How are the supermicro servers now? Do they still use bad caps? Google comes up with almost no pictures of internals. The specific server I'm looking at is the 5014C-MF, with a LGA775 motherboard. So, has supermicro followed other companies lead into getting more reliable caps? If not, I'm gonna switch back to Gigabyte, as I've had success with their boards and UCCs.
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My Supermicro X5DAL-TG2 has genuine Sanyo WG caps on it out of the box. It's circa late 2004, and has been solid as a rock. Supermicro wasn't hit extremely hard by the bad caps plague, they just got bit in the ass with NSRY fakes. Real NSRY caps are made by Sanyo/Nippon, and are good quality. I know, late response to this thread, but I thought it was worthy of being answered.
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holey shit talk about waking the dead
is the OP still alive?
you can look at tyan also, both have good caps now. but if i was looking at an intel solution for pedestal chassis i would choose intel original for sure. but if its for 1u 2u on a budget then tyan or supermicro are cheaper.
and uuuuh i would be looking elsewhere than gigabyte for serverboards, there is also iwillComment
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is there something wrong with gigabyte? I like Iwill. I have no idea how they make it work, but I bought that one that is like a shuttle (ITX) with dual AMD processors, and it manages not to overheat (it acutally stays around 43 C), inside the case the temp is 104 F.
P.S. thanks for responding. good thing supermicro doesn't have fake caps anymore.Comment
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Gigabyte server-grade boards have always proven reliable (with good caps ofcourse). I've never been a huge fan of Iwill, the DVD266u-RN and the DP533 with all their quirkiness turned me off rather quickly... I can't speak intelligently on their more recent stuff, the last Iwill board I had was that DP533 (dual P4 Xeon), and it was a turd....<--- Badcaps.net Founder
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well the Iwill died. it did over heat, and the power supply that came with looks like it helped it die. Too bad it wasn't my Iwill (i gave it to my brother who runs a web site for his small business on it.) It was in a HVAC room too.
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Aren't Intel boards OEM Foxconn? A few boards on display at the local Fry's were full of Nichons.Q6700 @ 3.6 GHz
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yeh i think so. they did continue using nichicon after the problems but HM not HN. Still i saw a few retailers dropped intel boards after that. Availability is a PITA here now. They should force retailers to stock a selection of boards with the procs......It doesnt help that their top boards are expensive and they took so many years to get anything half interesting to the overclockers. The thing is that in the lower end the prices and value are good and they make excellent office pcs.
anyway back to topic. The Supermicro 5014C-MF which the op linked to is one of those tiny little 1u toaster boxes. they are useful cos you can pay for one rackspace and fit two inside. heh. I hope they have good cooling though cos that case is really small.
looking at newegg at the intel servers
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...nufactory=1157
the Intel SR1425BK1NA 1U
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16816117021
looks a lot better and is going for around the same price or 100 bucks more.
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Yeah... I need the space. I have a music equipment rack, so it's only about half-depth. Will probably be a webserver/groupware for my band or for remote VPN. That Hipro looks kind of scary on the Intel server, though it looks like a good deal. Does it come with a riser?Comment
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