> From: 'Bryan Vyhmeister' [mailto:br...@bsdjournal.net] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:51 PM > > 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.
Well, it can't hurt to use less power :). I ended up ordering all the parts, hopefully they'll show up by mid next week so I can assemble them over the long weekend. I managed to escalate the integrated graphics question high enough to find somebody who knew what they were talking about, he said, as you confirmed, that they work fine with this motherboard other than that you cannot use the integrated graphics, it is disabled. Pretty much what I thought, they should clarify their footnote on the specification page. > the hw.sensors values: Out of curiosity, have you tried enabling the ipmi driver? I have an older atom server with an X7SPA-HF motherboard (which is actually being replaced by this one), and I found that the ipmi sensor provided more values than the lm one. The box came as passively cooled, I ended up sticking in three fans anyway. It still runs a bit hot, but within the acceptable range for that processor: hw.sensors.ipmi0.temp0=54.00 degC (System Temp), CRITICAL hw.sensors.ipmi0.temp1=64.00 degC (CPU Temp), CRITICAL hw.sensors.ipmi0.fan0=4840 RPM (CPU FAN), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.fan1=6135 RPM (SYS FAN), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.volt0=1.11 VDC (CPU Vcore), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.volt1=1.04 VDC (Vichcore), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.volt2=3.30 VDC (+3.3VCC), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.volt3=1.53 VDC (VDIMM), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.volt4=5.09 VDC (+5 V), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.volt5=12.30 VDC (+12 V), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.volt6=3.30 VDC (+3.3VSB), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.volt7=3.22 VDC (VBAT), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.indicator0=Off (Chassis Intru), OK hw.sensors.ipmi0.indicator1=On (PS Status), OK > I think the SC510T-200B/203B is the better choice for hard drives. I use Yep. I like hot-swap, it would be a pain to have to disconnect and unrack the unit to swap out a fixed internal drive.
