I got mine last week (from serversplus) and made a few mods....
1) I added an ASUS AMD Radeon R7 240 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card
2) I added a solid state drive for Windows Server 2012.
3) I added 2 sticks of 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 PC3-12800 to go with the 4GB already there (20GB in total).
4) I added a StarTech.com 4 Port PCIe 2.0 SATA III 6Gbps RAID Controller Card for the extra drives.
5) I popped in two StarTech 4xSATA Power Splitter Adapter Cables for the extra drives.
6) Fitted a new cage and two new caddy trays (both bought on eBay), ready for the two extra drives (only one installed at the moment).
So, now I have 5 x 3TB WD Red NAS HDDs, with a 6th to add at a later date; all configured in (software) RAID5.
Pretty happy with my setup....for now.
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cutthroat_jake
11 Jun 16#1
Nice box. Nice price.
cutthroat_jake
11 Jun 1613#2
I got mine last week (from serversplus) and made a few mods....
1) I added an ASUS AMD Radeon R7 240 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card
2) I added a solid state drive for Windows Server 2012.
3) I added 2 sticks of 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 PC3-12800 to go with the 4GB already there (20GB in total).
4) I added a StarTech.com 4 Port PCIe 2.0 SATA III 6Gbps RAID Controller Card for the extra drives.
5) I popped in two StarTech 4xSATA Power Splitter Adapter Cables for the extra drives.
6) Fitted a new cage and two new caddy trays (both bought on eBay), ready for the two extra drives (only one installed at the moment).
So, now I have 5 x 3TB WD Red NAS HDDs, with a 6th to add at a later date; all configured in (software) RAID5.
Pretty happy with my setup....for now.
Magnets to cutthroat_jake
11 Jun 16#11
Have you tried using the low power sleep modes? I read somewhere that the PSU makes a coil whine when the machine is on standby/Wake on lan.
uni to cutthroat_jake
11 Jun 16#14
i stuck an SSD and 2.5" drive in the otical bay and in addition to the 4x3.5" spaces i put another 3.5" on the top of the bottom cage and one slides into the space underneath the top drives. i put 2xpcie 2 port SATA cards in though. 2 of my older cards wouldn't work with win10
i was also going to get a R7 240 for about £50 or maybe a R7 250 for £10/£15 more. it looks like if it's in the top slot it will block the PCI-e slot underneath though? which would mean having to use the lower slots
i got my cashback confirmed by dell, so it worked out at £72 after cashback for the G3220 model with 4gb ram, which is crazy cheap. at some point in the future i might upgrade the CPU
phpandsql to cutthroat_jake
13 Jun 16#33
Nice setup, where did you get the HDD cage? thanks
phpandsql to cutthroat_jake
23 Nov 16#59
thanks for the info, the graphics card's hdmi port can support 2k monitors? or do you have a suggestion of one with displayport at the same price range please?
tawse57
11 Jun 16#3
How noisy is this?
bouncy99
11 Jun 16#4
im very tempted by this. whats the "possibly" regarding the cashback?
robs1
11 Jun 16#5
I don't think there is a 'possibly' (this was modified after I posted it). You should get it.
Cashback is direct from Dell & details here:
Could this work as a basic gaming machine (assuming I add the right graphics card)? I don't have a gaming background but could do with being able to test some games and game programming but I don't want to spend a load of money on it. thanks
stelo
11 Jun 16#8
is it any good for gaming? is the processor okay for modern gaming?
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1) I added an ASUS AMD Radeon R7 240 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card
2) I added a solid state drive for Windows Server 2012.
3) I added 2 sticks of 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 PC3-12800 to go with the 4GB already there (20GB in total).
4) I added a StarTech.com 4 Port PCIe 2.0 SATA III 6Gbps RAID Controller Card for the extra drives.
5) I popped in two StarTech 4xSATA Power Splitter Adapter Cables for the extra drives.
6) Fitted a new cage and two new caddy trays (both bought on eBay), ready for the two extra drives (only one installed at the moment).
So, now I have 5 x 3TB WD Red NAS HDDs, with a 6th to add at a later date; all configured in (software) RAID5.
Pretty happy with my setup....for now.
All comments (59)
1) I added an ASUS AMD Radeon R7 240 2 GB DDR3 Graphics Card
2) I added a solid state drive for Windows Server 2012.
3) I added 2 sticks of 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 PC3-12800 to go with the 4GB already there (20GB in total).
4) I added a StarTech.com 4 Port PCIe 2.0 SATA III 6Gbps RAID Controller Card for the extra drives.
5) I popped in two StarTech 4xSATA Power Splitter Adapter Cables for the extra drives.
6) Fitted a new cage and two new caddy trays (both bought on eBay), ready for the two extra drives (only one installed at the moment).
So, now I have 5 x 3TB WD Red NAS HDDs, with a 6th to add at a later date; all configured in (software) RAID5.
Pretty happy with my setup....for now.
i was also going to get a R7 240 for about £50 or maybe a R7 250 for £10/£15 more. it looks like if it's in the top slot it will block the PCI-e slot underneath though? which would mean having to use the lower slots
i got my cashback confirmed by dell, so it worked out at £72 after cashback for the G3220 model with 4gb ram, which is crazy cheap. at some point in the future i might upgrade the CPU
Cashback is direct from Dell & details here:
https://plus.delltradetosave.com/gb/en/pages/promotions/qualifying
I bought one a few months ago (for more... ) and cashback came through fine.
Great machines, and very quiet.
Internal Bays Qty: 4
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1225V3 / 3.2 GHz (Quad-Core)
RAM: 4 GB / 32 GB (max) DDR3 SDRAM - ECC 1600 MHz DIMM 240-pin
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics P4600
No operating system