Mac Pro G5 Server Rig

[TheAlexProctor]

This is my build log of my Mac Pro G5 Server RIG. (STILL INCOMPLETE)

Feel Free to post suggestions or questions!

 

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Hardware:

Intel S5000PSL (Dual CPU Xeon Server Board)

16GB FBDIMM ECC(Hopefully will upgrade to 32 By end of LOG)

XEON E5450 3.0GHZ 4Cores 4Threads (*Will get a 2nd)

HP 631668 Raid Card / LSI SAS9220-8i (Deciding Between the Two)

Some old quadro card *not sure if i should bother*

Nvidia 9600GT *not sure if i should bother*

 

Storage:

2x Western Digital 3TB Green Drives

2x Hatachi 200GB SAS SSD (390R/380W) 

2x Western Digital 2TB RED Drives

1x Seagate 1TB (Probs for Downloads *NOISY*)

1x Western Digital 640GB (Not sure for now)

 

Story Behind Case:

Unlike buying a case like most people, I traded parts for it, I ended up trading a 1GB stick of DDR1 with a fancy Heat spreader for the Mac Pro G5 (It was broken), and after originally wanting to use it as my main desktop's case, but then I (Got a NZXT WHITE H440 with aperture science stickers) so I ditched that plan and decided to turn it into a NAS/Server 

 

Progress AS OF 19/02/16

I have 3D printed 3 Brackets for the motherboard to connect to existing stand offs for the mac pro board (existing as the ones I dident break off.) and  of these brackets are also PSU mounts to support the PSU. The PSU Is being test Ghetto Mounted, At the top of the Case as there isint much room elsewhere with the Huge motherboard, Im still trying to source some decent 771 Mounting Heat sinks, currently looking like im going to have to buy some SuperMicro 2U heat sinks from Amazon and have to 3D print a shroud or bracket to mount a fan to each one.

 

 

 

 

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[simson0606]

Cool idea with the 3d printed mobo mounts, i used the mountain mods mobo tray for my g5.