RiggzieTech

it was in the basement so didn't care.. I sold it as a few things.. I quadrupled my return on selling it in pieces and while it was loud, was in my basement.. but yeah.. electric bill was it with it... hah... ******edited... some day I'm going to run an hp c7000 chassis with G8 or higher blades... then let the heat begin!

interesting information there... agreed quad socket severs are not cheap. years ago I had an ML570 G2 that was quad cpu... I know 6.7 wont install but someday these servers will be better priced... quad dual core.. hah

so I know this is a tad old now but created an acct to see where the OP went with this. With ESXI 6.7 out.. any W or X Cpu is no longer going to work. You need an E3/E5 or E7 cpu. now not sure where the OP went with what he got if anything, but I am using a Dell D30 I got off of ebay cheap!!!!! and it is a dual E5-2620 cpus and each are 6 core. I then have 128gb ddr3 memory, 3x2tb wd black drives and 2x 500gb ssd drives. now this thing is QUIET!!! I mean SUPER quiet.. I'm an HP fanboy and at work I have an HP Z800 (which will not run 6.7) and it is way louder but not as loud as an actual server. You would need an HP Z820/840 but they are extremely expensive. so this thing is a tower, just an oversized tower fairly small and can sit under a desk and be nice and quiet and fast with a budget at mind. my problem now is I'm trying to figure out what pro workstation class has 4cpu's !!! HAH.. don't really need it but why not... fyi - check out my videos on youtube as I have how to setup a VMware lab, how to setup some home automation, Altiris (my main job function in life)... https://www.youtube.com/c/JeffreyRiggs