Server for rendering/nas

[dalewakelin]

IBM Intellistation A Pro Workstation​

2 x AMD Opteron 252 2.59GHz processors​

16GB RAM​

2x 75 GB hard disk​

NVIDIA Quatro FX graphics card​

Windows 7 Pro 64bit loaded (but no license)​

 

[seumasbeathan]

Would I not be right in saying that that cpu is garbage

 

[Lauralarry]

home servers don't need to have powerful cpus xD but may i say this pc sucks lol

 

[hmmblah]

They are single core, so they really won't be good for rendering times. As a nas they will be sufficient, but a little power hungry.

 

[dalewakelin]

Would I not be right in saying that that cpu is garbage

home servers don't need to have powerful cpus xD but may i say this pc sucks lol

They are single core, so they really won't be good for rendering times. As a nas they will be sufficient, but a little power hungry.

It will get seriously upgraded once i get it, i will replace all the fans, paint it, install an extra hard drive, get a new psu and get vengence ram and better coolers. Also there is space for another graphics card so i think i will put a sapphire hd5450

 

[dalewakelin]

or get 2x saphire hd5450 if its better

 

[seumasbeathan]

or get 2x saphire hd5450 if its better

Your not really going to be able to play games with that

 

[dalewakelin]

Your not really going to be able to play games with that

Its not meant for games, its more for 3d applications such as cinema 4d

 

[dalewakelin]

Opinions please?

 

[dugdiamond]

Its not meant for games, its more for 3d applications such as cinema 4d

any modelling app will be sluggish as hell - modelling will be fine..... but rendering will take eons

 

[seumasbeathan]

I would recommend a Corsair CX600 power supply

 

[wotevajjjj]

sorry mate, but I'd put that one in the trash. no real point spending money on it tbh

 

[dalewakelin]

I would recommend a Corsair CX600 power supply

Good shout

 

[G-Dubs]

how did you happen by this behemoth?

nothingwrong with taking an old war horse and modding the twangers off it.

did it myself a while back with parts all sourced from carboot sales

 

[Rastalovich]

You want to keep an eye on how much extra cash you put into this. The cart above is about £200 which can go some ways into buying a very decent modern platform. (is it even non-ecc ddr3 capable? I'm guessing ddr1)

These old servers can be handy for fileserving, firewalls, linux boxes, usually depending on what add-in cards you have for them. But for workhorses they're generally not worth it.

Just watch the expense.

 

[dalewakelin]

how did you happen by this behemoth?

nothingwrong with taking an old war horse and modding the twangers off it.

did it myself a while back with parts all sourced from carboot sales

I was going to get this for free but i let it go so i could get a different one for free