TheAmazingDave

Sooooo still working on my PowerEdge T610...
 
Got the risers and the harnesses in this week. Teaser shot...
 

 
I need to trim the cooling shroud to accommodate the bottom GPU, figure out a GPU bracing system, and solder in the harnesses, and she'll be folding away in no time...

Sooooo still working on my PowerEdge T610...
 
Got the risers and the harnesses in this week. Teaser shot...
 

 
I need to trim the cooling shroud to accommodate the bottom GPU, figure out a GPU bracing system, and solder in the harnesses, and she'll be folding away in no time...

Sooooo still working on my PowerEdge T610...
 
Got the risers and the harnesses in this week. Teaser shot...
 

 
I need to trim the cooling shroud to accommodate the bottom GPU, figure out a GPU bracing system, and solder in the harnesses, and she'll be folding away in no time...

Sooooo still working on my PowerEdge T610...
 
Got the risers and the harnesses in this week. Teaser shot...
 

 
I need to trim the cooling shroud to accommodate the bottom GPU, figure out a GPU bracing system, and solder in the harnesses, and she'll be folding away in no time...

Some Server porn....
[I realize now the quilt made for a bad background, sorry /shrug]
(click photos for full-size shots)

*Update*
Snag 1:
This has been resolved, the seller has accepted the return of the incorrect Xeons and I found another set of matched Xeons from a different seller; this time they are 10core @2.8Ghz [E5-2680 V2]. These should be delivered in about 1-2 weeks 5-7 days.
The seller of the server has also offered to partial refund me 1/6th of the price I paid for the mess-up ... sweet.
 
The story: apparently the seller had two versions of the server pulled from the data center, though I ordered the server for the E-26xx V3 the employee that boxed and shipped the server for the E5-26xx V2. These are the same series of Xeon but the Socket of the LGA layout changes from the V2 to V3.  V1, V2 use the 2011 (R2) socket as the V3, V4 use the 2011-3 (R3) socket. Yeah I was confused at first as well, apparently this was when Intel decided to updated the LGA layout... instead of waiting for the next series to make the change. 🤷‍♂️ Oh well.
 
 
Snag 2:
Since I decided to keep the server I will be swapping out the sockets from the LS-26 with C13 sockets from some old PSU's I have on hand in the garage, the swap should be easy enough, I have solicited some assistance for this. The sockets don't matter to much as the power draw is close to the same and the socket makes no difference, the C-14 cord will be ample to cover the power draw any how as I wont be over loading the requirements.

Here's my totally unofficial stats courtesy of HfM:
  Points WUs Total 209,698,385 1,881 CPU 4,676,687 584 GPU 205,021,698 1297

I wasn't officially in the contest, but I started folding for Team LTT about the time the event started. 
 

 
Still happy to have contributed!

I wasn't officially in the contest, but I started folding for Team LTT about the time the event started. 
 

 
Still happy to have contributed!

I wasn't officially in the contest, but I started folding for Team LTT about the time the event started. 
 

 
Still happy to have contributed!

I wasn't officially in the contest, but I started folding for Team LTT about the time the event started. 
 

 
Still happy to have contributed!

If you are in isolation how did you hurt your right arm muscle? Nevermind I don't wanna know.

Cracked the 25 mil mark with the last update!
 

https://console.cloud.google.com/billing

Cracked the 25 mil mark with the last update!
 

No one stopped me from buying a 2080Ti...
 
 
 
 
😄

Nah...
 
I would have punched them in the face... 😆

Nah...
 
I would have punched them in the face... 😆

Nah...
 
I would have punched them in the face... 😆

No one stopped me from buying a 2080Ti...
 
 
 
 
😄

Redundant PSUs are usually combined, not in an active/standby config.
Your usage should not exceed the rating of a single one, but in operation they share the load and thus don't get stressed since they run at less than half load. If one fails you don't want to take weeks to replace the bad one to avoid killing the now fully loaded one, normally you have a spare ready on the shelf to substitute straight away.

So I'm preparing to soup up the PowerEdge. I've been giving the system a good look-over, and I don't think my initial plan is going to work out so well...
 
The backplane power looks too feeble to run two GTX 970s.
 

 
The motherboard 12v rail seems up to snuff though.
 

 
May just pull the power distribution board out of the system to look for better options. 🤔

If that is just a spare loop I can take that off your hands. lol I have never had the money to try a loop. I say I am gonna do it every time but I end up spending too much on the GPU