would this work for a gaming rig if i added a better graphics card and some liquid cooling?
338961
It might, but personally I think it would be a waste of money. Go with a legit gaming board or even a midrange board (single socket) and put more money into your graphics card. Bulk of gaming is running off of your GPU, so spending $260 on a server mainboard really wouldn't benefit you as much as going dual graphics cards.
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If you have it you can use it, but its a server m/b and wants a more expensive server chip and memory. This is designed for high compute use, not video performance, and is not the latest & greatest board on the market either. There are newer, much better (desktop) boards available for the money, with the newer, faster PCI-E specifications, which is needed for the newest video cards. I wouldn't buy one if gaming was the prmary usage. Get a decent m/b, a mid-to-high Intel i5 ot i7 cpu, and then the best viseo card you can afford. You will need 16 Gb of memeory for some games these days, so make sure you start with 8 and have room to expand (4 slots x 4Gb is good enough) if you need it. If you have it you can use it, but its a server m/b and wants a more expensive server chip and memory. This is designed for high compute use, not video performance, and is not the latest & greatest board on the market either. There are newer, much better (desktop) boards available for the money, with the newer, faster PCI-E specifications, which is needed for the newest video cards. I wouldn't buy one if gaming was the prmary usage. Get a decent m/b, a mid-to-high Intel i5 ot i7 cpu, and then the best viseo card you can afford. You will need 16 Gb of memeory for some games these days, so... » Read More If you have it you can use it, but its a server m/b and wants a more expensive server chip and memory. This is designed for high compute use, not video performance, and is not the latest & greatest board on the market either. There are newer, much better (desktop) boards available for the money, with the newer, faster PCI-E specifications, which is needed for the newest video cards. I wouldn't buy one if gaming was the prmary usage. Get a decent m/b, a mid-to-high Intel i5 ot i7 cpu, and then the best viseo card you can afford. You will need 16 Gb of memeory for some games these days, so make sure you start with 8 and have room to expand (4 slots x 4Gb is good enough) if you need it. « Show Less
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I suppose so but I doubt you would see any increases in performance. The Opteron series isn't really designed for gaming and most games aren't written to utilize dual socket CPUs.
338964
No the windows enviroment will not pick up both as windows server will you would be better off buying a single processor board and going that route with a 12 core if trying to use for a game console
1030522
I took a look at the specs for that chassis and it looks like as long as you have the stock CPU fan and low profile RAM you will be okay. That being said you ventilation is probably going to be crap as the card is going to take up a large amount of space, but yes it appears it will fit.
1366827
I would guess no... I would get a 3rd party cooler which would probably work.
1680084
Yes it will be enough, you could even run it in crossfire and not see a bottleneck.
128237
Yes, this should do more than fine for gaming. I own it and haven't had any problems.
801288
I wouldn't. Its not made for that. Get thermal pads for vram. I only use This for cpus and gpus
1794424
It should work just fine. This card is not too demanding on power needs and your PC has the correct slot connection, etc. it's easy to install. This card doesn't get hot either as long as its not crowded and all of your system fans are flowing air.
2127135
I am not qualified to answer that. The machine as it comes will not go any cooler. I am checking into changing some of the components but i'm not sure it is worth putting more money into and many people would be unable to change some of the parts.
1515098
It should work, but as with anything, check all of the components...motherboard, processor, anything else you think you might add. Also, think forward...if you think you might want a video card at some point, bear in mind you will need a new case. If you think that might be a possibility, I would suggest something more along these lines: Cooler Master Elite 130 - Mini-ITX Computer Case with Mesh Front Panel and Water Cooling Support
528902
There should be plenty of room for a GTX 780 if you remove the angled fan mount which is easy enough. It runs cool enough that combined with the vertical airflow channel it should be plenty cool.
2013924
No,just get this card and you can add your own watercool or other fans then overclock.
21663
Yes on the PSU and temps dont seem to ever be a problem with this card. Make sure you have a good size tower and case fan speeds to maximize performance.
284653
Yes most definitely. If you run SLI/Xfire it might be a stretch but if its just one graphics card then definitely.
690096
You would need to look up the specs for that HP. It should do fine as long as the mobo has a PCI-E slot. You would also want to add a more robust power supply. You could possibly make it work with original power supply and adapters, but it would probably be starved for power while gaming.
1204431
The graphics card will be fine for rendering simple things on your screen, however if you are trying to play games with graphics settings higher than low, you are probably going to have issues.
482125
Yes it would far as graphics card make sure you have high enough watts for power supply
1267167
Should be okay if you don't overclock it or your cpu. It's running fine on my cheap 700watt cooler master extreme