I picked up a Chenbro RM24508M3RP5 rack mount chassis which seemed like a perfect way to build a low-cost storage server with some shucked 14 TB drives. Overall I'm moderately happy with the chassis except for one big issue - the fans are in high gear at all times, in wind turbine territory...
I'm considering building a BOINC computing cluster in a tight space. This space will accommodate six 3U chassis, and I'd like to use high-end CPUs like AMD FX-83xx, i7 or Xeon processors in them. I will NOT be overclocking them.
These machines will be running at 100%, 24/7.
These processors...