I think I screwed myself over...

[NumLock21]

Those rams are not DDR2, they're FB-DIMMS. Ram itself probably cost same or more than what you have paid for the entire server. Most modern PCs are capable of hot swap, not just servers. When it's done properly, you'll see that remove drive icon, on the task bar along with the drives you want to remove. Lesson here is, even though Linus made a awesome video, showing that dual xeon gaming PC. It does not mean you have to jump on the bandwagon by selling your modern parts, just to have the same thing. Selling a PC that contains a Core i5 4690K, with 8GB DDR3, 1TB HDD, and GTX 760 (I know it's not your specs, using this as a example), just for the sake of wanting a "dual xeon" rig, is just dumb.

https://youtu.be/LZSoJEZjijE?t=4m35s

[cragger89]

Linus says in that video that you need to do careful research when doing this.

 

Just sell it and buy a modern set of hardware to do what you're trying to accomplish. Server hardware is not going to do what you want.

[Gumi Rokkaku]

On the bright side, that thing should be a beast file server.

[TheRandomness]

Definitely learned my lesson here... here's what got me really going on this thing.

 

- Dual Xeon CPUs

- 28GB of ECC RAM

- 3TB Storage

 

It sounds like such a great deal... but then you realize that's it. There's absolutely NO upgrade path whatsoever. I kinda blame Dell on that one.

There's not really anything wrong with DDR2 other than it's frequency. Also, 28GB!? That can go for a decent amount on eBay if you wish to sell it.

[Yummychickenblue]

You could part out the server and make back some of the money you lost.

 

 

There's not really anything wrong with DDR2 other than it's frequency. Also, 28GB!? That can go for a decent amount on eBay if you wish to sell it.

Especially since it's ECC

[Axdfsdf]

Never buy anything on craigslist, never.

Have you seen Linus and Luke's Scrapyard Wars? They get tons of stuff off cragslist and get great PCs. But could've been lucky the parts worked I suppose.

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Have you seen Linus and Luke's Scrapyard Wars? They get tons of stuff off cragslist and get great PCs. But could've been lucky the parts worked I suppose.

ii get most components used a save alot