Building 1U racks for personal lab

[Jasson.Pass]

So I am looking at building a lab for home and want to use 1U for the nice ability to racking but I hate the loud noise. Is there a way to create a quiet rack set?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835114075

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817147101

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This is a possible solution I came up with. Not looking for anything crazy just decent enough to run hyper-v, ws2012r2, vmware setups, ect... planning to do some clustering as well for fail overs.

 

[devonblzx]

That fan/heatsink isn't going to be very quiet, especially under load as it would have to run at 5000rpm to move air.  The best bet for a quiet 1U server would be an atom and ssd with a passive heatsink and maybe a low rpm 40mm fan.  You don't need much air movement for an atom and an ssd as the whole system will use ~20-30w depending on the models.

 

[Jasson.Pass]

That fan/heatsink isn't going to be very quiet, especially under load as it would have to run at 5000rpm to move air.  The best bet for a quiet 1U server would be an atom and ssd with a passive heatsink and maybe a low rpm 40mm fan.  You don't need much air movement for an atom and an ssd as the whole system will use ~20-30w depending on the models.

True. I did see that. However, i3's won't get very hot, correct?
I have thought about going the Atom route, but the problem is they have such a low performance. i3's you could scale down so cooling is more passive and reduce the fan speed. Even half of the 5000 is still way quieter then the 10k RPM fans.

 

[robbyhicks]

Check out the supermicro barebones -- they're generally pretty quiet plus you get onboard IPMI which is a huge plus.

 

[devonblzx]

True. I did see that. However, i3's won't get very hot, correct?


I have thought about going the Atom route, but the problem is they have such a low performance. i3's you could scale down so cooling is more passive and reduce the fan speed. Even half of the 5000 is still way quieter then the 10k RPM fans.

Using that CPU at 100% would still generate enough heat that you'd need proper airflow that a 1U fan at ~2000rpm probably won't provide.

The new Atom C2750 would give you close to the same level of performance of an i3 and 1/3 the heat.