luckylinux
Limp Gawd
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As the title says I did the (probably big) mistake of buying 2 x Supermicro SC825 TQ-R740LPB 2U chassis. One at the moment is equipped with a X9DR3-F (one socket not working, I will probably need to check for bent pins) and the other with a X9DR3-LN4F+ (both sockets working). Both boards are equipped with a single E5-2620 v1 six core CPU.
It's not that extreme as configuration but the FAN noise is awful. Idling it's still bearable, but as soon as the load increases a slight bit, the noise get's too high for my confort.
I tried to replace the 80mm FANs with quieter ones but then the cooling was not enough and I would throttle because the CPU reached its thermal limit.
For another build (2 x E5-2670 v1) I decided to put it into a Fractal Design Define XL R2 case and am very happy with the results. Cooled by Noctua NH-U12DX i4. Only issues were the standoffs that were not there. Instead of drilling with a dremel because I was afraid of doing lots of damage, I decided to put nylon standoffs in order to just support mechanically the board. Even after that some standoffs were not fitted cause holes of the motherboard aligned with the solid plate of the case ...
I am investigating the following options at the moment:
Did any of you have similar issues? What would you reccomend to do?
It's not that extreme as configuration but the FAN noise is awful. Idling it's still bearable, but as soon as the load increases a slight bit, the noise get's too high for my confort.
I tried to replace the 80mm FANs with quieter ones but then the cooling was not enough and I would throttle because the CPU reached its thermal limit.
For another build (2 x E5-2670 v1) I decided to put it into a Fractal Design Define XL R2 case and am very happy with the results. Cooled by Noctua NH-U12DX i4. Only issues were the standoffs that were not there. Instead of drilling with a dremel because I was afraid of doing lots of damage, I decided to put nylon standoffs in order to just support mechanically the board. Even after that some standoffs were not fitted cause holes of the motherboard aligned with the solid plate of the case ...
I am investigating the following options at the moment:
- Put some sound-absorbing foam behind and around the server
Probably the cheapest althout requires quite some work (and I'm very bad at manual work)
- Water cooling with external radiator cooled by silent 120mm fans
I'm not familiar at all with water cooling. I guess it would be better to buy a closed-loop circuit (some kind of Corsair H80/H90/H110/...) with a Narrow/Square ILM adapter rather than buiding my own loop. The problem with the closed loop is how to put the radiator outside without leaving the case open (this would be easier if I built my own loop but I'm quite afraid of leakages and additionnal maintenance, cleaning the fluid, ...)
- Change case
Build another Fractal Design Define XL R2 configuration and put some e3 xeon-based board at the place of the e5's. Quite expensive solution at 2x130 EUR case + 4x60 EUR coolers + 2x150 EUR PSU
Did any of you have similar issues? What would you reccomend to do?
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