hard to put together a system from scratch even with these **** poor specs at less than 100
heat
note: no HDD, no OS, etc
Depending on what you're using it for, you may just want to spring for a NAS
MrFerret
16 Mar 164#11
I have one of these. It is an excellent machine and the construction is top notch. Far better than the microserver which i found very noisy, and difficult to upgrade.
A few things to be aware of.
When turned off it has a slight coil whine. Not to annoying, however I choose to turn it off completely.
It can be used as a cheap steam machine. Install a 750TI and you are good to go. SteamOS works fine.
Case is actually really small. It is smaller than my ITX Phanteks Enthoo so it can slot into most TV cabinets quite nicely.
It is very quiet, but the fan is Dell specific so you won't be replacing it.
Well worth the purchase!
luckyluke699
16 Mar 164#7
If anyone needs a CPU with a bit more kick, there's also one with a Xeon E3-1225V3 included (£209.98 after £110 cashback on this model)
For more info around the cashback:https://plus.delltradetosave.com/gb/en/pages/promotions/qualifying
rvcshart
16 Mar 163#40
I've been a good boy this month, so bought it:
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robodan918
16 Mar 165#1
hard to put together a system from scratch even with these **** poor specs at less than 100
heat
note: no HDD, no OS, etc
Depending on what you're using it for, you may just want to spring for a NAS
sureshot to robodan918
16 Mar 16#4
To be honest most people this is aimed at will already have what they need or be willing to source it separately.
008
16 Mar 161#2
>>>>>
Great price for a very easy to use multiplatform bit of kit..
Chuck an ssd in it and serve anything to anywhere from it :wink:
tek-monkey
16 Mar 162#3
Got one last time, use it as a ESXi host running my plex server and my downloads box. I added another 12Gb of RAM, I used EEC as I had access to some but I think some have had luck with non-ECC too. Double the speed of my old N54L it replaced although uses a bit more power.
Markgranto to tek-monkey
16 Mar 162#6
how you finding it for plex?
done similar myself, added system matched 4gb ram to it, bought a ssd for the os, use the 500gb it came with for downloads and 2 x 2tb wd reds (raid 1) for all my plex media stuff. However finding that with some larger (10gb+) mkv files it maxes out the cpu while transcoding, does settle down eventually and i can get 2 streams going but hit and miss. I'm new to the plex game so just learning the ins and outs.
meagain0 to tek-monkey
16 Mar 161#28
+1 for ESXi. I've got a Lenovo M57 currently with 8GB of RAM but a much slower CPU and that happily serves my files, hosts multiple Win10 instances for me to connect to via RDP from places where the system provided is crippled with restrictions, also torrenting overnight (just linux distros, I promise!), and recording TV using a USB tuner in passthrough. Absolutely brilliant to use and to think the whole setup cost me £27.50 including the desktop (eBay misprice I think). Still got around 2GB RAM free most of the time and although the C2D isn't fast it runs well.
For those saying that this system is too slow for anything useful, bear in mind that the G3220 in this is much faster than the CPU in my M57. Give it 4GB more RAM and a SSD and it will happily run all of the above great. It's not a business server, but for home use it's perfect.
Markgranto
16 Mar 16#5
serverplus were doing a very similar server (it looks the exact same model, just a different model code) with a 500gb drive for the same price and cashback.
SkyeVincent to Markgranto
16 Mar 16#16
Got a link mate?
luckyluke699
16 Mar 164#7
If anyone needs a CPU with a bit more kick, there's also one with a Xeon E3-1225V3 included (£209.98 after £110 cashback on this model)
For more info around the cashback:https://plus.delltradetosave.com/gb/en/pages/promotions/qualifying
dt_matthews
16 Mar 16#8
Seems liks good value for the sort of performance, obviously power consumption/running costs will be, inherently, considerably higher (84W TDP).
sniperpenguin
16 Mar 16#9
Could this take away the MicroServers crown? :smiley:
cjed
16 Mar 161#10
Only if your applications are going to use significant CPU. I have a couple of servers using similar Xeons, and when idle the power draw is not much higher than lower specification Celeron/Pentium fitted machines.Base power draw for this type of server is around the 30W mark (CPU idle, disks spun down) irrespective of CPU. It's when you start stressing the CPU and disks that power usage increases significantly.
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Opening post
Intel Pentium G3220
4GB Memory
No HDD Included
Top comments
heat
note: no HDD, no OS, etc
Depending on what you're using it for, you may just want to spring for a NAS
A few things to be aware of.
When turned off it has a slight coil whine. Not to annoying, however I choose to turn it off completely.
It can be used as a cheap steam machine. Install a 750TI and you are good to go. SteamOS works fine.
Case is actually really small. It is smaller than my ITX Phanteks Enthoo so it can slot into most TV cabinets quite nicely.
It is very quiet, but the fan is Dell specific so you won't be replacing it.
Well worth the purchase!
http://www.ebuyer.com/714837-dell-poweredge-t20-xeon-e3-1225v3-3-2-ghz-4gb-ram-1tb-hdd-tower-t20-3708
For more info around the cashback:https://plus.delltradetosave.com/gb/en/pages/promotions/qualifying
All comments (107)
heat
note: no HDD, no OS, etc
Depending on what you're using it for, you may just want to spring for a NAS
Great price for a very easy to use multiplatform bit of kit..
Chuck an ssd in it and serve anything to anywhere from it :wink:
done similar myself, added system matched 4gb ram to it, bought a ssd for the os, use the 500gb it came with for downloads and 2 x 2tb wd reds (raid 1) for all my plex media stuff. However finding that with some larger (10gb+) mkv files it maxes out the cpu while transcoding, does settle down eventually and i can get 2 streams going but hit and miss. I'm new to the plex game so just learning the ins and outs.
For those saying that this system is too slow for anything useful, bear in mind that the G3220 in this is much faster than the CPU in my M57. Give it 4GB more RAM and a SSD and it will happily run all of the above great. It's not a business server, but for home use it's perfect.
http://www.ebuyer.com/714837-dell-poweredge-t20-xeon-e3-1225v3-3-2-ghz-4gb-ram-1tb-hdd-tower-t20-3708
For more info around the cashback:https://plus.delltradetosave.com/gb/en/pages/promotions/qualifying