If I buy this server for Gaming would there be something that I need to upgrade? and what OS would you recommend?
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Don't buy it for gaming. It is an enterprise server. CPU and Memory configuration is not optimized for gaming. Plus it won't take gaming video cards at all. And the server is fairly loud. So unless you are setting up a gaming server, this is not a product for you.
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This is not a gaming server. It can be very loud and is not optimized for gaming performance. Your best bet would be to find a barebones kit from tiger direct.
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Like your playing games on it or hosting? If u are playing a graphics card along with a riser would be needed, for OS windows. If your hosting you would want the OS to be linux(Ubuntu) and nothing else needed.
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Concur this is not a gaming server. Potential is you were using is as a gaming server, but even then doubtful it would be would be what you want. I use it to host esxi with virtual machines for Solaris, WIndows XP, WIndows 7, Kali Linux (Backtrack), Centos and RHEL 6.4 for a home lab.
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Cool, thanks for the input. I think I might pull the trigger on this one. I was thinking about building a Home Server from a POS Celeron D Compaq Presario that I already have, but the Acer's removable hard drive trays and low power consumption puts it over the top.
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It runs games fairly well but not new games like Witcher 3 of Gta 5. You would need to upgrade a few parts
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You need PCI-E for this. If you only have PCI or AGP then it's most likely too old for gaming anyway as your CPU won't cope
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7 ultimate x64 should be just fine. Make sure its updated to Power Pack 3 (on the server). I have zero problems.
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Colin,The Certified Servers team appreciates your question. The 2950 will support Ubuntu Desktop or Server. They both have multiple CPU support, so it will work fine.
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Replace the hdd with an ssd and it will be more than adequate for gaming on medium to low settings. I suggest only gaming while plugged into an outlet though as power draw will be high during gaming.
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Excellent question. My experience with Windows Servers in the past is that upgrading from an installed server should work, but I would image the server (back it up so you can do a full restore if necessary) and then try the upgrade. The other problem I have had with in-place upgrades is that they sometimes leave messes behind that can be difficult to sort out. When it comes to servers I have generally always done a clean install - a little more time consuming but much cleaner. Just make sure you have a good backup of everything before you start. If you have a program that can create an image of the server - even better. Good luck and let me know how it comes out.
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mouse and keyboard. To get a lot of performance bang for the buck replace the internal 2.5" Hard drive with a fast SSD drive. also bump up your ram. with these upgrades you will have a Beast.
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No poroblems at allmy current setup this MB, i7 4790k, GB gtx770, 256 GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD, WD Green 2 TB .... so you don't have any problems.
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No.I use an Intel brix i3 or i5. If you want game too, then i7.Then get mSATA drive and 8gb ram.Mount to wall.It's solid state, quiet, runs and works like a champ!I think i5 is enough but if you are heavy gamer and have $, use i7. Good luck. They're cool!
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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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Hi there, Looks like you'll be upgrading. First a power supply then a GPU then faster Memory, on & on etc I bet. lol I think I would upgrade the PWR up to 1000w.This will give yourself a lot of safe upgrading capabilities. I run 1100w SLI PWR. This way I can upgrade and not worry about power. The cost isn't all that much difference.
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Hi John. This computer could be a decent gaming machine if you do the following. Add a 64 bit OS to it. Then add like 8GB of ram. Now your talking! However your card with an i5 or i7. Is insane dual core processors vs quad cores for gaming will produce a lot more frames per seconds. I hope that helped and sorry for the typos.
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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 agree with steve - decide what you want this system to do first, then research stuff... you can also do a virtual build with pcpartpicker (which is the site i used)...I ended up with a Gigabyte board (GA-78LMT-USB3) to replace internals of an HP system.. Depending on where you go to buy it, it's holding around $50.. been running it since September with no problems.. :)
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It will run any modern games, and probably well. Though you might not be able to max out the settings depending on the game. Of course, it is very upgradable, and you could always just put in a new power supply and graphics card.