I’ve just ordered a couple of these Gigabyte MC62-G40 boards, one has arrived and it’s creeping together as bits and pieces get delivered.
I was wondering if anyone else is running one (hopefully) and maybe you might like to poke your head in this thread and say hi and share some thoughts from your time with one.
There is a fair bit of control inside the board and even though there are 6 x16 pcie slots (plus 1 @ x8) I’m running out of them fairly quickly.
The motherboard that is being sent out is still on a very early revision of bios and the current bios R06 adds a lot of functions and fixes, so do that update asap. Make sure you take note of the IPMI password which is printed on a sticker below the serial number on the motherboard before you install it.
You can update the bios either through the IPMI or from a usb thumb drive directly from the bios.
Wendell did a video on the board but it has been a bit quiet on the Internet regarding this board as it is a all for functionality which perhaps makes it a less popular choice for a lot of folks. Wendell described it as a “get stuff done board” - check out his video here;
Here is an easy link to the motherboard’s user manual if you would like to have a bit of a flip through it;
The motherboard’s fit inside a Fractal Define 7XL in storage layout is good with enough room for cable routing and the like.
However, if you are going to run long cards like this quad U.2 card pictured below, be warned that the clearance is very tight over the m.2 NVMEs and a large heat sink like this full-copper one does foul on it. I have had to replace the copper one and go to a slim heat-spreader style.
Well as the bits & pieces start coming together on the MC62-G40 build, I have actually run out of slots and space in the Fractal 7XL.
Anyway, the journey continues …
How is the cooling situation with the all the HDD drives and PCIe NVMe drives?
I’ve placed some additional fans between the HDD disks and the motherboard on my system, because it ran hot during summer with room temperatures around 35° C
Teehee, yes that’s the X16 slot that runs at X8 on the board, it’s the only slot that does that because some of the lanes have been given to the slim SAS ports (I think it was them). I’ll try and find the info on it.
The spinning rusts have 4x 120mm fans in front of them and I’m getting a 3d printed spacer made up to bring them closer to the drive trays. The U.2 carrier cards do pose an issue with heat and I am about to change the layout of it all again to work more efficiently.
I’m going to remove the 3x Optane 905P out of the carrier cards and rehome them on to the side of the case frame and redo the layout of all the cards to allow for more airflow. I had the Dremel out today and opened up the carrier cards a bit to expose more of the back of the Intel P4510(s) to the airflow.
Hi rowr, can you be more specific with what you’re after and the best format to answer with? I can tree out a listing for you easily enough if that’s what you want.
While you get back to me I’ll give you a “bulk answer” reply HTH.
$ ./iommu-list_me.sh
Group 0: [1022:1482] 60:01.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 1: [1022:1482] 60:02.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 2: [1022:1482] 60:03.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 3: [1022:1483] [R] 60:03.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
Group 4: [1022:1483] [R] 60:03.2 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
Group 5: [1022:1482] 60:04.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 6: [1022:1482] 60:05.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 7: [1022:1482] 60:07.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 8: [1022:1484] [R] 60:07.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
Group 9: [1022:1482] 60:08.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 10: [1022:1484] [R] 60:08.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
Group 11: [1022:57ad] [R] 61:00.0 PCI bridge Matisse Switch Upstream
Group 12: [1022:57a3] [R] 62:00.0 PCI bridge Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
Group 13: [1022:57a3] [R] 62:01.0 PCI bridge Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
Group 14: [1022:57a3] [R] 62:02.0 PCI bridge Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
Group 15: [1022:57a3] [R] 62:04.0 PCI bridge Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
Group 16: [1022:57a3] [R] 62:06.0 PCI bridge Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
Group 17: [1022:57a4] [R] 62:08.0 PCI bridge Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
[1022:1485] [R] 69:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
[1022:149c] 69:00.1 USB controller Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
USB: [0414:f000] Bus 001 Device 002 Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd USB Audio
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 001 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 002 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
[1022:149c] [R] 69:00.3 USB controller Matisse USB 3.0 Host Controller
USB: [8087:0032] Bus 003 Device 003 Intel Corp. AX210 Bluetooth
USB: [046d:c52b] Bus 003 Device 002 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 003 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 004 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Group 18: [1022:57a4] [R] 62:09.0 PCI bridge Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
[1022:7901] [R] 6a:00.0 SATA controller FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
Group 19: [1022:57a4] [R] 62:0a.0 PCI bridge Matisse PCIe GPP Bridge
[1022:7901] [R] 6b:00.0 SATA controller FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
Group 20: [8086:2700] [R] 63:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller Optane SSD 900P Series
Group 21: [8086:2700] [R] 64:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller Optane SSD 900P Series
Group 22: [8086:1533] [R] 65:00.0 Ethernet controller I210 Gigabit Network Connection
Group 23: [8086:2725] [R] 66:00.0 Network controller Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 160MHz
Group 24: [1a03:1150] [R] 67:00.0 PCI bridge AST1150 PCI-to-PCI Bridge
[1a03:2000] [R] 68:00.0 VGA compatible controller ASPEED Graphics Family
Group 25: [8086:1563] [R] 6c:00.0 Ethernet controller Ethernet Controller 10G X550T
Group 26: [8086:1563] [R] 6c:00.1 Ethernet controller Ethernet Controller 10G X550T
Group 27: [1022:148a] [R] 6e:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
Group 28: [1022:1485] [R] 6f:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
Group 29: [1022:1482] 40:01.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 30: [1022:1482] 40:02.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 31: [1022:1482] 40:03.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 32: [1022:1483] [R] 40:03.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
Group 33: [1022:1482] 40:04.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 34: [1022:1482] 40:05.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 35: [1022:1482] 40:07.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 36: [1022:1484] [R] 40:07.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
Group 37: [1022:1482] 40:08.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 38: [1022:1484] [R] 40:08.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
Group 39: [1022:1484] [R] 40:08.2 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
Group 40: [1000:00ac] [R] 41:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller SAS3416 Fusion-MPT Tri-Mode I/O Controller Chip (IOC)
Group 41: [1022:148a] [R] 42:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
Group 42: [1022:1485] [R] 43:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
Group 43: [1022:7901] [R] 44:00.0 SATA controller FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
Group 44: [1022:1482] 20:01.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 45: [1022:1483] [R] 20:01.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
Group 46: [1022:1482] 20:02.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 47: [1022:1482] 20:03.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 48: [1022:1482] 20:04.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 49: [1022:1482] 20:05.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 50: [1022:1482] 20:07.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 51: [1022:1484] [R] 20:07.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
Group 52: [1022:1482] 20:08.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 53: [1022:1484] [R] 20:08.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
Group 54: [10de:1c30] [R] 21:00.0 VGA compatible controller GP106GL [Quadro P2000]
[10de:10f1] 21:00.1 Audio device GP106 High Definition Audio ControllerGroup 55: [1022:148a] [R] 22:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
Group 56: [1022:1485] [R] 23:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
Group 57: [1022:1486] [R] 23:00.1 Encryption controller Starship/Matisse Cryptographic Coprocessor PSPCPP
Group 58: [1022:148c] [R] 23:00.3 USB controller Starship USB 3.0 Host Controller
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 005 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 006 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Group 59: [1022:1487] 23:00.4 Audio device Starship/Matisse HD Audio Controller
Group 60: [1022:1482] 00:01.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 61: [1022:1482] 00:02.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 62: [1022:1482] 00:03.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 63: [1022:1483] [R] 00:03.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
Group 64: [1022:1483] [R] 00:03.2 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
Group 65: [1022:1483] [R] 00:03.3 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse GPP Bridge
Group 66: [1022:1482] 00:04.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 67: [1022:1482] 00:05.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 68: [1022:1482] 00:07.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 69: [1022:1484] [R] 00:07.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
Group 70: [1022:1482] 00:08.0 Host bridge Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Host Bridge
Group 71: [1022:1484] [R] 00:08.1 PCI bridge Starship/Matisse Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to bus[E:B]
Group 72: [1022:790b] 00:14.0 SMBus FCH SMBus Controller
[1022:790e] 00:14.3 ISA bridge FCH LPC Bridge
Group 73: [1022:1490] 00:18.0 Host bridge Starship Device 24; Function 0
[1022:1491] 00:18.1 Host bridge Starship Device 24; Function 1
[1022:1492] 00:18.2 Host bridge Starship Device 24; Function 2
[1022:1493] 00:18.3 Host bridge Starship Device 24; Function 3
[1022:1494] 00:18.4 Host bridge Starship Device 24; Function 4
[1022:1495] 00:18.5 Host bridge Starship Device 24; Function 5
[1022:1496] 00:18.6 Host bridge Starship Device 24; Function 6
[1022:1497] 00:18.7 Host bridge Starship Device 24; Function 7
Group 74: [144d:a80a] [R] 01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller NVMe SSD Controller PM9A1/PM9A3/980PROGroup 75: [1987:5018] [R] 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller E18 PCIe4 NVMe Controller
Group 76: [15b3:1015] [R] 03:00.0 Ethernet controller MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx]
Group 77: [15b3:1015] [R] 03:00.1 Ethernet controller MT27710 Family [ConnectX-4 Lx]
Group 78: [1022:148a] [R] 04:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300] Starship/Matisse PCIe Dummy Function
Group 79: [1022:1485] [R] 05:00.0 Non-Essential Instrumentation [1300] Starship/Matisse Reserved SPP
Group 80: [1022:148c] [R] 05:00.3 USB controller Starship USB 3.0 Host Controller
USB: [1d6b:0002] Bus 007 Device 001 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
USB: [1d6b:0003] Bus 008 Device 001 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Cool! Make sure to come back and post here on level1techs with your setup.
Oh by the way, it’s worth paying for the express shipping if buying from newegg as I had problems with my first one where I waited 13 days and they still hadn’t sent it despite me chasing them.
In the end they said they lost it in between the warehouse picking it and posting it. They gave me a refund after another 10 days of waiting. Since then I paid for express shipping and both orders went through perfectly.
No not at all. In that mode that Fractal call “storage layout” for obvious reasons, there are 12 drives down the front and another 4 in the bottom, so I guess you could say there is more weight below the midline than above the midline.
Those funny looking castors are a solid silicone dual wheel castors that are designed to carry extra weight and the dual wheel nature adds to stability. They slot in to the base of the adjustable Ikea computer case trolley replacing the cheap castors it comes with. The adjustable base frame of the trolley is opened a little wider than the case making it a slightly larger base footprint.
The other threadripper pro is in a 4U located elsewhere, but I needed something tall and thin for this location.
Very nice! That’s exactly what I’ve been looking for my future Fractal Define 7 XL build.
Where did you get those castors and what are the measurements of the castor plates?
As far as I could gather from the IKEA assembly manual (and a video), the plates are not screwed in, but held in place by a bent metal piece. That sounds a bit fragile. How sturdy does the whole thing feel? Do you think it’ll break if you ever need to replace the castors?
HTH.
