Trying to estimate the orginal cost of my SR-2 build

[shactheorb]

I am working on an EVGA SR-2 dual socket project that started when I got it in a semi-mystery buy locally. I picked up a big PC locally that I only knew had a gtx 480, two CPUs, and 32gb of ddr3, all for $50. I got it home and opened it up to find an SR-2, two noctua dual 120mm fan CPU coolers, and enough PCIe slots to hold every spare graphics card I have. 



I want to, if possible, find a rough estimate of the original price of the computer in 2010-2012, when whoever owned it before likely built it, and what it would cost to build it with the parts I upgraded it to when they were new. Here are my guesses and specs:


My current guess of when I got it:



EVGA SR-2 motherboard - $600



GTX 480 - $500



Dual Xeon X5620 CPUs - $700



Noctua CPU coolers (unknown) - unknown



Thermaltake 1200w Power Supply (W0156RU) - $297



Lian Li PC-P80 - $379.99


Crucial RealSSD C300 (CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1) - $759



Seagate 240gb Hard Drive (ST3250824AS) - $100?


24GB HyperX 4gb DDR3 (HX318C10FBK2/8) Memory - $200?




My current guesses after my upgrades:



EVGA SR-2 motherboard - $600



GTX 480 - $500



Dual Xeon X5687 CPUs - $3300



Noctua CPU coolers (unknown) - unknown


Thermaltake 1200w Power Supply (W0156RU) - $297


Lian Li PC-P80 - $379.99


Crucial RealSSD C300 (CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1) - $759


Seagate 240gb Hard Drive (ST3250824AS) - $100?


80GB ECC SK Hynix RAM (HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9) - unknown


Any help is greatly appreciated, and feel free to ask any questions!

[Mr.Scott]

Nice deal.

Coolers were about 70 bucks a piece.

[pioneerisloud]

I can't really help you with the pricing. SR-2's were always too rich for my blood, still are actually. Just wanted to say, WOW what a deal you scored.  

[george]

oh my.I do not want to think of how many $ I have spent on personal IT equipment and for the family.New things, broken things, but that is another story.

I am a bit slow, but did that machine run as it was, when you "popped" the hood ? Or are you going to re build?

[Vinster]

Will it even recognize the 80GB of ECC memory? I thought that MB could only operate at a max of 48GB (24GB/CPU socket)?

Vin

[shactheorb]

Sept 11, 2022 19:06:20 GMT -5 george said:

oh my.I do not want to think of how many $ I have spent on personal IT equipment and for the family.New things, broken things, but that is another story.

I am a bit slow, but did that machine run as it was, when you "popped" the hood ? Or are you going to re build?

it worked great actually even with the GTX 480, which I was really happy with. Everything was pretty dust free and in amazing condition

[shactheorb]

Sept 11, 2022 20:37:07 GMT -5 Vinster said:

Will it even recognize the 80GB of ECC memory? I thought that MB could only operate at a max of 48GB (24GB/CPU socket)?

Vin

It officially only supports 48gb, but according to other forums that was because 8gb sticks of DDR3 didn't exist at the time that the manual was written. I had an issue where it wouldn't boot in most configurations above 48gb with the e5620s, but it worked fine after a BIOS update and CPU upgrade.