DIY server help

[Khelix]

I have an old 1366 xeon and was looking for a dell poweredge R510 board, nothing more, no case etc. but i couldn't find any documentation online relative to the board pinout, is there someone that knows at least where the "IO" pins are so i can plug a switch?

[Needfuldoer]

An entire R510 chassis (usually including processors, heatsinks, and RAM) isn't all that expensive, and they made a version that can take 12 3.5" hard drives.

 

That generation is relatively power-hungry. With two CPUs and twelve drives, I wouldn't be surprised if it idled at over 300 watts.

 

Getting a board to match a CPU you already have seems kind of backwards to me. Only a few LGA1366 CPUs are worth anything, and that's only because the Mac Pro modding community fawns over the peak models. 

 

You might want to look into the Rx20 generation if you want a server to mess with; core counts went up and power consumption dropped dramatically, especially with the v2 (Ivy Bridge) CPUs.

 

If you really want to use that CPU, look into an HP Z400 tower or the equivalent Dell Precision.

[Khelix]

2 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

An entire R510 chassis (usually including processors, heatsinks, and RAM) isn't all that expensive, and they made a version that can take 12 3.5" hard drives.

 

That generation is relatively power-hungry. With two CPUs and twelve drives, I wouldn't be surprised if it idled at over 300 watts.

 

Getting a board to match a CPU you already have seems kind of backwards to me. Only a few LGA1366 CPUs are worth anything, and that's only because the Mac Pro modding community fawns over the peak models. 

 

You might want to look into the Rx20 generation if you want a server to mess with; core counts went up and power consumption dropped dramatically, especially with the v2 (Ivy Bridge) CPUs.

 

If you really want to use that CPU, look into an HP Z400 tower or the equivalent Dell Precision.

oh thanks, the z400 actually was another one of my choices, i will look for one of them so since are even cheaper than the one i was looking for