so i'm putting together a 16 core dual xeon watercooled workstation, inside of a cubical case made out of glass and very expensive hardwood teak. i am using a Lenovo Thinkstation D30 motherboard (pictured). specs listed here
http://thinkstation-specs.com/thinkstation-d30/#toc20
i'd like to put my OS on a SSD.
is it possible to boot from a m.2 drive such as the samsung 950, using a pcie 4x to m.2 adaptor? such as the
http://www.amazon.com/ZTC-Lightning-PCI-e-Internal-ZTC-EX001/dp/B00S5M36J2/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1452131504&sr=1-1&keywords=pcie+m.2+adaptor
or the
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=12K-017B-00001
???
has the intel 750 PCIe drive boot time issue been resolved? i've heard its slow to boot but fast as hell once online.
i can live with regular SSD's, but if there is a faster option i'd like to go with that. i'm just having a hard time figuring out if its even possible to boot from pcie drives with it.
>>52340088
>>52340414
sigh
I think that's motherboard dependent. Seems like it should work but you won't know for sure until you try.
>>52340461
i guess i could just, give it a whirl and if it doesn't work, send the shit back. i'd need to find someone who has a no questions asked return policy. or a local microcenter maybe
>>52340414
>>52340518
what the fuck is that supposed to mean
why does that picture even exist
>>52340540
their inspirational
>>52340631
this isn't what i wanted this thread to be
>>52340673
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
How about think about what you need to spend all this money for and then decide if you need help from /g/, or anywhere else
Here's a hint: Don't ask technology related questions on /g/...go to ocn.net or the like, and ask people that actually know something about tech, and don't just shill and spew parroted shit all day long.
>>52340088
Hi anon. I have a Intel 750, but I don't boot off of it, and I heard only a few mobo's support that. I've never heard of a workstation class mobo being used to NOT virtualize something, which renders boot time rather moot. Boot off a regular SSD, where you also put porn and vidya, put VMs on the Intel 750, and done.
I have no idea but nice project
How much was the main board
>>52340088
It's been my experience that OEM boards tend to be... funky in non OEM systems. Have you looked into a Supermicro or Asus board?
OTOH, if the board is cheap enough, then maybe it's worth it, or buying the D30 entirely and gutting it to fit your needs.
>>52340088
Op, gtfo with this idea. Thinkstations are meh, really. Honestly, get a Z10PED16 WS. It's made for being awesome and it's the top dual cpu workstation mobo around. Yes, even better than EVGAs SR stuff.
https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z10PED16_WS/specifications/
Also, you can take advantage of the E5-2600 v3 lineup, which go up to 18 cores per cpu. Dafuq you gonna do with 36 cores / 72 threads though? Dat 256gb RAM tho.
Be our meme lord, build this system. Speccy plz.
>>52340088
Probably not, the mobo's BIOS has to either support NVMe natively (which it probably won't, because of the age), or have proper, fully standards compliant support for UEFI drivers stored on PCIe cards, which almost none of them do.
>>52340931
underrated post clearly
>>52340088
>glass
>expensive hardwood
you don't want a computer you want a sculpture
>>52340088
>hardwood teak
Forget about that, Anon. If wood is subjected to *sustained* heat, then it will become super-dry.
Super-dry wood can catch fire at the drop of a hat.
