Poweredge as home pc

[The321]

I want to use a dell poweredge as my home pc but some people say I need an ac controlled room or something like that or the psu will die. Do I really need that ? Or will it be just fine

[Electronics Wizardy]

They don't care that much about tempatures

 

The main problem is their loud and power hungy and dont have desktop features like sleep, audio, usb3(often), sli/crossfire, desktop os support, long post times, and other annoyances.

[yaricks]

What PowerEdge device are we talking about? Most R-series are pretty loud. They won't need an AC unit, but they are not designed for home use. They are servers and are made as such. They create quite a bit of heat, and they typically haven't got the best GPU support.

 

With that said, I have four PowerEdge R-series devices that I use as servers, so if you have any specific question, shoot.

 

Would be helpful if you posted a bit more details about the system you're looking at though.

 

 

[Canada EH]

1 hour ago, Sierra Fox said:

why?

They are cheap!

[yaricks]

Cheap, yes, but that's because they are made as servers, not desktops. They typically don't have a graphics card and again, make a lot of noise.

[NelizMastr]

If we're talking PowerEdge T series here, it shouldn't be too difficult, they can be pretty quiet even under load and feature a friendlier desktop form factor. 

 

@The321 it'd help if you'd actually reply to your own topic  

[MrNehva]

Which one? I have a 2650 which I wanted to use to try out different VMs, the thing is so loud I binned the project, if left on the floor the thing vibrated so much I could feel it in the floor on the other side of the flat. Plus what GPU support...