Quote Originally Posted by Sandon View Post
I have the no overclocking server version of this board (a bit different but very similar otherwise):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-175-_-Product

I really like it. Since I have a lot of storage and use ECC memory I didn't want to risk doing any OC in the first place.
That's the exact SM board I was looking at. I almost got it while I was waiting for the SR-2 to become available, but held off because it doesn't have an x16 slot; they're all x8. Silly me.

Quote Originally Posted by Sandon View Post
Very nice build but I think I would have leaned more towards this SM case as it is very nice:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...282&Tpk=7046GT

(that is the bare bones kit)

Even the case alone is not cheap though.
I have a SM case for my current server. It's very nice. However, it's also very, very LOUD. I removed several of the fans and cranked the speed on the remaining ones way down, and it's still loud. The current machine will be used as a desktop box, so the usual SM cases won't work, although they do have a "quiet" line that might be worth looking into.