[Hardware] Back to Back Chassis (2 Chassis in a 1U)

ReliableSite_Radic

Hey all, something different than you typically see in LET.

Our hardware manufacturing leg has been spun off into it's own brand and we've set aside a small amount of chassis for resale purposes (the remaining are being used by and sold to RS). My intention is to get these out to a diverse number of people versus selling everything to a single customer. This helps us get a wider variety of feedback for any potential future improvements.

Design (see website for the full animation): Each server is 100% independent of each other and can be serviced separately.

Compatibility (see website for the full animation): Compatible with most mATX and full ATX boards. Supports both passive cooling and the dynatron liquid coolers.

Heat (see website for the full animation): We use air shrouds to separate cold and hot air, so the temperature sensitive components in the rear chassis receive only cold air.

Pricing: $799
Includes:
2 x Chassis
2 x Power Supplies
6 x Counter Rotating Fans
Rails
Details: https://www.boothardware.com

To order, either message me here, or fill out the contact form.

Note: This company is not affiliated with RS beyond myself. Please please please, don't let this thread stray off topic.

ralf

@ReliableSite_Radic said:

I like how this developed from https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/179748/poll-logo-feedback - the updated logo is definitely better than the WIP.

Looks like an interesting project. From the image on the website, I'm surprised that it looks like the two cases don't touch in the middle - I'd imagine that'd cause turbulence and maybe also hot air flow into the supposedly cold intake to the second server. Also a hot surprised that the air tunnel in the second server directs the hot outflow over the cold part of the PCB - it might make more sense to leave the whole PCB in the second server to be fed from the cold flow, and direct server 1's hot air around the side entirely.

Anyway, good luck. It's a "cool concept" (see what I did there ;p).

ReliableSite_Radic

@ralf said:

@ReliableSite_Radic said:

Looks like an interesting project. From the image on the website, I'm surprised that it looks like the two cases don't touch in the middle -

They're completely flush, look at the last image.

bdl

If you had a solid I/O shield, it would affect airflow, no?

ralf

@ReliableSite_Radic said:

@ralf said:

@ReliableSite_Radic said:

Looks like an interesting project. From the image on the website, I'm surprised that it looks like the two cases don't touch in the middle -

They're completely flush, look at the last image.

But on the render of the rack, there's a gap, and if you go to the website there's either a low-quality render or photo at the top with a gap, and the animated rack from lots of angles clearly shows there's a gap all the way down the entire rack.

Anyway, still cool!

somik

@bdl said:
If you had a solid I/O shield, it would affect airflow, no?

If you look very closely, you'll see it is a computer generated render. So there is no airflow anyway

ReliableSite_Radic

@ralf said:

@ReliableSite_Radic said:

@ralf said:

@ReliableSite_Radic said:

Looks like an interesting project. From the image on the website, I'm surprised that it looks like the two cases don't touch in the middle -

They're completely flush, look at the last image.

But on the render of the rack, there's a gap, and if you go to the website there's either a low-quality render or photo at the top with a gap, and the animated rack from lots of angles clearly shows there's a gap all the way down the entire rack.

Anyway, still cool!

Agreed, but in real life, they are flush like the airflow render.

ReliableSite_Radic

ralf

There's definitely a small gap between the two chassis in that picture!

ReliableSite_Radic

@ralf said:
There's definitely a small gap between the two chassis in that picture!

Haha.

somik

@ralf said:
There's definitely a small gap between the two chassis in that picture!

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ReliableSite_Radic

We have a bracket coming soon that will allow you to throw a passive Intel Scalable heat sink (typically rated @ 205W TDP) on an AM4/AM5 socket.

somik

@ReliableSite_Radic said:
We have a bracket coming soon that will allow you to throw a passive Intel Scalable heat sink (typically rated @ 205W TDP) on an AM4/AM5 socket.

Sorry, I must have missed out, which CPUs are you guys using on the server? AMD Epics?

Advin

@somik said:

@ReliableSite_Radic said:
We have a bracket coming soon that will allow you to throw a passive Intel Scalable heat sink (typically rated @ 205W TDP) on an AM4/AM5 socket.

Sorry, I must have missed out, which CPUs are you guys using on the server? AMD Epics?

AM4/AM5 = Ryzen 7000 series or Ryzen 5000 series
So probably 7950X, 5950X, etc but with a cooler/heatsink made originally for Intel Scalable processors, meaning more efficient cooling

somik

@Advin said:

@somik said:

@ReliableSite_Radic said:
We have a bracket coming soon that will allow you to throw a passive Intel Scalable heat sink (typically rated @ 205W TDP) on an AM4/AM5 socket.

Sorry, I must have missed out, which CPUs are you guys using on the server? AMD Epics?

AM4/AM5 = Ryzen 7000 series or Ryzen 5000 series
So probably 7950X, 5950X, etc but with a cooler/heatsink made originally for Intel Scalable processors, meaning more efficient cooling

Thanks for the clarification @Advin.

That's what confused me cause I am more used to seeing these coolers on Intel server, but Since @ReliableSite_Radic mentioned AM4/AM5, I thought "wait, aren't those intel CPUs down there?"

ReliableSite_Radic

@somik said:

@Advin said:

@somik said:

@ReliableSite_Radic said:
We have a bracket coming soon that will allow you to throw a passive Intel Scalable heat sink (typically rated @ 205W TDP) on an AM4/AM5 socket.

Sorry, I must have missed out, which CPUs are you guys using on the server? AMD Epics?

AM4/AM5 = Ryzen 7000 series or Ryzen 5000 series
So probably 7950X, 5950X, etc but with a cooler/heatsink made originally for Intel Scalable processors, meaning more efficient cooling

Thanks for the clarification @Advin.

That's what confused me cause I am more used to seeing these coolers on Intel server, but Since @ReliableSite_Radic mentioned AM4/AM5, I thought "wait, aren't those intel CPUs down there?"

That's what the adapter bracket is for, to allow you to use "better" heatsinks with those Ryzen CPUs!

somik

@ReliableSite_Radic said:

@somik said:

@Advin said:

@somik said:

@ReliableSite_Radic said:
We have a bracket coming soon that will allow you to throw a passive Intel Scalable heat sink (typically rated @ 205W TDP) on an AM4/AM5 socket.

Sorry, I must have missed out, which CPUs are you guys using on the server? AMD Epics?

AM4/AM5 = Ryzen 7000 series or Ryzen 5000 series
So probably 7950X, 5950X, etc but with a cooler/heatsink made originally for Intel Scalable processors, meaning more efficient cooling

Thanks for the clarification @Advin.

That's what confused me cause I am more used to seeing these coolers on Intel server, but Since @ReliableSite_Radic mentioned AM4/AM5, I thought "wait, aren't those intel CPUs down there?"

That's what the adapter bracket is for, to allow you to use "better" heatsinks with those Ryzen CPUs!

Ah, I thought the adapter bracket is like the Thermal Grizzly contact frame:

ReliableSite_Radic

Nope! There's just no great passive heatsinks for AM4/AM5.

somik

@ReliableSite_Radic said:
Nope! There's just no great passive heatsinks for AM4/AM5.

That isn't passive heatsink. That's a server heatsink where the fan isn't directly on the heatsink, but goes in front of the case, just behind the drive bays and blows from front to back over the drives, heatsinks and all.