Using a server as a gaming rig?

[Derek12]

8x PCI-E wont hamper bandwidth to hurt gaming much, but if its pentium D based, then its definitely not worth gaming on.

Is Pentium D more or less equivalent to mine Athlon 64 X2 Windsor? I am curious

 

[brandonwh64]

ummm nope. pentium D was two pentium 4 net burst cores and well below a Athlon X2, even a windsor.

I would say the pentium D 9xx series and the lowest athlon x2 windsor would be close but the higher ones like 4000+ and above would beat it due to better technology at the time.

If you want I could run a test with a 4400+ windsor my father in law has compared to a Pentium D

*EDIT*

I found this chart, it shows some of the more expensive Pentium D's at the time keeping up with Athlon X2 939 chips.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2006/3DMark06-CPU,36.html

 

[repman244]

ummm nope. pentium D was two pentium 4 net burst cores and well below a Athlon X2, even a windsor.

I would say the pentium D 9xx series and the lowest athlon x2 windsor would be close but the higher ones like 4000+ and above would beat it due to better technology at the time.

If you want I could run a test with a 4400+ windsor my father in law has compared to a Pentium D

*EDIT*

I found this chart, it shows some of the more expensive Pentium D's at the time keeping up with Athlon X2 939 chips.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2006/3DMark06-CPU,36.html

Pentium D was designed to run in winter time so that it would keep your room warm without any additional heating. So it does have it's strong points

Joking aside, I don't think it's worth the £75.

 

[brandonwh64]

LOL yea my Pentium D 805 and 820's were very hot @ 4ghz and from benching, were still slower than a C2D E3200 HAHA

 

[Derek12]

ummm nope. pentium D was two pentium 4 net burst cores and well below a Athlon X2, even a windsor.

I would say the pentium D 9xx series and the lowest athlon x2 windsor would be close but the higher ones like 4000+ and above would beat it due to better technology at the time.

If you want I could run a test with a 4400+ windsor my father in law has compared to a Pentium D

*EDIT*

I found this chart, it shows some of the more expensive Pentium D's at the time keeping up with Athlon X2 939 chips.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2006/3DMark06-CPU,36.html

Many thanks My exact CPU appears in that list with 1555 points, while the more powerful Pentium D of the list (Pentium D 960) has 1831. seems to be that they are paired ... except the TDP

 

[Disparia]

Yeah, I'd keep with the X2.

My X2 at 2.5Ghz outpaced and overall just felt better than my P4D @ 4Ghz.

 

[brandonwh64]

I miss my love the Athlon X2 5000+ Black edition (Brisbane) that I OCed to 3.9ghz on a 780G board

 

[ObSo-1337]

Oh well. Thanks for the help and support guys. You have saved me £75!

 

[Derek12]

Oh well. Thanks for the help and support guys. You have saved me £75!

yeah, you can get a better regular computer from second hand with that price

 

[ObSo-1337]

yeah, you can get a better regular computer from second hand with that price

Yeah. I was looking for a cheap upgrade for my computer at my dads. I'll look into upgrade the individual parts instead Thanks again everyone

 

[brandonwh64]

You can luck up sometimes on the FS threads, I seen a 780G motherboard and athlong X2 5400+ go for 50$ shipped not too long ago!

 

[Deleted member 3]

http://projectdream.org/wordpress/2007/03/14/hardware-redundancy-in-small-businesses/

CPU redundancy
This is a nice add-on feature. Most 2 CPU machines support an automatic reboot to 1 CPU when one of the CPU fails – of course you don’t buy a second CPU just for this, but it’s really nice to have if you have 2 CPUs anyway.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc917700.aspx

Lock-stepped processors, which are two processors that execute the same instruction stream and that crosscheck each other

Show me a readily available board that lists support for lockstep for CPU's, not some random guys blog.

 

[yogurt_21]

Show me a readily available board that lists support for lockstep for CPU's, not some random guys blog.

All i needed to see was reboot. by default that = a service interupt. The length of which is going to be dependant on what the server is running.

a second cpu isn't like raid, in raid the server fires off a trap and you can go swap out the drive without ever having a single service interupt.

no matter what when a cpu dies on a server you get a service intreupt and that to me doesn't = true redundancy.

 

[Andrew Tom]

I have an IBM x3400 server sitting in my home. Can I game on it after putting a 1060 in it?

 

[dorsetknob]

Yes You Can Game on it ( to some Degree )
what sort of Games ? are you thinking of
List the Spec's and the Members will offer their opinions and some suggestions

Fill this page in >>>> (the more info you give the more help you can expect to receive)
>>> https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/account/specs

 

[Old-Greg]

IBM x3400 server . Perhaps some light 'Chuckie Egg' gaming on that machine

Back on topic, I used to own an HP ML110 server with a Xeon X3450, Installed a GTX 660 in it and it was great for light gaming.

 

[Jetster]

I have an IBM x3400 server sitting in my home. Can I game on it after putting a 1060 in it?

Holly necro thread

I think it only has 8X pci-e

 

[Andrew Tom]

Yes You Can Game on it ( to some Degree )
what sort of Games ? are you thinking of
List the Spec's and the Members will offer their opinions and some suggestions

Fill this page in >>>> (the more info you give the more help you can expect to receive)
>>> https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/account/specs

I have filled in the details . I don't plan to go hardcore on it. Just some decent 30-40 Fps, 1080p, Low or medium detail on most games. I'm more into racing so games like NFS, Forza, Gran Turismo are some of them in my list.

Another thing is that this thing runs loud A.F. Anything I can do bout it?

 

[Norton]

Another thing is that this thing runs loud A.F. Anything I can do bout it?

Not likely- most servers rely on small high rpm fans to direct air through the case and over the cpu coolers.

Looking at your model, it looks like there is no way to install a different cooler on the cpu(s) or inside the case.

 

[dorsetknob]

Another thing is that this thing runs loud A.F. Anything I can do bout it?

Have you heard of the expression ghetto mods
you are only limited by your wallet and your imagination

 

[Andrew Tom]

Anything about what I can do to game on it?
Thanks for the responses guys.