Sun Ultra 98 Build

Specs

• MB: Gigabyte Vision D-P Motherboard B550
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8 Core 16 Thread
• RAM: 64GB System Memory 2x32GB DDR4-3200 PC4-25600 2Rx8 ECC
• GPU: Radeon Pro WX 9100 (Vega 64) 16 GB HBM2 Memory
• STORAGE: 1TB SK Hynix Gold NVMe M.2
• PS: EVGA P6 850 watt 80+ Platinum
• CASE: Sun Microsystems Ultra 27
• Kingwin USBOther: Kingwin USB hub/media reader on the front panel
• 4 port Intel NIC
• OS: Fedora Workstation

Inspiration for this build came from Sun Ultra 24 - Reborn

Exterior

Got the case real cheap it is a little scuffed up but otherwise in good shape. I may try and touch up the scratched paint someday if I can get a good color match.

Desktop

Interior

The case was really easy to build in however I did run into a few sags:

1. Most of the cables for the front panel didn’t reach their location on the motherboard necessitating the use of extensions.
2. Front panel power connector required a custom pinout adapter.
3. No place to hide cables.

I didn’t have the correct size fan for the front so I just zip tied it on.

For a workstation motherboard I am a little disappointed that there isn’t more PCIE slots. With a video card an and NIC I have only 1 slot left at the bottom of the case.

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