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Dual Xeon Workstation Case Help

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1 hour ago, T3Kgamer said:

their micro atx cases aren't long enough they actually don't even support dual cpu boards in general and i'm not looking for a huge case for that tiny motherboard plus super micro cases can run on the pricier side and it would leave me with an extra 300w psu that i can't use

I doubt you find any stock mATX cases that fits both the long board and is small overall.

 

So you might want to send a mail to Parvum: http://www.parvumsystems.com/product/s2-5-matx + http://www.parvumsystems.com/product/360mm-extended

That combo should be long enough to fit the board (420mm + 90mm).

So i do regular gaming on my regular pc and sometimes record some videos and I have some money and am thinking of building a dual xeon editing rig (i'll get to why dual xeons in a minute) so my main pc is great it's fast but it's just a gaming pc it's got an i5-4690k which works for rendering and encoding but sometimes takes a long time to render / encode which takes up my entire main pc for about an hour or so. so i wanted to build this new workstation that can just run while i can still game on my regular pc or even have 2 encode jobs going at once and the reason for dual xeon's is more why not and because H264 can utilize all that power i've got a pretty limited budget so here's what i got and what i got and what i need to get

Got:
2 Xeon E 5620 (4c 8t)

4 x 4 Gigs of ram (and yes i realize socket 1366 is triple channel i'll get more ram soon enough)


What's Coming:

Quadro FX 3800 (because why not plus it's a pretty good price)

Super Micro X8DTT-F

Seasonic SS-600ET (yes i will mod it for the motherboard)

A pcie riser cable (because the gpu is too long for the cpu coolers)

 

What I need:

A Case

I don't know of a case that is long enough that is matx. this motherboard is long like, very long 16.64" (42.26cm) to be exact

oh and i haven't bought the gpu yet so if there's something better under $40 I might get it instead

 

TL:DR I need a matx case for a really long server motherboard 16.64" (42.26cm)

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Just now, OddsCrazyStuff said:

I did want to use this case originally but it doesn't seem to be in stock anywhere and the ebay listings are quite ridiculously priced i neglected to mention this case i apologize but i believe it's been discontinued

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13 minutes ago, T3Kgamer said:

I did want to use this case originally but it doesn't seem to be in stock anywhere and the ebay listings are quite ridiculously priced i neglected to mention this case i apologize but i believe it's been discontinued

Guess you need to look here then: https://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/tower/

I speak my mind, sorry if thats a problem.

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7 minutes ago, OddsCrazyStuff said:

Guess you need to look here then: https://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/tower/

their micro atx cases aren't long enough they actually don't even support dual cpu boards in general and i'm not looking for a huge case for that tiny motherboard plus super micro cases can run on the pricier side and it would leave me with an extra 300w psu that i can't use

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1 hour ago, T3Kgamer said:

their micro atx cases aren't long enough they actually don't even support dual cpu boards in general and i'm not looking for a huge case for that tiny motherboard plus super micro cases can run on the pricier side and it would leave me with an extra 300w psu that i can't use

I doubt you find any stock mATX cases that fits both the long board and is small overall.

 

So you might want to send a mail to Parvum: http://www.parvumsystems.com/product/s2-5-matx + http://www.parvumsystems.com/product/360mm-extended

That combo should be long enough to fit the board (420mm + 90mm).

I speak my mind, sorry if thats a problem.

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