On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 01:31:23PM -0800, Paul B. Henson wrote: > Hmm, I guess I was actually looking at the SuperServer 5017C-LF page: > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/5017/SYS-5017C-LF.cfm > > It has the X9SCL-F motherboard, a similar chassis with a 200w power supply, > and indicates max tdp <= 45w. I asked supermicro support about the > 510T-203B chassis with the same motherboard, and they told me it only > supported up to 45w as well. Dunno, better safe than sorry, the T > version is about the same price as the regular.
Very interesting. There is some ambiguity in the specs. Looking at the SC510L-200B chassis which is what's included with the SYS-5017C-LF system you linked to, it also says 65W TDP. http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/1U/510/SC510L-200.cfm >From one of my systems with a Pentium G640 in the SC510T-200B case along with two Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 2.5-inch drives, these are the hw.sensors values: hw.sensors.cpu0.temp0=34.00 degC hw.sensors.cpu1.temp0=34.00 degC hw.sensors.acpitz0.temp0=27.80 degC (zone temperature) hw.sensors.acpitz1.temp0=29.80 degC (zone temperature) hw.sensors.sdtemp0.temp0=29.69 degC hw.sensors.sdtemp1.temp0=29.62 degC hw.sensors.lm1.temp0=35.00 degC hw.sensors.lm1.temp1=33.50 degC hw.sensors.lm1.temp2=28.00 degC hw.sensors.lm1.fan0=3013 RPM hw.sensors.lm1.fan1=164 RPM hw.sensors.lm1.fan2=3006 RPM hw.sensors.lm1.fan3=164 RPM hw.sensors.lm1.fan4=2973 RPM Also, the SC510T-200B page lists 65W TDP while the SC510T-203B (only difference is gold rated power supply) doesn't list a TDP value. Also, be aware that the SC510L-200B case (included with SYS-5017C-LF) is listed as only having a single fan. I don't have one to verify but I can verify that the SC510-200B has two fans next to each other as pictured and the SC510T-200B has three fans, two in the same location as the others and a third blowing on the two hot swap 2.5-inch hard drive bays. I think the SC510T-200B/203B is the better choice for hard drives. I use mostly SSDs in the SC510-200B systems I have. Bryan
