hey everyone. me and my friend are building workstations for years now but in recent years we noticed every new product is more power hungry compare to last gen. another problem is with more feature added to new gen its gonna be limited by the size of the atx standards and there less space for other stuff.
we have 3 different build right now that need 1500W+ power after everything is added. a while ago i discovered the good folk on this forum gathered a very comprehensive list if cases for using SSI-EEB boards and it helped us a lot. we decided to use CoolerMaster Haf 700 and Fractal Torrent for these builds. for the CPU Cooler after testing some of them we settled on some top of the line Noctua and ServerCool one and they work fine for getting 400W+ heat out of the socket. (althou we have some problems with xeons becuz you cant fit two14mm coolers side by side but mixing 14 and 12 seems to be ok)
the only problem remaining is the overall heat dissipation. we always try to maintain positive air pressure inside the case and use high airflow fans for both intake and exhaust but i feel its not optimal. for example the Haf700 has a huge intake from 20mm front fan that almost doing nothing when the cpu cooler orientation is vertical for these builds.
these are list of mb+cpu+case anyone who is interested to know which combination we using for these builds: (and if you have any question how we get to these part i can explain becuz we tested and used a lot similar parts)
Dual Xeon 8383c+X12DPi-N6+Fractal Torrent
Dual Xeon 8481c+X13DEI+Haf700
Dual Epyc 9754+MZ73-LM1(or LM0v2)+Haf700