Microserver N54L....or...>THIS<?

Just to let you know we just got in the new Gigabyte GT210 VGA card with HDMI and just installed it on the HP Proliant server with no issues actually was very easy.

The stock code is stk# GV-N210D3-1GI it is not on the Online store as yet as the stock just arrived now, order this items manually until the weekend , It also come with a LP bracket so no need to purchase one
 
Garyvdh said:
Don't forget that power consumption is playing a bigger and bigger role than ever before.
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I crunched the numbers - takes just under 2 years to break even.

(Assuming 100W idling gaming PC vs 20W Micro)
 
After playing around with XBMC and most of it's more useful plugins etc. this weekend I decided to rather go for the i3 build.
Anyway, so one more question... does anyone know if it'll be possible to passively cool that Core i3-3220 using a tower cooler such as the Coolermaster Hyper 212 or maybe something a bit larger?

Would be really cool if I could just get it running with a 140mm case fan at the back (maybe another one in the front)
 
I think it depends on what u want to do with it.. for what you mentioned it seems a power waste?

e.g. I set up and setting up a few micro server stuff for friends & family which basically are just download boxes with maybe firewall, nas and a vm win7/8 for remote processing of files/docs etc(its useful with tablets) but then e.g. setting up another server at my parents place and their needs are heavier.. ie. video surveillance(recording,live trans-coding), access control etc in addition to above which will just kinda kill the micro server lol
 
I actually played dota 2 on mine when my pc was hit by lightning, it worked ok provided I stopped everything else but not as smooth. Being a dota 2 addict I would have tried to play it on tablet.
 
I paid R1765.86 incl. for my HP micro server + GPU (GT 210) when they had an awesome special on the N54L at esquire in May IIRC.
 
Park@82 said:
I paid R1765.86 incl. for my HP micro server + GPU (GT 210) when they had an awesome special on the N54L at esquire in May IIRC.
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Yeah I would've gone that route if I found a special like that.

My parts just arrived at the office this morning, so tonight is going to be a long one :D
Very happy with my choice though, always wanted the option to create a beefy MiniITX system and now I have pretty much all the components I need. The one mistake I made was not checking whether that MSI board supports overclocking (for my 2500K chip in future) which it doesn't... I just assumed it would given the "OC Genie II" crap I saw on the board specs... :o

I'm definitely going to try and see how passive cooling on that chip works out, will report my findings later. My thinking is that a nice big -silent- fan in the front that pushes in air and exhausts it through a smaller fan in the back should create enough compressed airflow over the tower cooler to keep the chip cool.

Going to have to use a Seagate 2.5" HDD I have lying around for now as the OS drive, will have to get an SSD at some later stage and just clone the Windows Partition. I'm guessing the sequential read bandwidth on the 2.5" HDD won't be as fast as a Desktop drive, but the access latency should get a bit of a bump given the smaller platter size to keep me happy for now... not sure, haven't used an HDD as an OS drive for quite some time.
 
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UPDATE: Whoohoo!! Bought one of these coolers yesterday and did some testing last night.
http://www.deepcool-us.com/Product/ICE_WIND_PRO/

With just one 120mm case fan at the back and running Prime95 for about 5mins the temps are sitting at 40 Degrees.
Would be interesting to see if I can pull this off in summer :P
 
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