Im doing the same here with a Intel Xeon E3-1220 + 16gb RAM + GTX 1050 ti OC, IBM System X3100 M5, this shit is running RDR2 at 50 semi ultra and it handles The last of us at 25-30, this servers are amazing
I have the exact same machine except 128gb, it was super cheap and I consider it a real bargain. Upgrading the CPU to 20 cores (2×10) cost just 18 dollars including shipping. Sure this thing uses a little more power but worth it. Mine idles at 120w but some forum posts show that you can get idle to 66w. Impressive for tech from that era. I have a video for it here on YT.
And E5 2645 V2 Came From 2014/2013 So I AssumingThis Server Maded From 2014/2013 Might Be Working In Windows 10 And 2012 Or Up Just Need Raid Drivers Witch You Can Get From Lenovo EOL Portal
If you want to build the ultimate gaming rig, take a server motherboard and server-type CPU's. Slap in a 3D accelerator and a soundcard and Bob's your uncle. It'll be much faster than any dedicated gaming PC-bucket. Actually it'll be an overkill for games.
Servers will always be the ultimate gaming rigs, because they are designed for high throughput performance, much higher than any gaming PC, since they have to serve many requests from many users. People who have never worked with servers argue that they can't be, that only gaming PC's are good for games.
nice server but I still prefer my e-atx supemicro x10dri with a dual 2699v3 and a gtx1080ti, a lot more power for much less space and noise, perfect for productivity and gaming and it was dead cheap
Hello, my name is Johnny. I have an IBM x3550 M3 server and I upgraded the processor, the machine is excellent, but when installing the video card it even recognizes it in Windows 10 but freezes in the window when it starts. In the setup there is an option for onboard video or other extras, nothing works. can you help me? I loved the machine but without a dedicated video I wouldn't even be able to use it.
most of these raid controllers didnt come with passthrough, so you need drivers for the OS to understand whats going on. had the same thing happening on old haswell and broadwell based HP servers in the past. i would also not recommend using the raid controller as its common practice nowadays to passthrough and let the operating system manage the drives instead. remember you are still using older SSDs. they are fast but they dont have all the feature sets that you expect with modern ssds and you might run into issues when using them in raid
Since my x79 board refuses to die, i'm using an E5-2697 v2. They're sold for around 30-50€. If you plan to keep this system until proton decay happens, get 2 of them. And you can play games on those cpus with surprisingly little difference in fps, compared to a recent ryzen build. Of course you need to sell your soul to the devil (or amazon, which is basically the same) and get a decent gpu… The only bummer is that the multiplier is locked. So you'd need a board which lets you crank up the fsb frequency. If the board supports it, you can get another 25%. On launch, intel asked over 2000 bucks for it. That alone makes it worth having at least one ^^
You know why IBM and Lenovo server have little "R" Reset button on diagnosti board infront? So you could restart the server, without having to spin down and spin up fans, Fans can keep running and server will restart… 😂
Makes Statement "I'm probably doing something wrong here but I don't know what. Hopefully someone will tell us in the comment section."
My response in the comment section. What are you doing wrong? RUNNING MICROSOFT WINDOWS. There is a reason why over 80% of the worlds servers DON'T run Windows.
Usually these fans can be controlled directly over IPMI. I have an x3500 M5 and an able to quieten it to the point of being quieter than my desktop. Still runs cool while doing so!
I have a similiar system running as my home server. There is an Ivy Bridge 12 core 2.7 GHz CPU available for it. I have one left over because I went to alow energy consuming 10 core instead.
these LGA-2011 servers and workstations are great for cheap gaming and production i have an hp z420 with 512gb of ram and a e5-1680v2 also a hp z820 with 512gb ram and two e5-2690v2 played games on both for 7 years
Not sure someone else mentioned, but I think your issues with some versions of Windows not recognising the disks is probably fixed by installing the hardware driver during the early part of the installation.
You just needed the RAID controller driver and press F6 or something to add it in the drive configuration steps. It’s not difficult. It’s been like that since NT4.
I have this exact server with dual power supply and dual pci-e controllers. I only ran windows server as a portable usb. It didn't install it but it ran it like a linux from the usb and it booted in. Never had boot issues with it I run proxmox and had dual cpu Xeon E5-2670 with only 64GB of ram.
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Im doing the same here with a Intel Xeon E3-1220 + 16gb RAM + GTX 1050 ti OC, IBM System X3100 M5, this shit is running RDR2 at 50 semi ultra and it handles The last of us at 25-30, this servers are amazing
I have the exact same machine except 128gb, it was super cheap and I consider it a real bargain. Upgrading the CPU to 20 cores (2×10) cost just 18 dollars including shipping. Sure this thing uses a little more power but worth it. Mine idles at 120w but some forum posts show that you can get idle to 66w. Impressive for tech from that era. I have a video for it here on YT.
And E5 2645 V2 Came From 2014/2013
So I AssumingThis Server Maded From 2014/2013
Might Be Working In Windows 10 And 2012 Or Up
Just Need Raid Drivers Witch You Can Get From Lenovo EOL Portal
For Load Partition On Windows setup I Think Need Raid Drivers
If you want to build the ultimate gaming rig, take a server motherboard and server-type CPU's. Slap in a 3D accelerator and a soundcard and Bob's your uncle. It'll be much faster than any dedicated gaming PC-bucket. Actually it'll be an overkill for games.
Servers will always be the ultimate gaming rigs, because they are designed for high throughput performance, much higher than any gaming PC, since they have to serve many requests from many users. People who have never worked with servers argue that they can't be, that only gaming PC's are good for games.
nice server but I still prefer my e-atx supemicro x10dri with a dual 2699v3 and a gtx1080ti, a lot more power for much less space and noise, perfect for productivity and gaming and it was dead cheap
You have to put the drivers on the usb drive and use them to see the hard drives due to the OS do not have the drivers preinstalled.
Hello, my name is Johnny. I have an IBM x3550 M3 server and I upgraded the processor, the machine is excellent, but when installing the video card it even recognizes it in Windows 10 but freezes in the window when it starts. In the setup there is an option for onboard video or other extras, nothing works. can you help me? I loved the machine but without a dedicated video I wouldn't even be able to use it.
Got to love Windows, fresh install and it blue screens 😂
most of these raid controllers didnt come with passthrough, so you need drivers for the OS to understand whats going on. had the same thing happening on old haswell and broadwell based HP servers in the past. i would also not recommend using the raid controller as its common practice nowadays to passthrough and let the operating system manage the drives instead. remember you are still using older SSDs. they are fast but they dont have all the feature sets that you expect with modern ssds and you might run into issues when using them in raid
Since my x79 board refuses to die, i'm using an E5-2697 v2. They're sold for around 30-50€. If you plan to keep this system until proton decay happens, get 2 of them.
And you can play games on those cpus with surprisingly little difference in fps, compared to a recent ryzen build. Of course you need to sell your soul to the devil (or amazon, which is basically the same) and get a decent gpu…
The only bummer is that the multiplier is locked. So you'd need a board which lets you crank up the fsb frequency. If the board supports it, you can get another 25%. On launch, intel asked over 2000 bucks for it. That alone makes it worth having at least one ^^
You know why IBM and Lenovo server have little "R" Reset button on diagnosti board infront?
So you could restart the server, without having to spin down and spin up fans, Fans can keep running and server will restart… 😂
Makes Statement "I'm probably doing something wrong here but I don't know what. Hopefully someone will tell us in the comment section."
My response in the comment section. What are you doing wrong? RUNNING MICROSOFT WINDOWS. There is a reason why over 80% of the worlds servers DON'T run Windows.
Usually these fans can be controlled directly over IPMI. I have an x3500 M5 and an able to quieten it to the point of being quieter than my desktop. Still runs cool while doing so!
To see an estimate of total run time you can look at SMART drive stats for one of the stock drives. Most drives have a total runtime hours stat.
An untouched dual socket ivy bridge server, what a steal.
These are going for sale very very cheap. Definitely a best buy. (Ibm is my favourite brand)
just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for the server on Ebay? What do you consider a Bargain?
I have a similiar system running as my home server. There is an Ivy Bridge 12 core 2.7 GHz CPU available for it. I have one left over because I went to alow energy consuming 10 core instead.
You need the riad drivers to install windows
these LGA-2011 servers and workstations are great for cheap gaming and production i have an hp z420 with 512gb of ram and a e5-1680v2 also a hp z820 with 512gb ram and two e5-2690v2 played games on both for 7 years
02:28 holy f…….. 900w module psu !
Not sure someone else mentioned, but I think your issues with some versions of Windows not recognising the disks is probably fixed by installing the hardware driver during the early part of the installation.
Fan noise is why I avoid servers. Usually there is no mitigation short of making a muffler case.
The way he said blanks made me think be was on to something
It didn't work with the older versions of Windows because you didn't use the right RAID driver
For windows server OS the Windows Audio Service is disabled by default but you can enable it by going in the Sounds settings.
You just needed the RAID controller driver and press F6 or something to add it in the drive configuration steps. It’s not difficult. It’s been like that since NT4.
Change RAID HDD to SSD if option is available?
Human: The noise is so bad I cant take it
Human: Removes couple of fans
BIOS: WHERE THE FUCK ARE MY FANS
Try Win 7, or even 8.1 ?
How much ram you need for a game?
YESS
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I have this exact server with dual power supply and dual pci-e controllers. I only ran windows server as a portable usb. It didn't install it but it ran it like a linux from the usb and it booted in. Never had boot issues with it I run proxmox and had dual cpu Xeon E5-2670 with only 64GB of ram.
you might consider using low profile cards that are pretty decent performance.
nice keyboard
Holy crap its so clean