DDR4 ECC Server Test Machine Build, Dual Xeon Supermicro?

For the ASRock board, you can drop in pretty much any cooler that has support for LGA 2011-v3 albeit while not conflicting with the cases side panel but for the Supermicro board you're going to need CPU coolers that are compatible with the narrow ILM socket. Onto the case, the Fractal case you've chosen can accommodate E-ATX board but

E-ATX (up to 295 mm wide)

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^ from here.

If you need anything larger then you can look into Fractal's own Define R5 or the Phanteks Enthoo range.

Moving this thread to the new build section help with more responses

scampy008,

A test platform for computer memory is complete reasonable idea- you might be thinking about specificying the companies' new server or a laboratory workstation.



I would suggest:

Supermicro SuperWorkstation SYS-7038A-I Dual LGA2011 900W Mid-Tower Workstation Barebone System (Black) > $660

This uses the Supermicro X10DAi motherboard supporting up to 1TB of DDR4 RAM 16 slots, using up to 128GB modules) and provides a case, chassis, dual LGA2011-3 motherboard, 2X CPU coolers, there are 3X PCIe z16 slots so there can be a Quadro and two Tesla co-processors, 900W power supply.

These systems are rated to be very quiet.

The motherboard:

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x10dai.cfm

And that would be a favorite of mine if I were building scientific or resources exploration workstations as there are 3X PCIe x16 slots which can accommodate a Quadro + Tesla GPU coprocessor 1 + Tesla GPU coprocessor 2. The capability of a Quadro + 2X Tesla is extremely valuable in very high compute scenarios, e.g. visualization, analysis, simulation, resources exploration.

[ Those uninterested in NVIDIA Maximus configurations may skip down

A digression > Teslas, are amazingly effective in 3D and compute functions. At the moment, our analysis, simulation, and rendering system is using a Quadro K2200 (4GB) + Tesla M2090 (6GB) GPU coprocessor. The Quadro K2200 is not a blazingly fast GPU, 128-bit although it is a relatively recent Maxwell GPU. The Passmark 3D is 3580 and cost $429. The z420 used for 3D modeling has a Quadro K4200 (4GB) and cost $829. That is a Kepler series and Passmark = 4794. For comparison, the successor, the M4000 (8GB, $800) = ~6700's.

http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/43395/Tesla-M2090-Board-Specification.pdf

The Tesla M2090 was made for high end servers and has 6GB 384-bit, GDDR5 SDRAM, 512 CUDA cores, and with a 1.3GHz processor clock, can make many polygon positional calculations very quickly.with 177GB/s bandwidth and with quite good single and double precision:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Tesla

On OctaneBench the $829 Quadro K4200 scores an average 40.63. The magic leap in performance M4000 = 54.98. Then the $429 Quadro K2200 + ($86) Telsa M2090- as antiquated as it is = 83.74. For comparison the $1,900 Quadro M5000 = an average of 84.3, and a $4,399 Quadro K6000 12GB = an average of 88.]

<END Digression

All the complex decisions are made and the components are of a very high quality and designed for reliability. You only need to add the CPU's, RAM, GPU, drives, and software. This is much simpler than researching, ordering, assembling, configuring and testing.

For RAM testing, purpose, the memory access appears very good. There are no CPU or RAM fan /shrouds nor memory fans and the photos show that the RAM slots are quite accessible with the fan/heatsink clear. My impression is that theses cases are airy and quite easy to work in.

My thought was that if there is any thought to the future potential usefulness of the test system, having a Quadro 2X Tesla configuration would offer a very high potential in visualization and high compute with high double precision applications: financial, resources, analysis and simulation .

Cheers,

BambiBoom

CAD / 3D Modeling / Graphic Design:

HP z420 (2015) (Rev 3) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 (6-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz) / 32GB DDR3 -1866 ECC RAM / Quadro K4200 (4GB) / Samsung SM951 M.2 256GB AHCI + Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) + Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > Logitech z2300 speakers > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440)
[ Passmark Rating = 5581 > CPU= 14046 / 2D= 838 / 3D= 4694 / Mem= 2777 / Disk= 11559] [6.12.16]

Analysis / Simulation / Rendering:

HP z620 (2012) (Rev 3) 2X Xeon E5-2690 (8-core @ 2.9 / 3.8GHz) / 64GB DDR3-1600 ECC reg) / Quadro K2200 (4GB) / HP Z Turbo Drive (256GB) + Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB / 800W > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit > HP 2711x (27" 1980 X 1080)
[ Passmark System Rating= 5675 / CPU= 22625 / 2D= 815 / 3D = 3580 / Mem = 2522 / Disk = 12640 ] 9.25.16
[Cinebench R15: OpenGL= 115.78 fps / CPU = 2199 cb / Single core 131 cb / MP Ratio 16.84x

I have an EATX motherboard, an Intel S2600COE, and it fits nicely inside a Corsair 750D full tower. The only problem I had was that the upper left corner of the board didn't have any matching screw supports so I put in a rubber separator on the corner so that the motherboard can't be pushed and touch the metal behind it.

bwinzey,

I read relatively often of problems with mismatches between larger format motherboards and cases. Some write about adding new standoff mounts- completing the set. I suppose the location could be marked through the motherboard mounting holes and the plate could be drilled in situ. The mounting does have to sturdy given the weight of heatsinks and GPU and that are perpendicular to the thin board.

Gosh, an actual Intel S2600COE motherboard. I've had my eye on that one a long time- good layout ,slot complement, excellent performance and Intel motherboards seem to be of the highest build quality. I had in mind to use the Intel S2600COE with two Xeon E5-2687w v2's and a Quadro /Tesla Maximus in a Caselab double-sided enclosure or possibly horizontally mounted. In the end I decided to maintain two separate systems and the E5-1660 v2, 3.7/4.0 is the 6-core consolation prize for not having the E5-2687w's. - Any comments on the Intel S2600COE appreciated. What is the system's use?

The Corsair 750D is also a good one. I like the Obsidian series. A very good design. Is it quiet?

Cheers,

BambiBoom

Honestly, I just use it as my personal computer with Windows 8 on it. The motherboard itself seems to be of really high quality. The most annoying part was creating a custom fan curve that could only be changed through the BMC, as otherwise the fans would be trying to get to the extremely high idling speed of normal server fans and max out while at it. Then there's the fact that you can't RAID, or even use the majority of the SATA ports unless you buy a special key that has to be inserted into the motherboard. Other than that, the BIOS was really easy to work with. I used two 212 Evo's as CPU coolers and they manage to keep the CPU's cold under maximum load. The 750D is VERY quiet (at least compared to my previous computer) , so much that if it didn't have hard drives, you wouldn't even know it's on.