(FINAL PICTURES) Custom Loop in a Dual Xeon (+780Ti) Dell 2U Server (8K Realtime Render Server)

[clarkmcc]

22 hours ago, leadeater said:

Not sure what I'll use atm. Currently got a IBM x3500 M4 (Main) and a modified Intel SC5650BRP/S5520HC which was extremely annoying just to get two H55's in to it since it's tiny, great system and I use it as a portable server.

 

 

I'm more than likely going to buy 3 new server cases and two more Intel S5520HC (ebay) motherboards and leave the IBM alone. Haven't seen any 4U/3U/2U chassis yet that I've instantly liked but I'm not looking that hard. The other option is do what Linus did and get a custom cases made but I'm hopeless at CAD.

 

Also got a LD PC-V8 for my desktop which I'll likely take the 3x 480 XTX's out and use those externally to cool all the servers either in it's own top of rack case or semi outside, depends what I can afford when building my house.

Sweet plan man. I was actually going got put 2x Kraken x31s in mine. What are your temps like?

[clarkmcc]

On 4/17/2016 at 7:29 PM, leadeater said:

It is a shame about having to cut a hole in the side for the GPU block, really useful to know for me since I want to keep mine in a rack when I do it so the rails must still fit and slide in and out (If I have GPUs).

I was talking with a buddy, the solution would be to use a PCI extender. I orginally had one installed but somehow it fried one of the DVI ports  Not sure how... must have had a shorted connection. In any case if you did that, you could place the graphics card wherever you wanted in there. Another friend who's helping on my MAD ZEN build said you could get away with PCI x1 or X4 extender without any real bottle necking. That would open up a lot more ooptions as far as placement because of flexibility. 

[clarkmcc]

4/18/2016

I will be running a bunch of tests. Here are the first. Render tests to come. 

 

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Oxide Games
Star Swarm Stress Test - ©2013
C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Star Swarm\Output_16_04_18_1223.txt
Version 1.10
04/18/2016 12:23
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== Hardware Configuration =================================
GPU:        NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 
CPU:        GenuineIntel
        Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           L5640  @ 2.27GHz
Physical Cores:            12
Logical Cores:            24
Physical Memory:         103069237248
Allocatable Memory:        140737488224256
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== Configuration ==========================================
API:                DirectX
Scenario:            ScenarioFollow.csv
User Input:            Disabled
Resolution:            1920x1080
Fullscreen:            True
GameCore Update:        16.6 ms
Bloom Quality:            High
PointLight Quality:        High
ToneCurve Quality:        High
Glare Overdraw:            16
Shading Samples:         64
Shade Quality:            Mid
Deferred Contexts (D3D11):        Disabled
Small Batch Optimized (Mantle):        Enabled
Temporal AA Duration:        16
Temporal AA Time Slice:        2
Detailed Frame Info:        Off
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== Results ================================================
Test Duration:            360 Seconds
Total Frames:            20302

Average FPS:            56.39
Average Unit Count:        4416
Maximum Unit Count:        5472
Average Batches/MS:        662.80
Maximum Batches/MS:        2121.92
Average Batch Count:        14393
Maximum Batch Count:        130139
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[clarkmcc]

Sorry about the delay. Final pictures are here

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kickasssloth]

Nice work, man! Looking good!