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Downsizing a server

13CA350
By 13CA350
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Recently I got a Dell Powerdge 1900 from work. It's awesome, but it's really big and VERY heavy. Not to mention that it's really loud

 

I was thinking about keeping the CPU's and drives, and buying a smaller case and motherboard.

 

I'm not totally sure what CPU socket it has, but everything I can find says it has an Intel LGA-771 CPU Socket

Could I buy this Supermicro Server board and use my server in a smaller case? It has no add-on cards in it, just drives.

 

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000V/X7DVL-3.cfm

 

I'm most likely going to put Linux on it, too. What would you guys recommend? 

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