Oops!...I did it again..

I'm weighing up if I could feasibly do something like this for my next build, I have a few questions if you have a moment Mr Biffa -

What's the layout for standoffs like on these? Is it possible to use an ATX / or E-ATX motherboard tray and just add additional support on the end or do you need to re-drill the holes? I'm considering the possibility of hacking out the tray from an old ATX case and have it open in the shed or getting a Silverstone TJ07 motherboard tray and house it in a blank 5U box.

Also you mentioned you can build up the cpus gradually, is it the same with the memory?

Lastly, are there any particular requirements of the PSU? Would my current one be able to handle it?
http://www.akasa.co.uk/update.php?t...plies&type_sub=Performance&model=AK-PSS100FGM

Cheers :)
 
1. Yes, so the one I just did last night, the 6 holes at the bottom were fine, the three across the middle I had to drill two hole, and the top three holes are floating in space at the moment because of the layout of the case I have. (better to get the Elysium BaBa)

To do the holes, I mark the spot with the mobo in, then take a metal drill that just fits into the existing mobo holes and drill out the spots, then because I am cheap and don't have a tap and because I want it to be a tight fit, I take an old case thumbscrew with the pointy end (old coolermaster stainless screw) and use that to roll tap a hole, the mobo mounts then screw right in nice and tight. :) But yes you might have to build something to mount the top three holes to that are floating in air in most cases.

As I said to teabag the most important bit is that you have 12cm of mobo *ABOVE* the i/o ports area. So for cases its important to find one with room in the roof.

2. Memory, I know that they perform better with 4 banks per cpu filled so finding one that can take cheaper DDR3 that isn't ECC or Registered is important. The supermicro's are good for that, the Tyans need the more expensive server memory.

But you could get 16 x 1GB DDR3 if you wanted :) I've got 2GB Corsair XMS3 Classics

3. Any 850W+ Quality brand PSU would be fine, total from the wall is around 660W while folding, running a 875W one here. Obviously if you got one with gpus you would need to take that into account, but for bigadv folding you don't need silly gpus :)
 
Thanks also for that information Mr Biffa sah enough in the Tbag kitty for the mobo the rest over the next few weeks ... "silly gpu's":eek:;):D
 
Cheers Biffa, looks like this is something that could work for me afterall :D I'll be away soon until mid August but will hopefully will be able to start looking into getting bits then :), I'll be following your build log with great interest!
 
Biffa said:
Heh yeah I spent some time looking around, including that site, which pretty much says that unless you buy a SuperMicro case, you can fit one in a Stacker 810. Great, thanks for that. Try finding one of those!
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One? How about two? :p

Except that they're both in use, so it's probably just as well you've got something else lined up.

Actually, I'm not entirely sure they're both 810s. Look at them from the front and they're both the same. From the back, not so much.
 
Yeah the most usefull ones are the ones someone else use using :p

But the 810 has the single psu slot in the bottom and two fans at the back.

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The STC-T01 looks the same outside but has a PSUl slot at the top that puts lots of bits of metal in the way.

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T01 came first, 810 came after. Both rare as hens teeth, but the 810 is rarer, more like gold hens teeth.
 
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Anyone thinking of following Biffa and myself down the G34 route should search feabay for 6168's;)

If i had the cash i would have them myself to fend off Mr Biffa:rolleyes:
 
Radiator hacked into the front of the case: Its a EK 420 (3 x 140mm)
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Sorting out the water route:
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Heres one I made earlier :p
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I have also given it a name..

DARKMATTER
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That looks incredible!! I had a look on the supermicro link to the board and the bit the stood out to me was "512MB DDR3" *drool* that'd be with 16gb sticks though, so that'd cost a small fortune lol (approx £72 x 32 slots = £2300+ just on RAM ...which on a board like this that is slightly overkill in itself, could almost be justified lol

Looking forward to the full build log for this beast!!
 
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