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A few questions about my first server

So I might be able to get my hands on Xeon-E72870s and i was wondering where i could get a motherboard that supports two of them (as 2 is max supported configuration) and what kind of power supply, cooler and chassis i would need to get this up and running.

 

recommendations or links would be greatly appreciated

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10 minutes ago, VictorianReaper said:

So I might be able to get my hands on Xeon-E72870s and i was wondering where i could get a motherboard that supports two of them (as 2 is max supported configuration) and what kind of power supply, cooler and chassis i would need to get this up and running.

 

recommendations or links would be greatly appreciated

Budget?

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what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Budget?

id say 300USD but i'm flexible

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1 minute ago, VictorianReaper said:

id say 300USD but i'm flexible

Pretty sure they start at about $500 if you can even find one. Don't know if those barebones systems include a board.

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Just now, Streetguru said:

Pretty sure they start at about $500 if you can even find one. Don't know if those barebones systems include a board.

thats fine, what would be included in a barebones server?

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16 minutes ago, VictorianReaper said:

thats fine, what would be included in a barebones server?

I assume a motherboard would be included, but what do you need the server for?

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Just now, Streetguru said:

I assume a motherboard would be included, but what do you need the server for?

probably a NAS and a dedicated server for games

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1 minute ago, VictorianReaper said:

probably a NAS and a dedicated server for games

Well all I can say is you probably don't need a 20 core 40 thread machine for that. Also for some games you may want high single thread performance?

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Just now, Streetguru said:

Well all I can say is you probably don't need a 20 core 40 thread machine for that. Also for some games you may want high single thread performance?

im probably mistaken but isnt single threaded performance for playing games as opposed to hosting a server

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1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Well all I can say is you probably don't need a 20 core 40 thread machine for that. Also for some games you may want high single thread performance?

also, this cpu may all that my friend has left so i dont know if i can get any less

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would something like the B230-BASE-M2-CH1 from Cisco work

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3 hours ago, VictorianReaper said:

im probably mistaken but isnt single threaded performance for playing games as opposed to hosting a server

Hosting what kind of server things? Games? Files? 

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10 hours ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Hosting what kind of server things? Games? Files? 

14 hours ago, VictorianReaper said:

probably a NAS and a dedicated server for games

yea a game server primarily im talking my friend into sending me a newer model with less cores but hes says hes not positive he still has one

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