Strangelet

A 24x 3.5" bay 4U machine I bought off ebay in 2022 for $999 (plus $457 in taxes and shipping).

As delivered

A diskless but otherwise complete 8048B-TRFT system:

• Supermicro SC848XTS-R3240BP chassis
• Supermicro X10QBi motherboard with Intel 602J chipset, 4x PCIe 3.0x16, 7x PCIe 3.0x4
• 4x Supermicro PWS-1K62P-1R 80+ Platinum 1620W PSUs in 2+2 configuration
• Supermicro AOM-X10QBi-A I/O card (dual 10Gbps + VGA)
• 4x Intel® Xeon® E7-4850 v2 2.3GHz CPUs
• 3x 80mm FAN-0148L4 rear exhaust fans
  • Nidec 80x80x38mm 62.5 dBA, 116.5 CFM, 1.95A
• 4x 92mm FAN-0146L4 fans
• 24x 3.5" MCP-220-00075-0B trays (one with dead LED)
• BPN-SAS3-846EL1 12Gbs SAS3 backplane
  • upgraded by vendor from BPN-SAS-846A 12Gbps SAS2 backplane
• 8x X10QBi-MEM1 memory boards
• 16x 16GB DDR3 DIMMs
• MCP-290-00057-0N rail set

Changes

Prices include tax and shipping.

Replacements

• Replaced PSUs with 4x Supermicro PWS-1K28P-SQ "SuperQuiet" 80+ Platinum 1280W PSUs ($197)
• Replaced dead tray with a new one ($15)
• Replaced 3x Nidec Ultra Flow rear fans with Noctua NF-A8 chromax.Black

Additions

• 8x 32GB Samsung PC3L-10600L DDR3L ($218)
• 2x Bejavr M.2 PCIe cards ($23)
• 2x GLOTRENDS U.2 PCIe cards ($46)
• 2x Intel 750 400GB U.2 PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs (had on hand)
• 2x Samsung 980 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs ($175)
• USB 3.2 PCIe card
• USB 3.0 powered hub