Hi guys, I’m looking to set up a couple of tower servers for both storage and compute, and am looking at a setup that looks something like this:
Epyc 7713 (potentially single or dual processor) + motherboard, should be EATX
12-16 3.5”HDD
HBA card
Potentially 1x 4090
I would like to know if there are any recommendations with such a setup or potential issues in a tower case, and good tower cases that could fit?
I currently have a Fractal Define 7 XL with a Ryzen 5950X, 3090 and 12 3.5” HDD in there, so I’m fairly confident that the setup above should be able to fit as well, but I would like to know if there are better recommendations out there, as well as a potential for fitting more than 12 drives in a case.
My main limitation right now is that the setup should be air cooled and not too noisy, hence I’m probably not looking at a rack setup right now.
On a similar note, does anyone know any websites/subs with a collection of good deals on all PC parts? Some of us need more than just storage…