SuperMIcro X5da8

helicoil · 03-20-2007, 12:48 AM

So I was fortunate to aquire this machine in a tower setup ,but it needs major upgrading, it has 2 small SCSI HD's and a cd-rom optical with 64 megs of sysytem ram

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The processors are 2 Xenon 2.80Ghz.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/m...7505/X5DA8.cfm.
My question is can I make this a SERIOUS gaming machine and if not what are its potentials??
If you could make this happen and you had $1000.00 what would you do to it??
Thanks in advance

PohTayToez · 03-20-2007, 12:54 AM

I think this machine is more suited to be set up as a serious gaming server, than a serious gaming machine...

Mr Random · 03-20-2007, 01:58 AM

it looks like it isn't very powerful, but im shure if you spent a couple hundred on it, you could use most games on it.

just a suggestion, LOTS of cooling. especially on the video and graphics cards.

diduknowthat · 03-20-2007, 02:20 AM

It would be hard to make it into a serious gaming machine. First of all, it probably only supports slow server ram, in this case, DDR 200/266. Second of all, it only has an AGP X8 slot, so you can't use any of the newest video cards.

03-20-2007, 12:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
helicoil New Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1	SuperMIcro X5da8 So I was fortunate to aquire this machine in a tower setup ,but it needs major upgrading, it has 2 small SCSI HD's and a cd-rom optical with 64 megs of sysytem ram . The processors are 2 Xenon 2.80Ghz. http://www.supermicro.com/products/m...7505/X5DA8.cfm. My question is can I make this a SERIOUS gaming machine and if not what are its potentials?? If you could make this happen and you had $1000.00 what would you do to it?? Thanks in advance

03-20-2007, 12:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,541	I think this machine is more suited to be set up as a serious gaming server, than a serious gaming machine... __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

03-20-2007, 02:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 17 Posts: 6,280	It would be hard to make it into a serious gaming machine. First of all, it probably only supports slow server ram, in this case, DDR 200/266. Second of all, it only has an AGP X8 slot, so you can't use any of the newest video cards. __________________ Silent Tuned \| 3D Marks 06: 11566 Q6600 2.4ghz CPU \| Gigabyte GA-P35 LGA 775 MB EVGA 8800gt 512mb Video Card G.Skill 4GB Ram \| Western Digital 400GB HD X-Fi Xtrememusic Sound Card Antec P180B Case \| Scythe Ninja HSF CM Real Power Pro 650watt PSU

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03-20-2007, 01:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mr Random Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 41 Posts: 46	it looks like it isn't very powerful, but im shure if you spent a couple hundred on it, you could use most games on it. just a suggestion, LOTS of cooling. especially on the video and graphics cards.