Awesome video and very helpful. I'm planning a NAS build with large amount of drive bay requirements. This gave me a good idea on what to expect out of this case. Cheers!
While building my server I used the standard size Meshify 2 and went for a Xeon 2699v3. It gives you 18 core 36 threads. Ecc ddr4 was really cheap (I payed £68 for 64gb). With the standard case I was able to fit 11x18tb hdd's. I believe the single CPU, high core count to be the better and cheaper way to go.
There are indeed other options and thank you for the breakdown. To be completely honest I really wanted to build something dual CPUs. I’ve never done it before and it wasn’t that expensive, so why not I guess. 🙂
Also I don't if you noticed in the video I mentioned I work on a memory based application. Having the dual CPU server gives me more channels to fill and greater expansion up to 768GB. Oh and before I forget I added the cost of each part to the description so you can see how much the final build cost. It's in USD so you'll have to conbvert to GBP.
I have a X9DRi-LN4F myself and I'm looking for a case right now, but I cannot for the life of me figure out if all the mounting holes fit properly. Did you manage to mount all the screw holes properly or are some left unpopulated? In the video i seem to see you leaving one of the screw holes unpopulated, the inbetween the coolers, but overlaying a schematic of supermicro mounting holes and the holes as shown in fractal designs manual, they seem to line up. So I'm just confused.
@@jimbopcbuilds thank you so much! this is the first actually useful information I got in 3 days of searching. Nowhere could I find a definitive answer. I am slightly worried about the force being exerted on the motherboard by the coolers (i have very similar coolers, plain 212 and 212x). But I guess with proper mounting it should be fine.
I was worried as well but the mounting of the cooler combined with the number of motherboard mounting points takes it no problem. Keep in mind the 212 isn’t the heaviest of coolers. You’ll have to let me know how your build goes.
I am planning to do a little build log on my blog, just to get something else searchable on the internet so for other in the future it'll be easier to answer the "where will my huge supermicro board fit" question. I will link it once online. Currently I've messaged a seller in germany (im in the netherlands) whos selling a new one for 160+shipping. If that doesnt pan out ill buy new. Next week is exam week though so earliest when ill have time to do anything about this will be next weekend.
I have ordered this for my supermicro m/b, 2 12 core xenons, 64Gb ram, 1080ti which is ok as no games used, I do a lot of 3D graphics, I was using 1 12 core which is reasonably quick, between 30 seconds and 2 minutes to render an HD image. I'm surprised yours took 16Gb ram, the manual says 8Gb max per slot.
Interesting. That might explain some the issues I had getting the memory to work in what should have been the right slot. I did it as the application I work on is memory based. I’ll change to 8gb sticks and see if I have a better experience. Thanks for the pointer.
I had to reset the password. Luckily Serve The Home had done both a video and article about it... www.servethehome.com/reset-supermicro-ipmi-password-default-lost-login/
All good after that. It took me a couple of gos to get the memoryin teh right channels. Server motherboards are a lot more picky about such things. I've had Server 2016 running on it for a few months now without issue. Oh and thank you for the feedback.
I was excised for this case. Delivered from Amazon. Started building. Noticed front fan rails were buckled. Put 3 140mm fans in anyways. Noticed fans not level with the top. Put front door on and would not close. Noticed the case was lopsided on left. like someone sat on it. Bummer. Eneded up going with Deep Cool Morpheus. I wanted to use this case but none available for a week.
It's a dev server, not every server needs lots of storage. In fact I did say that the tool I develop runs in memory, so not much storage is required. All I need is a boot drive, which is what I built.
Awesome video and very helpful. I'm planning a NAS build with large amount of drive bay requirements. This gave me a good idea on what to expect out of this case.
Cheers!
A NAS would an excellent thing to build with the case. You may need extra storage sleds though.
@@jimbopcbuilds how many sleds does it come with out of the box? The XL might be too much. Think I was I going to go with the regular variant.
It only comes with one sled. I can’t remember how it takes but it’s around 6 I think. The XL is very large but it’s super easy to work in.
While building my server I used the standard size Meshify 2 and went for a Xeon 2699v3. It gives you 18 core 36 threads. Ecc ddr4 was really cheap (I payed £68 for 64gb). With the standard case I was able to fit 11x18tb hdd's. I believe the single CPU, high core count to be the better and cheaper way to go.
There are indeed other options and thank you for the breakdown. To be completely honest I really wanted to build something dual CPUs. I’ve never done it before and it wasn’t that expensive, so why not I guess. 🙂
Also I don't if you noticed in the video I mentioned I work on a memory based application. Having the dual CPU server gives me more channels to fill and greater expansion up to 768GB. Oh and before I forget I added the cost of each part to the description so you can see how much the final build cost. It's in USD so you'll have to conbvert to GBP.
I have a X9DRi-LN4F myself and I'm looking for a case right now, but I cannot for the life of me figure out if all the mounting holes fit properly. Did you manage to mount all the screw holes properly or are some left unpopulated? In the video i seem to see you leaving one of the screw holes unpopulated, the inbetween the coolers, but overlaying a schematic of supermicro mounting holes and the holes as shown in fractal designs manual, they seem to line up. So I'm just confused.
I did but I had to move some of risers around. Once I did that I had no problem.
I visually lined up the holes with riser holes on the case and moved them. If you need extra risers there are some in the accessories box.
@@jimbopcbuilds thank you so much! this is the first actually useful information I got in 3 days of searching. Nowhere could I find a definitive answer. I am slightly worried about the force being exerted on the motherboard by the coolers (i have very similar coolers, plain 212 and 212x). But I guess with proper mounting it should be fine.
I was worried as well but the mounting of the cooler combined with the number of motherboard mounting points takes it no problem. Keep in mind the 212 isn’t the heaviest of coolers. You’ll have to let me know how your build goes.
I am planning to do a little build log on my blog, just to get something else searchable on the internet so for other in the future it'll be easier to answer the "where will my huge supermicro board fit" question. I will link it once online. Currently I've messaged a seller in germany (im in the netherlands) whos selling a new one for 160+shipping. If that doesnt pan out ill buy new. Next week is exam week though so earliest when ill have time to do anything about this will be next weekend.
What is your cable length of your power supply cables? I ordered 800mm cables.
I’m not sure. I’m on vacation for a few days. Once I’m back I’ll check and let you know.
@@jimbopcbuilds Thanks. I am building in that case as well.
I have ordered this for my supermicro m/b, 2 12 core xenons, 64Gb ram, 1080ti which is ok as no games used, I do a lot of 3D graphics, I was using 1 12 core which is reasonably quick, between 30 seconds and 2 minutes to render an HD image. I'm surprised yours took 16Gb ram, the manual says 8Gb max per slot.
Interesting. That might explain some the issues I had getting the memory to work in what should have been the right slot. I did it as the application I work on is memory based. I’ll change to 8gb sticks and see if I have a better experience. Thanks for the pointer.
I did get them to work though.
What happened with the bios lock?
I had to reset the password. Luckily Serve The Home had done both a video and article about it... www.servethehome.com/reset-supermicro-ipmi-password-default-lost-login/
@Jimbo PC Builds All good after that? No other issues? I came here for the case and appreciated the video.
All good after that. It took me a couple of gos to get the memoryin teh right channels. Server motherboards are a lot more picky about such things. I've had Server 2016 running on it for a few months now without issue. Oh and thank you for the feedback.
I was excised for this case. Delivered from Amazon. Started building. Noticed front fan rails were buckled. Put 3 140mm fans in anyways. Noticed fans not level with the top. Put front door on and would not close. Noticed the case was lopsided on left. like someone sat on it. Bummer. Eneded up going with Deep Cool Morpheus. I wanted to use this case but none available for a week.
That is indeed a bummer. Did they give you a full refund?
thank you from iraq💚🌹
You're welcome 😊
1:10 could've gone EPYC
I know but I didn’t want break the bank. Would have been fun though. All those PCIE lanes. I might go that way if I combine NAS, virtual and Dev.
Server build no storage, not even in storage layout! Yeah no
It's a dev server, not every server needs lots of storage. In fact I did say that the tool I develop runs in memory, so not much storage is required. All I need is a boot drive, which is what I built.
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Thank you