you to him than 2 packages from me to you and him so expect a board and 4 HS, then send him a board,2HS, and one of those 3 backplates you ordered.
Make sense?

oh definitely! was just a 'fyi'

[tiro_uspsss]

u guys want final pics of my sammy?

She's not super cable managed, but you can see the yate 140 i screwed right on top.

well??

[Movieman]

I'm on the other side of Aust from him, but shipping should only be about AU$15 to get the stuff across.
But yeah, if you're willing to do that, it's fine with me Would you prefer PayPal or International Bank transfer when I pay you?

And Tiro, YGPM.

Eller

We can do paypal when the time comes, hell of a lot cheaper than bank transfers for this kind of money.

[tiro_uspsss]

hey Mr. NaeKuh sir, those MicroCool mosfet sinks on the sossy mobo - u still got them on there? any chance u can get a close up of them - I would like to see how they sit... i'm guessing u placed the sinks, so that the mosfets themselves are *not* directly in the centre? - are the sinks covering those other 3/6 black lil thingys next to the mosfets?

[karl_eller]

Can you get away with a U1 rackmount for these, or would I be looking for at least a U2? If I can find a cheap enough rack-mount case, I'd probably do that route as opposed to something like an Antec Titan (which I've seen for as low as AU$100, which is pretty good for an eATX tower ).

Eller

[tiro_uspsss]

Can you get away with a U1 rackmount for these, or would I be looking for at least a U2? If I can find a cheap enough rack-mount case, I'd probably do that route as opposed to something like an Antec Titan (which I've seen for as low as AU$100, which is pretty good for an eATX tower ).

Eller

yep, iirc, they'll easily fit in a 1U... the HS that u'll be getting are made for it anyway

[karl_eller]

It's a pitty U1 and U2 cases are so freaking hard to find, though. Hmm, I might be able to mod the JayCar rackmount enclosure to take an eATX board...

Eller

[just a noob]

so, how many backplates are needed for the motherboard, is it just one back plate?

[karl_eller]

so, how many backplates are needed for the motherboard, is it just one back plate?

Yep, from my understanding one backplate has two sets of mounting holes, so it'll do both HSF's.

Eller

[Movieman]

so, how many backplates are needed for the motherboard, is it just one back plate?

I have an extra backplate? Want me to add it to your package?
It will cost you $6.00, exactly what it cost me,$2,95 and shipping..

[Martijn]

Dave, I'm a little confused on the backplates. Do I need to get my own one or is are you going to send one to me?

[Movieman]

Dave, I'm a little confused on the backplates. Do I need to get my own one or is are you going to send one to me?

Just one backplate per machine.
Each backplate has 8 standoffs to cover the 2 Heatsinks.
I am sending two of them with the 4 board and Jaco already has two backplates, the SKT159's from Supermicro, same but look a tad different so thats 4 backplates that will be in Europe for 4 boards.. Understood now?

[Martijn]

Just one backplate per machine.
Each backplate has 8 standoffs to cover the 2 Heatsinks.
I am sending two of them with the 4 board and Jaco already has two backplates, the SKT159's from Supermicro, same but look a tad different so thats 4 backplates that will be in Europe for 4 boards.. Understood now?

Yeah, that's what I was confused about

[tiro_uspsss]

Listen:
Since I'm going to be sending you that package anyway why don't you two get smart, find what you want on either newegg or performance PC's and I'll get it for you......

so u have an account with performance-pcs eh?
do u have one with jabtech by chance as well?

[just a noob]

no thanks dave, theres some other st00f im going to get from ppcs so, i dont need the backplate i guess