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I returned the blade unit, and ordered a different one. Found a 1u rackmount with similar specs (a regular old power supply!) and ordered it. Only downside is it doesn’t have as much ram, but I’ll make it work.

Well darn guys. I didn’t see these extra posts. Unit arrived today and I figured out that it’s not gonna work without Dell’s enclosure. edit: this is what happens when you’re not used to something and try to dive head first into it…

Sweet, thanks man.

CPU would be fairly old, the one I was looking at had 2 Xeon e5-2680s.

Hey guys, been a while since I’ve been on here. I’m not exactly fluent or experienced when it comes to enterprise servers. I’ve had old desktops running as servers for a long time, and know how to make them work, but I’d like to start experimenting with something that’s got a little more punch to it. I’m looking at purchasing an old server blade for Minecraft, maybe some NAS and some other miscellaneous game server hosting. Can I just buy an old Dell Poweredge with 16 cores of ancient Xeon, 64GB ram and have it run everything, or would it be a little too old for even these tasks? Thanks in advance!

Like I said before, Bose Soundsports are nice, but they’re around $120. I don’t know of very many cheap options in Turkey, so I can’t really help. I’d try looking at Amazon or something similar and just read some reviews before you buy.

I think that if that is a dealbreaker for you, then buying a gaming headset and then buying some earbuds would be your best bet. For a gaming headset, I’d go with these. For earbuds I’d go with Bose Soundsports, or if you have an iPhone, I’d consider AirPods, depending on your budget.

Yes You can connect it via 3.5mm jack, but not wirelessly.

Probably these.

@Gregory Smith This rig can handle all of the above stated tasks, and more if need be. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor $117.68 @ Amazon Motherboard ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $79.98 @ Amazon Memory Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory $59.99 @ Amazon Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $69.98 @ Amazon Video Card XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card $139.99 @ Amazon Case Thermaltake Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $37.98 @ Newegg Power Supply Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply $58.99 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $574.59 Mail-in rebates -$10.00 Total $564.59 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-05 11:29 EST-0500

Are you seeing ram being maxed out while in games? If so, it may be a good upgrade. If not, you could stick with your 8GBs.

This would! The 5700 XT trades blows with a 2070 Super, plus you get an ssd for fast boot. SSDs are essential nowadays, I wouldn’t build a pc without one.

Edit: Throw a monitor in, and you’re still only a few bucks more than the original. PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $327.22 @ OutletPC CPU Cooler CRYORIG M9 Plus 48.4 CFM CPU Cooler $54.98 @ OutletPC Motherboard ASRock X570 PHANTOM GAMING 4 WIFI ax ATX AM4 Motherboard $149.99 @ Amazon Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $74.98 @ Amazon Storage Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $59.98 @ Amazon Video Card Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB GAMING OC Video Card $418.99 @ SuperBiiz Case Phanteks ECLIPSE P350X ATX Mid Tower Case $64.00 @ Amazon Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply $74.98 @ Amazon Monitor Dell S2419HGF 24.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor $149.99 @ Walmart Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1375.11 Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-22 10:17 EDT-0400