A server I got for free, will this work?

[Demalii]

-Intel SC5295UP Pedestal Server Chassis, 350W power supply
-Intel S3000AH, SATA RAID, DDR2, 1066MHz FSB, ATX
-Intel Xeon X3220 Quad-Core CPU, 2.4GHz, 8MB cache, 1066MHz FSB
-DDR2 2x512MB 667MHz PC2-5300 Kingston Module
-Seagate 2x80GB SATA-300 HDD, 7200RPM, 8MB cache
-Sony 18x DVD+/-RW Dual-Layer Internal SATA drive, NO SOFTWARE, black
-Sony 1.44MB Floppy Drive, Black


I was going to go all and buy a new gaming rig.. But I need serious opinions on this matter please, because I do want a top of the line style rig...

Obviously the mobo and ram aren't exactly what I would be looking for on a high end gaming rig.. My main question though, would this ram and mobo be enough power for "high end" quality?...

The board is a server board so I'm seriously questioning its ability as well as the fact that the ram might not be overclockable at all (it's probably low end kingston )


Thanks for the help guys!

 

[ssjheero_yuy99]

Well, you would want 2GB ram for gaming... also since its a server MB, it will be designed to handle multi-threaded applications more then games, which for the most part only run 1 thread. So you should be able to run video-editing or rendering or other programs that run multi-threads very well, but gaming, not so much. I hear the dual cores perform better at gaming then the quad cores.

 

[Brinson]

How did you get that kickass server for free?

 

[saltynay]

as above lucky you for getting it for free!!!! I would leave it as a server for media usage and storage if you create into your main computer for your home network and then add a 36gb raptor to your actual gaming machine and use the server for all storage just through a simple windows file share of the entire hdd disk

 

[Brinson]

That is such a waste of a xeon quad core server with a gig of ram...

File Servers should be beaten down pentium 3s with more gbs of HD space than mhz of processor.

 

[Demalii]

so really what I need to try and do is sell this thing correct?...

 

[aspire]

Yeah you can definitely get a fairly pretty penny for it, consider it funding for your gaming rig.

oh, and give me 100 bucks and well call it even