My build so far (Codename: CdT)

[Joe4evr]

Got enough to start posting about my build. (Don't mind the slight jank, I don't have the case yet.)

• Got a literal steal of a deal on this second-hand Supermicro board, with CPU (Xeon E5-2620 v4) and RAM included. Yeah, it's a few generations older than what I'd like to have, but it simply could not be refused for the price I got it at it.

• That said, I replaced said RAM with another deal on second-hand 8x 32GB SK Hynix sticks.

• Noctua cooler because why not use the best?

• I intended to use this spare GPU I had to check the BIOS and stuff, but it doesn't look like it wants to display out over it, so that'll be another time.

 

That's all for now. Still waiting for more hardware, so stay tuned.

[Dylan]

@Joe4evr Love this! And don't apologize jank most times = DIY and efficient use of resources. Looking forward to the final build!

[Joe4evr]

Got a display output now, at least.

I also managed to log in to the IPMI, and sadly it seems like 2 of the RAM slots are dead (already confirmed by switching sticks around and the same 2 slots are not showing up), so it looks like I'll be running "only" 192GB total. #ohwell

[Joe4evr]

10 hours ago, Joe4evr said:

it seems like 2 of the RAM slots are dead (already confirmed by switching sticks around and the same 2 slots are not showing up), so it looks like I'll be running "only" 192GB total. #ohwell

Oh, now all 8 slots are reported, so I guess they weren't dead after all.

[Dylan]

21 hours ago, Joe4evr said:

Oh, now all 8 slots are reported, so I guess they weren't dead after all.

That's great news! I wonder why the suddenly reported as good....

[Joe4evr]

Update, the pièce-de-résistance, the case:

After hearing about it from another user on this forum (@Clixxi), I was pretty hooked on going for the Jonsbo N5.

Still need to get a few more expansion cards in the mail before I get to put it all together, but I'm not gonna be strapped for drive bays.

[dinecoj]

That case is super nice! I too am using an old supermicro board (X10 SLL-F) and it's been flawless so far. 

I threw in a Mellanox ConnectX-3 for 10Gb and a Dell H310 HBA and still have some PCI to spare 🙂 

[ubergeek]

16 hours ago, Joe4evr said:

Update, the pièce-de-résistance, the case:

After hearing about it from another user on this forum (@Clixxi), I was pretty hooked on going for the Jonsbo N5.

Still need to get a few more expansion cards in the mail before I get to put it all together, but I'm not gonna be strapped for drive bays.

That case is super clean