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Should I buy Dell Optiplex computers for servers?

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I currently have a Dell Optiplex 980 for my private Minecraft server. I want a power efficient server which is not too loud. Should I continue buying more Dell Optiplex computers or should I switch to a cheaper alternative?

 

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

How much are you buying them for? Optiplex 980 should be really cheap now, like less than $100.

 

What other options are you looking at?

Not much else, i'm considering Raspberry PIs

The Dell Optiplex was actually found on the side of the road...

It has a Core i5 650 with 8gb of ram though the Intel HD Graphics is guzzling up 4 gigs..

And a LITEONIT 128 Gig SSD.

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Just now, Redhat said:

Not much else, i'm considering Raspberry PIs

The Dell Optiplex was actually found on the side of the road...

It has a Core i5 650 with 8gb of ram though the Intel HD Graphics is guzzling up 4 gigs..

And a LITEONIT 1208 Gig SSD.\\\\\\

Yea, Ive gotten a few free ones too. Can't really beat a free optiplex. Pretty low power, good build quality. Faster thna a pi in most uses.

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea, Ive gotten a few free ones too. Can't really beat a free optiplex. Pretty low power, good build quality. Faster thna a pi in most uses.

It also has a Corsair SF450 that delivers 450w of power, but the system is throttling the wattage to 80.69w. The CPU's TDP is 73w, so that leaves the system with 7.69w.

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Are they the SFF ones or the full size?

 

If full size, then sure.

 

SFF Optiplexes, unless the newer ones are different than the older ones, have weak PSU's. I had an Optiplex that died after a few months because the PSU just poof let go, and a replacement PSU cost more than the system did, including the RAM and GPU I put in it.

 

Which CPU is in it?

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Just now, Redhat said:

It also has a Corsair SF450 that delivers 450w of power, but the system is throttling the wattage to 80.69w. The CPU's TDP is 73w, so that leaves the system with 7.69w.

 

Just now, Sarra said:

Are they the SFF ones or the full size?

 

If full size, then sure.

 

SFF Optiplexes, unless the newer ones are different than the older ones, have weak PSU's. I had an Optiplex that died after a few months because the PSU just poof let go, and a replacement PSU cost more than the system did, including the RAM and GPU I put in it.

 

Which CPU is in it?

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also it is an SFF

 

Just now, Redhat said:

It also has a Corsair SF450 that delivers 450w of power, but the system is throttling the wattage to 80.69w. The CPU's TDP is 73w, so that leaves the system with 7.69w.

 

Just now, Redhat said:

Not much else, i'm considering Raspberry PIs

The Dell Optiplex was actually found on the side of the road...

It has a Core i5 650 with 8gb of ram though the Intel HD Graphics is guzzling up 4 gigs..

And a LITEONIT 128 Gig SSD.

 

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16 minutes ago, Redhat said:

with 8gb of ram though the Intel HD Graphics is guzzling up 4 gigs..

That's shared ram , meaning the gpu is only ever using what it actually needs. So sitting on the desktop it's most likely only using 64-128mb of the shared ram

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20 minutes ago, Redhat said:

also it is an SFF

If it's newer, and you know it uses a standard power connector/PSU, then go for it. At least, if it's PSU dies, it's a simple thing to get a new PSU for it. If it's proprietary, then I would... Run it until it dies, and just recycle it.

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If you want efficiency and silence, get one of those HP thinclients. I use one with an i5 9500T, it runs so cool and quiet, even when the MC servers are being stressed. Aftermarket thermal paste helped quite a bit with the silence. The whole PC is rated at 65 watts.

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-> Moved to Servers and NAS

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21 hours ago, PlenumRated said:

The Lenovo, Dell or HP "Tiny" workstations are great if they have i5 or i7's with V-Pro for VM's. You could load ServerCore on them and have Hyper-V. 

 

Check out this link: 

 

https://www.servethehome.com/introducing-project-tinyminimicro-home-lab-revolution/

Is vPro remote access software or a virtualisation thing because the i5 on my optiplex has vPro

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19 hours ago, Redhat said:

Is vPro remote access software or a virtualisation thing because the i5 on my optiplex has vPro

The vPro let's you host VMs. Although you have to enable settings in the BIOS. 

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