I have a server with desktop hardware (microATX motherboard and Core Ultra 7 265K CPU) which I use to run a Minecraft server. Its current physical location isn’t ideal, so I’d like to put it in a rack mount chassis and move it to a server room I have access to through my university. However rack space in the room is limited, so it would be best if I can fit it into a 1U space.
From what I’ve heard the biggest issue with 1U is cooling, especially as the 265K can draw up to 250W. It seems like 1U microATX chassis do exist, like this one, but they don’t look like they have good airflow, and I’m not sure where I would get a short enough heatsink. Could I realistically make 1U work, and if so what should I look for in terms of hardware? Or am I going to have to go with 2U?
Edit: I ended up giving up on 1U. Instead I bought a miniITX motherboard and am going with this 2U dual miniITX chassis. Way more vertical space to work with and it gives me the option to add a second server (something I want to do once memory/storage prices calm down) within the same rack space.
Consumer Hardware has feature enterprise/datacenter Hardware does not have and the otherway around.
High End Consumer CPUs for example clock way higher and therefore have better single core performance, which can be a benefit.
Non ECC memory and overclocked memory like on Consumer Hardware is often faster, especially when you compare price to performance.
Especially when things like a minecraft server is not optimized for a 128-core CPU or even 32-core CPU.