Building a Silent Server with NVIDIA A100 80GB | Noctua and Liquid Cooling
Building a quiet server for local LLMs in the office! In this video, we took powerful server hardware: an NVIDIA A100 80GB graphics card and a 32-core AMD EPYC processor, and installed them in an Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition case. We'll show you how to make an AI server quiet enough for use in an office or apartment.
Components included:
Graphics card: NVIDIA A100 80GB
Processor: 32-core AMD EPYC
Motherboard: Supermicro H13SSL-N
Water-cooling system: SilverStone XE360-SP5
Cooling: Noctua fans and a custom adapter for the A100
Case: Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition
Power supply: Seasonic Prime PX-1600
What tasks is this server suitable for?
Inference and local launch of neural networks: fast execution of large language models like DeepSeek, Qwen, and GLM, as well as generative text and graphic AI, without the cloud or internet.
AI agents for business: deployment of enterprise AI services and process automation.
Server for 1C and virtualization: high-speed 1C Enterprise database and stable operation under load.
In the video, we explore a way to quietly cool hot server components, demonstrate the assembly process, evaluate noise levels, and test a locally deployed QWEN 3.6-27B. We also demonstrate solutions that allow you to use server hardware in a case that you don't want to hide in a server rack)))
00:00 - Why a quiet server is rare
01:02 - System requirements and platform selection
01:28 - Supermicro H13SSL-N motherboard
02:16 - AMD EPYC 9374F processor
02:40 - Choosing a cooling system: server cooler vs. liquid cooling
03:48 - RAM
04:00 - Choosing an accelerator
04:23 - Why you can't install the A100 in a PC
04:39 - Testing five NVIDIA A100 cooling options
06:34 - Choosing an Antec Flux Pro Noctua Edition case
07:27 - Seasonic PRIME PX-1600W power supply
08:10 - Choosing a Samsung PM1735 drive
08:46 - Finished Build
09:07 - Hourly Stress Test: Load and Thermal Imager
09:51 - Final Temperatures and Noise Level
11:08 - Moving on to Qwen 3.6-27B Testing
11:40 - Generating a Car Rental Landing Page
12:24 - Generating a Tennis Court Booking Website
13:55 - Generating a 3D Scene (Aquarium)
14:14 - Creating a Plants vs. Zombies Alternative
14:34 - Attempting to Create a Subway Surfers Alternative
14:52 - Generating the Ubuntu OS Interface
15:55 - Build Summary and Conclusions
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