BUT I'm thinking the SuperMicro board is likely much better quality than the stock dells. Also, if I'm just totally wrong, and should get a expansion card instead, LMK. tho if it makes sense to spend $100-200 more, then I don't mind). I'm open to other recommendations, if they are along the same lines (as in not $500 more expensive.
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assuming what I am planning does indeed make sense. Also, I don't mind spending a little money for peace of mind. I would literally have to throw out the T20, my apartment just doesn't have the space to waste with a machine like that doing absolutely nothing. does this make sense? One thing to note is, if I was to jsut build a system from scratch, and NOR reuse the parts from the Dell T20. but based on my use case for the system, I don't think that matters.Īnyway, what do you guys think?. The only weird part si, my current board I believe is an Intel C226, while this is a C222. which I think may be well worth the upgrade. Besides the integrated LSI 2308 SAS controller, I would be getting IPMI 2.0. and grabbed the same case and some ECC RAM for the board. what if I just replaced the stock mother board with a SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SL7-F-O, and moved my CPU, PSU, and HDs over.
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then I realized, instead of getting the extra SAS controller. or just some total garbage card that would likely be more of a waste of money in the long run (I'll spend the extra $50 for stability).īUT. And to handle the extra HDs, I figured something like a Supermicro AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 would make sense (I haven't done extensive research yet, but it seems like it's either something in the $100+ range like that card. So, I was thinking about gutting the current stock case and putting everything into a Fractal Design Node 804. I was also considering upgrading the RAM, either getting an extra 16gb (2 x 8gb) or possibly just going all out and getting 4 x 8gb to max out the board.
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Sadly it only has 4 SATA ports, and basically 4 3.5" bays, one of which is holding my 2.5" SSD (though has space for a second).Īnyway, I've finally decided to turn this thing into a dedicated NAS (and ideally a Plex media server, and maybe some other stuff, ie sickbeard). I've already replaced the power supply with a Corsair CS550M, added 4gb of ECC RAM (so it's at 8gb right now), and have a 750gb SSD, the 1 TB drive it came with, and a pair of 2tb WD drives I got at a very low price from frys. It's got Xeon E3-1225 v3 Quad core in it. If you can't find what you're after please contact us as we are constantly adding new products to our store.So, I've had a DEll PowerEdge T20 sitting around for about 6 months since I bought it on a very good sale from dell. Our warranty period does not cover consumable items such as BIOS batteries etc.
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