Server dell poweredge 1900

[jonymanolo]

on my work they stop using a dell poweredge 1900 and want to now if is possible convert it into a gamming pc

it have 3 (pcie x4)
1 pcie x8
1 pcie x1
1 pcie x2

rigth now have (2) xeon 1.8 dual core
4gb ram

i was thinking to buy (2) xeon 3.0 quad core
i just but x8 to x16 adapter, but i dont have idea what graphic card should i buy

if you guys can help me i can make this monster go crazy!

[_I_]

with no pci-e x16 slot you cannot add a good enough gaming gpu

and many dell server cases will not fit a gpu over 9in long

if the rest of the spes are like this
http://www.cnet.com/products/dell-poweredge-1900-servier-xeon-5050-3ghz-1gb-ram-80gb-hdd/specs/
do not get it for gaming

[˜lokkandload˜™]

I'm not sure many if any games are coded for two CPUs at all. It will ikely only see one as a primary CPU so...also just because it's a xeon, if the speed in MHz doesn't meet minimum specs for a game, it might not run the game. Also verify that the PCI slot is large (wide) enough to support good card. Most good cards occupy double the physical space when connected to the PCI channel. And also what level of PCI it supports for the card, whether its PCI, PCI-X, or PCIe

[jonymanolo]

its pcie x8 and i buy an adapter to put an x16 here are the aspecs
http://eshop.palmnet.cz/data/items/22_11.pdf
http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/poweredge-1900/pd

[_I_]

thats an old xeon, based on core2 cpus

3ghz on those is nowhere near as fast as 3ghz on an 115x cpu/board
dual socket with 2x dual core cpus is the same as 4 cores, the os will use it like its a current quad
but its core performance is still very low for gaming

[jonymanolo]

yea i now thats why i am thinkign in put dual quad core same as 8 cores hopping with that can run smoot

[_I_]

more cores will not help with core performance

you need a cpu that runs faster

the g3258 is a killer cpu thats cheap and great for gaming
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8232/overclockable-pentium-anniversary-edition-review-the-intel-pentium-g3258-ae/4

or i5 4460 is around $100 more

[˜lokkandload˜™]

Yes exactly, I don't think there are too many if any games out there that will see both processors and give you a stacked performance. The game will likely chose one CPU as a primary and that needs to meet the min speeds for games you plan to play.

[jonymanolo]

http://ark.intel.com/products/30702/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5365-8M-Cache-3_00-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB this is the spec for the proccesor i want to put in, i read is the best this motherboard support (thats what spec sheet say about the server)