A rebuild of my NAS/everything server into a proper modern rack chassis. Nothing detailed, just a quick photo shoot and walk thru!
Case: Norco RPC-230 (14.6 Litres!)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 16gb kit (to be replaced with 32gb of "normal" DDR4 in the future)
CPU: Pentium G4400
Drives: a selection of SSDs
Power Supply: Corsair 450w Platinum
Excuse the work surface - I was thermal testing the Streacom DA2 on my workbench when I built this. It's static safe, honest! Except the dust and crap floating around from stripping down the last server.. -_-
The case. 2u, short depth, and has a USB3 front panel port. Nice.
Pretty normal for a 2U, here. I should note; I'm a server geek first, SFF second.
Four 3.5" drives, two 80mm fans, SECC steel.
Let's change the fans! Not sure if this is the right way, but it's my way, and my way is best, dammit!
No comment.
Done!
SilverStone's 5.25 to four x 2.5" drive bay. Perfect for my needs here.
Installed. Different shades of grey. Kinky.
Motherboard installed. SilverStone's AR11 cooler.
SFX on ATX bracket - allowing cooling in what would otherwise be a chassis that blocks the intake of a normal ATX PSU.
Installedededed
First PSU cable in, routed under the network card. Front panel cables routed thru the 3.5" bays that I won't be using.
Cables done. Neat, tidy. The blue/white ATX extension is there as the Corsair PSU cables are too short in this layout. It's what I had to hand. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
SATA DATA wired.
Racked. I love me a good rack.
One last look before I close the lid. On to software. I won't cover that because I'm a software/OS n00b, really.
