Opteron Prime - Supermicro 4P folding mayham

[jonnyp1993]

To start with, about £450 for the mobo, £4700 for the CPU's, over £800 for the RAM and £650 for the case.

Could this be used as a 'normal' system ?, or just for server use ?

 

[Greboth]

To start with, about £450 for the mobo, £4700 for the CPU's, over £800 for the RAM and £650 for the case.

I'll take 10 please. Guessed it was going to be sonething like that, by the time all the blocks, rads, fittings etc got to be close to 10k

 

[ozaudio]

and biffa has 3 of these.... well 2 are intel which are even faster than the amd's

 

[Biffa]

and biffa has 3 of these.... well 2 are intel which are even faster than the amd's

My intels are nekkid (caseless), air cooled and the cpu's second hand, nothing like as beautiful as Hukkels work.

 

[Hukkel]

i wish i could do stuff like this

you need to get me some sponsors =(

ooou, just noticed who you fold for the family is going to have a bit of a boost with this machine

Well if I help you with that it means I am getting less

Yeah man I hope so.

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Wow that is epic!

hahaha that is an awesome pic

That thing is a MONSTER!!! I'm seriously impressed, I can't wait until you get it mounted in your case, plumbing it up is certaily going to be 'interesting'. Keep up the superb work

Thanks DJ_B. I have a map for the plumbing in my head. Especially the bottom end will be a....challenge. But the top part will be fine.

**** me sideways..... what an epic mobo!!!

It is man. First time I saw it IRL I was like O.0

Supermicro for the win.

Folding at team 10 has clearly come a long way since my graphics cards died and I dropped out of the race.

I am sorry but it won't be for team 10 sadly

Absolutely awesome! Cannot wait to see this running!

Me neither man and thanks!

i was going to ask the same question about waterblocks... i have the xspc waterblock for my 780 gpu...it seems so heavy how does the pci slot take so much weight

I am not sure I follow.

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ....I'm speechless :O

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CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS. Can you do a HD video when its done giving us a tour of it best you can and so we can see/hear the beast in addition to photos ?

Thanks man! Yeah I will do a video once it is done. But if you guys have a trade show in the UK and Supermicro attends you will be able to see it in real life

Subbed....mental build lol

Thanks S.

That is some motherboard!

Really love the ram heatsinks, id say look better without the water block on top! The big black solid lumps. Great stuff. Wish I still had time and funds to do these kind of projects.

I have had the same feeling in two builds now. Perhaps I will some day.

This is CRAZY! Going to look epic once finished though.

Out of curiosity do you know how much the build would cost if you were buying the bits yourself?

To start with, about £450 for the mobo, £4700 for the CPU's, over £800 for the RAM and £650 for the case.

Yeah including everything it should be somewhere in between 10.000 and 15.000 euros.

Could this be used as a 'normal' system ?, or just for server use ?

Depends on what you can normal. I don't think you will be able to game on it very much. But I think you could do everything else with it fine. But it's a tad pricey for that application. These are either for server use or for heavy calculation use. Stuff like rendering and such.

I'll take 10 please. Guessed it was going to be sonething like that, by the time all the blocks, rads, fittings etc got to be close to 10k

I can build you one if you pay for the hardware

and biffa has 3 of these.... well 2 are intel which are even faster than the amd's

My intels are nekkid (caseless), air cooled and the cpu's second hand, nothing like as beautiful as Hukkels work.

Well you do have some powerhouses I am jealous of

Perhaps after this is done I should build you something to put them all in. Either aircooled or watercooled.

 

[Hukkel]

Recently I picked up the custom pedestal and arch for the servercase.

Basically what you see here is a pedestal for under it, a loose front for it where the Aquaero 5 will go and perhaps a few poweradjusts, but I am not sure about that yet. Especially now I will use about 4 Gentle Typhoons for the rads and the front and rear fans will be put on a molex -fan pcb. This means I will only need to put 4 Enermax fans on the aquaero. I think it should be able to cope just fine.

And last an arch that goes over the case. The top hole will be filled with a plexi window. Why? Because I am going to route the to and back pipes above the regular case and under that window. So basically in the front there will be the reservoir, under them the pumps, these will feed the radiators next to it, then it goes to the front, up to the top, over the top to the rear and down again to the waterblocks, then up again, over the top to the front again and in the reservoirs. I thought I would do something different for a change
Enjoy the few (not very well taken) pictures of my toy.

 

[Something Else]

holy crap! thats some radiator mounting you got there!

Awesome build mate, glad there are people like you in the world that go mental with these kinds of things

 

[Biffa]

Couple of things Hukkel

1. Have you checked the CPU's mobo and ram all work ok? If not I'd get SM to send you 4 cheap air coolers of theirs so you can at least boot it up and make sure its all fine before you with the watercooling.

2. Do you have a diagram of how the metal framework works with the Supermicro case? Does it go around the outside of the case?

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Epic.

Proving once and for all, you can't have too many water blocks



On a side note before I clicked on this thread I thought I had a reasonable knowledge of computer hardware. Turns out I know sod all

 

[Hukkel]

holy crap! thats some radiator mounting you got there!

Awesome build mate, glad there are people like you in the world that go mental with these kinds of things

Thanks man. Appreciate it!

Couple of things Hukkel

1. Have you checked the CPU's mobo and ram all work ok? If not I'd get SM to send you 4 cheap air coolers of theirs so you can at least boot it up and make sure its all fine before you with the watercooling.

2. Do you have a diagram of how the metal framework works with the Supermicro case? Does it go around the outside of the case?

1. No I haven't because I didn't have heatsinks. Perhaps I should try and run it with 1 rad and provisional tubing just to check before it is all installed and impossible to take out again.

2. No I haven't. Why do you ask? You think there is like an earthing or current issue? I know the top and behind mobo tray part are one single piece that has rivets in it so I didn't want to get it out.

Epic.

Proving once and for all, you can't have too many water blocks

On a side note before I clicked on this thread I thought I had a reasonable knowledge of computer hardware. Turns out I know sod all

When there are cpus there are motherblocks!
I have the same feeling man. Running this setup will mean I have to investigate time and learn about Linux and such.

 

[neil_g]

Thread updates did not disappoint.

What a beast...

 

[Deus Ex]

Impressive

 

[NoustieChris]

Would a piece of sturdy Perspex or plastic under the Mobo help to distribute the weight a bit better,or at least try to stop the board flexing under the weight of the blocks and coolant?

 

[Biffa]

These mobos are pretty hefty also as it will be mounted vertically it shouldn't cause a problem. If hes going to be folding they are going to be pushing some heavy heat both from the cpu sockets and VRM's so I wouldn't want anything plastic back there.

 

[NoustieChris]

If hes going to be folding they are going to be pushing some heavy heat both from the cpu sockets and VRM's so I wouldn't want anything plastic back there.

Fair point Biffa.

 

[Hukkel]

Thread updates did not disappoint.

What a beast...

Good to hear

Impressive

Thank you.

Would a piece of sturdy Perspex or plastic under the Mobo help to distribute the weight a bit better,or at least try to stop the board flexing under the weight of the blocks and coolant?

These mobos are pretty hefty also as it will be mounted vertically it shouldn't cause a problem. If hes going to be folding they are going to be pushing some heavy heat both from the cpu sockets and VRM's so I wouldn't want anything plastic back there.

Fair point Biffa.

Well you have to know these motherboard have like a gazillion mounting points. Much more than ATX. Probably because they are usually under a lot of stress and have fans running 10k rpm blowing at them. You don't want any vibration then.

 

[Hukkel]

Decided to do something else the other day: partly dismantle the server case. There are items in and on it I won't be needing.
I wanted to put in some time and invest how such a servercase actually differs from a regular desktop case.
I mean how often do you have something like this on your desk?
The empty case is very heavy. And very well built. No wobbly bits or big gaps and such.
I am very impressed with the modularity of it. I understand this is because of the minimal downtime servers should have.
And I love it It is like Lego. All of the important stuff just clicks and secures, comes in and out easy.
I mean look at the rear fans. I can't use them because they a) stick out the rear so won't fit the custom build around it and b) run at 8.200 rpm if I am correct. While this is perfect for a rackserver it is somewhat less usable when in a bedroom or even room next to a bedroom and they make a lot more noise as a regular 120mm fan. But they easy way they come out. No need to disconnect a fan connector or use screws. Just click they're out and connector is loose. So easy to work with I imagine. Same with the mid-fan-shround and fans. The HDD bay is modular as well and so are the 5,25 inch bays and even the complete bay around them including the buttons and connectors. If you know what you're doing you have it disassembled in 2 or 3 minutes. Of course I didn't and was busy for 30 xD
Of course at some point you reach the point where what I am doing has nothing to do anymore with regular maintenance and swapping parts so a drill was needed to get rid of the first rivets. At that point in time it was getting darker so couldn't see what I was doing anymore. Another day, another chance to mod this case. I want to do it clean and not just put the dremel into it.

Sorry for the multitude of pictures. I wanted to show people how these server cases work. They're very modular.
Enjoy!

 

[Hukkel]

I still needed to do some cutting on the case to get it to fit exactly inside the other parts.
Like the backside with the sticking out fan ports.
Also the complete front bay system needed to go. And the base where the other bays slide in couldn't just be gotten out using a few screws.

Today the temperature was under 30 celcius and I was in the mood for destruction. :dremel: :rock:

So I took my dremel, my drill, my ancient workbench, my hammer and my saw and spit in my hands.

And the result is the following :hip:
Man o man this is a tough case. I used like half a package of cutting wheels for only a few pieces here and there. I am very impressed with the build quality of this case.



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Now I have to first testfit it inside the other case and probably also testfit the mobo to see what goes where.
I can then really measure some stuff to see how I can change it and fit what where. Then the inside will ba spraypainted black by me and then the real building will begin.
By far the hardest thing will be getting 4 tubes running behind the PSUs down to the other section where the rads are.

 

[Biffa]

1. No I haven't because I didn't have heatsinks. Perhaps I should try and run it with 1 rad and provisional tubing just to check before it is all installed and impossible to take out again.

2. No I haven't. Why do you ask? You think there is like an earthing or current issue? I know the top and behind mobo tray part are one single piece that has rivets in it so I didn't want to get it out.

RE testing: See if Supermicro will send you some heatsinks, they should do if you explain why.

Re the frame: Just out of curiosity I can't work out how it fits together. I guess I could wait

 

[Hukkel]

You mean the case?

Well the case I just emptied will be placed on a pedestal with the WC stuff in it and then an arch (with the fans in front and rear) will be placed over it.