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Server to home PC?
#319396 - 12/28/13 11:23 PM
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I got a free server that is a few years old. I've never messed with one before besides doing tape backups for a company many years ago and I don't remember anything about it. Can I just set it up and use it as a normal PC?
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Re: Server to home PC?
[Re: Smitdogg]
#319397 - 12/28/13 11:45 PM
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I assume x86? Probably. Depends on the power supply. If it is a std type B plug or some funky 220v DC plug.
The graphics chip is probably fairly weak. Probably an old intel graphics chip. If your lucky a 2k or even 3k or really lucky 4k. Just depends on how old.
I usually skip doing that. As the fan noise is quite something from those server class boxes. And they are throwing it away for a reason usually...
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Re: Server to home PC?
[Re: lharms]
#319401 - 12/29/13 12:02 AM
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It wasn't tossed like that and is barely used. The whole office shut down. I have a GeForce I can put in it but I don't even know if it has a slot for it. I figured servers would need to process video to stream video but on second thought that is probably "just data".
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Re: Server to home PC?
[Re: Smitdogg]
#319411 - 12/29/13 04:46 AM
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Is it a 1u or 2u? If 2u it might work... If it is fairly new it may have a couple of pcie slots in there for external drive sort of things that may work. If it is a tower it probably will most certainly have what you need. What model is it? Like the ones we just bought for work there would be 0 chance of getting a full height pci card in there... (1u height) Just depends. Some also have very limited space for HDs like the ones we bought have 2 slots.
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Re: Server to home PC?
[Re: lharms]
#319412 - 12/29/13 05:07 AM
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I'll get you some pics soon. I need it to replace my brother's computer and he does web/video and needs good performance for "Counterstrike". It has a ton of hard drive slots, at least 5-6, but all I need it to do is a 128 gig SSD drive and a slow D drive for mp3s and videos and pdfs. The processor is some Intel xeon or whatever it was called, the server cpu that was being sold around the early Core 2 Duo days. It was expensive as hell in its time. I was kinda hoping it would outperform my computer in which case I could run it myself and setup my rig for him, but I need to fix his situation. He's running a...P4.
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Re: Server to home PC?
[Re: lharms]
#319850 - 01/06/14 01:18 AM
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Re: Server to home PC?
[Re: Smitdogg]
#319852 - 01/06/14 01:34 AM
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> Well I was able to piece together something else for him so I'm just going to sell
> the server. I'm still curious if it's possible to use a server as a home PC with
> normal Windows and with a graphics card though. For the record it's
> http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/DS_00149/DS_00149.pdf
> E5620
Yeah you can use it as a home PC. I have a Dell PowerEdge 1U server which ran Windows 7 and was used as a Minecraft server and some IBM xServe (I think) that could run XP nicely and had 2x Hyper-Threaded Xeons. Usually nothing that stops you using them as a PC but they are more catered to business use.
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Re: Server to home PC?
[Re: Smitdogg]
#319853 - 01/06/14 01:51 AM
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It's too late now, but the specsheet said:
Expansion slots
1 x PCI Express Gen 2 x16 (x8 speed)
1 x PCI Express Gen 2 x8 (x8 speed) 4 x PCI Express Gen 2 x8 (x4 speed)
So, yeah, you could throw a GeForce or whatever in there.
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Re: Server to home PC?
[Re: Naoki]
#319861 - 01/06/14 06:44 AM
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> > Well I was able to piece together something else for him so I'm just going to sell
> > the server. I'm still curious if it's possible to use a server as a home PC with
> > normal Windows and with a graphics card though. For the record it's
> > http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/DS_00149/DS_00149.pdf
> > E5620
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> Yeah you can use it as a home PC. I have a Dell PowerEdge 1U server which ran Windows
> 7 and was used as a Minecraft server and some IBM xServe (I think) that could run XP
> nicely and had 2x Hyper-Threaded Xeons. Usually nothing that stops you using them as
> a PC but they are more catered to business use.
What they said...
Only reason I wouldnt use it is fan noise and possibly power supply. But the power supply is probably standard if it is a tower.
Not sure what you will get for it if you try to sell it. Hmm looks like people are coming off 1000-1200ish for them. Probably depending on the amount of RAM in them. That would make a nice tax deduction and low hassle getting rid of it?... Does it have a windows sticker on it? That could help with the value.
https://www.google.com/search?q=E5620&am...ff&tbm=shop
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Re: Server to home PC?
[Re: lharms]
#319961 - 01/08/14 03:34 AM
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It has its hard drives removed due to paranoia of the previous owner. It is barely used though, looks all new with no dust. I think I'll probably get $700 but hopefully more.
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