Check out my rig ;) Then guess how much it costed.

[Trongersoll]

Is 'costed' a word in English?

It is now that I started using it, Sure. Language is always in flux; Changing.

oh sure, now you borked the language.

[ReCat]

Works really well. Minecraft got 100 FPS on far/fancy. I literally don't play any videogames though...

[ReCat]

Just ran some benchmarks. Turns out that this computer is faster than an Ivy-Bridge Intel Core i5. Slightly faster.



Considering that the i5-3350P CPU alone costs $179.99, pretty much the complete cost of this rack server (including shipping), I think that's a pretty damn good deal considering the rack server came preloaded with 16GB of ram, PSU, all cabled and an entire case.

I have also ran some proper power usage tests using my Killawatt Meter. With two 7200RPM SATA HDD's and one 25-watt ATI GPU connected, The rack draws a solid 100 watts when idling. 210 watts when on full load. (Linpack benchmark.)

I expect that It can reach 300 watts if the CPU's, GPU, and HDD's are all heavily utilized at the same time. However I can not create these conditions.

I also took a photo of the motherboard if anyone is interested.



The mounting holes are mostly matching the standard ATX Layout except for one hole near the middle and the holes under the CPU mount.

Cheers!

[Trillium]

I expect that It can reach 300 watts if the CPU's, GPU, and HDD's are all heavily utilized at the same time. However I can not create these conditions.

Cheers!

Hard drives: Benchmarking tests with HD Tune, Hard Disk Sentinel, or any of the countless different disk benchmarking/testing utilities. Alternatively you could get away with doing chkdsk C: /R which will take 9999 years to complete (and on any other drives other than C:)
GPU: Stress test with miners, FurMark, or OCCT GPU tests (fullscreen)
CPUs: OCCT or any Prime number computing software

Keep in mind that when you are running a server or blade or similar custom engineered hardware with the covers off you have changed the air flow configuration from the design specifications and parts may be overheating and you might not even realize and/or they might not have any thermal monitoring. Especially when testing under load conditions like those above...

[ReCat]

That takes far too much effort to be worth it, and Yes, I know that the case lid is required for optimal cooling. I only took it off temporarily for testing the GPU on the computer.

[ReCat]

To everyone who mocked me for buying it. I made a KILLING using this rack server to mine primecoins since the second it was released.

Now that's some great timing.

Cheers.

[hany103]

I would have guessed much more, cheap for the performance.

[greyhawk]

To everyone who mocked me for buying it. I made a KILLING using this rack server to mine primecoins since the second it was released.

Now that's some great timing.

Cheers.

I'm sorry I can't hear you over the Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo of your server

[PrintMule]

To everyone who mocked me for buying it. I made a KILLING using this rack server to mine primecoins since the second it was released.

Now that's some great timing.

Cheers.

I'm sorry I can't hear you over the Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo of your server

lawl, you made my day, greyhawk

on the topic: I would sure use one rig like that in the winter.

[ReCat]

To everyone who mocked me for buying it. I made a KILLING using this rack server to mine primecoins since the second it was released.

Now that's some great timing.

Cheers.

I'm sorry I can't hear you over the Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo of your server

Actually my server is quieter than the window air-conditioner I have in the room with me! Fans in it never spin up faster than the minimum speed. It has lower voltage processors so it doesn't generate much heat. (In fact, I touch the tiny heatsinks and they are only warm! O_o)

[Trillium]

SIW (System Information for Windows) can probably show the CPU temps of those xeons (and everything else) even if you are supposed to use the server manufacturers monitoring software for that. (That software is usually annoying to use).

On the sensors tab.

[ReCat]

All regular software works for it. I used Hwinfo but anything else that detects temps on core architecture and newer chips will work too.

[ReCat]

Well, this server has now been sent off to a datacenter, where it will reside indefinitely. I pay $50 monthly to keep it there. with 5 ip addresses. sweet! That beats any VPS or dedicated hosting service.

[PrintMule]

Does that datacenter care about things like electricity costs? Or it's 50$ to anyone with any rig?

[ReCat]

It's $50 as long as it's 1U. Bigger physical size means bigger cost. Anyways, I have no idea if they care about electricity costs. Probably not as long as your rig isn't pulling 2500 watts all the time.