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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
  • 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