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Sun Fire X2200 Server Gaming/Performance Build

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I've owned a Sun Fire X2200 server for about a year and all I've ever run on it was Linux CentOS 7. It has about 32 gigabytes of DDR4 RAM and about 31.70 is usable. 2 TB HDD as well. I've been planning to do this for a quite a while and I just now have the time to build this. My plan is to drop in a dedicated graphics card and add a soundcard as well. Obviously, I'll run Windows 10 on the server as well as I have a few Professional copies laying around. It also has two CPU's (I'm not sure what brand, it is an old server.) I'd like to request this wonderful community's help with this build as I am inept with computers. There is no space for a dedicated graphics card and I'm sure that the entire thing needs an overhaul. There isn't much usable space, and I'd like to completely build from the ground up. I'm also planning on water cooling. This is definitely going to be a challenging first build and this is my first stop to figure out what to do.

 

Edit - I don't really have a budget. As we get further into planning I'll see a reasonable budget. I'm planning on buying a simple, cheap keyboard and mouse as I'm not really a hardcore gamer. I'm only going to be using 1 monitor.

 

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  • Two dual-core or quad-core AMD Opteron CPUs
  • Processor frequencies: 1.8 GHz and faster
  • Up to 1 MB level 2 cache

it's not worth it. 

processors will make this ungodly bad for gaming

idk

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Just now, Droidbot said:
  • Two dual-core or quad-core AMD Opteron CPUs
  • Processor frequencies: 1.8 GHz and faster
  • Up to 1 MB level 2 cache

it's not worth it. 

processors will make this ungodly bad for gaming

 

Alright. How can I make this work? If the processors are too slow, then what is the best solution? If there is no solution, than what will be affected? The framerate?

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3 minutes ago, Droidbot said:
  • Two dual-core or quad-core AMD Opteron CPUs
  • Processor frequencies: 1.8 GHz and faster
  • Up to 1 MB level 2 cache

it's not worth it. 

processors will make this ungodly bad for gaming

2 quad core at 3ghz would make it similar to most older xeons. 

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1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

2 quad core at 3ghz would make it similar to most older xeons. 

Well, I'm not sure if that's good or not. I literally googled 'Xeon' and the first result was the Dell 2x Xeon for 12k [USD.] I know all of my hardware is either defunct or deathly old. That is the situation I'm in.

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Just now, likethebossiam said:

Well, I'm not sure if that's good or not. I literally googled 'Xeon' and the first result was the Dell 2x Xeon for 12k [USD.] I know all of my hardware is either defunct or deathly old. That is the situation I'm in.

i was talking like 2010 xeons they are fine. not great but work well for a NAS or light server

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

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1 minute ago, GDRRiley said:

i was talking like 2010 xeons they are fine. not great but work well for a NAS or light server

So from what I understand, these are better for computing/hosting, not gaming?

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1 minute ago, likethebossiam said:

So from what I understand, these are better for computing/hosting, not gaming?

yeah most don't have the power for it. budget? I can look around for gear. you are in SF right?

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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I'm a middle schooler who owns a server. No, I'm in the East Bay, SF is a generalized location. To be more clear, I'm in the Bay as well. Everything I purchase has to be run through with my parents and that too, I just got a new Mac because of a long list of reasons. (@GDRRiley)

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1 minute ago, likethebossiam said:

I'm a middle schooler who owns a server. No, I'm in the East Bay, SF is a generalized location. To be more clear, I'm in the Bay as well. Everything I purchase has to be run through with my parents and that too, I just got a new Mac because of a long list of reasons. (@GDRRiley)

the way to quote people is @entername found a good pc that could be used for gaming just needs a GPU want it. 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a last gen console for use once a year. I should answer most of the time between 9 to 3 PST

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, Corsair RM750X, 500 gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 2x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a 750D airflow.
GF PC: (nighthawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Strix GTX970, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb Adata XPG 6000 lite, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

PSU Tier List      Motherboard Tier List     SSD Tier List     How to get PC parts cheap    HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 60D, 24-105 F4, 50mm F1.4, Helios44-m, 2 Cos-11D lavs

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