Server benefits?

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4entourage

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Hey Guys,
I have two Xeon DP 2.8 Ghz Socket 604 Cpu's I am putting into this board:
X6DH3-G2 --- http://supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon800/E7520/X6DH3-G2.cfm

With this case:
http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=8122926

I was just hoping to find out the benefits of running a server as my home pc rather then the standard PC motherboards.... What are the extras I can do? Extra security? Extra features? I know its a real nice motherboard costing about 500$ new and I just want to use it to its full potential. Thanks!
 
4entourage said:
Hey Guys,
I have two Xeon DP 2.8 Ghz Socket 604 Cpu's I am putting into this board:
X6DH3-G2 --- http://supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon800/E7520/X6DH3-G2.cfm

With this case:
http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=8122926

I was just hoping to find out the benefits of running a server as my home pc rather then the standard PC motherboards.... What are the extras I can do? Extra security? Extra features? I know its a real nice motherboard costing about 500$ new and I just want to use it to its full potential. Thanks!
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unless you invest in very expensive networking equipment, security will be limited to whatever software you have installed on the server. basically, PC grade hardware is made to handle a very few tasks very quickly, whereas most server grade hardware (like dual CPUs, ECC RAM, and a fancy server motherboard) will handle many tasks efficiently and accurately. if you want to use it to its "full potential," you will need an OS that can address the large amount of RAM it can support, you will want to use its RAID features, and you will want to have a nice network set up.
 
lmao. XP Pro? Seriously? You can't even put a standard VGA on that board. What are you going to use it for? There are absolutely no benefits to you as an end user over a standard desktop.
 
SirKenin said:
lmao. XP Pro? Seriously? You can't even put a standard VGA on that board. What are you going to use it for? There are absolutely no benefits to you as an end user over a standard desktop.
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it has two PCIe slots that he could use for a VGA if he wanted to, but i agree that it wont offer him any improvement over a 'standard' desktop
 
Cleric7x9 said:
they are for whatever you want to put in them. thats like saying the PCI slots on your motherboard are for sound cards, not wireless cards.
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You don't know anything about server boards I take it? Which is fine.

Just try fitting a 16x PCI-e VGA card in an 8x PCI-e slot. Never mind the reduced lanes. I'm interested to see how you make out.

If you do the hacks to make it fit, you'll also notice that the performance of the card will be hammered. But... You'll be able to say you have a dual Xeon with a Supermicro board (which, btw, is a darn good board).
 
4entourage said:
Hey Guys,
I have two Xeon DP 2.8 Ghz Socket 604 Cpu's I am putting into this board:
X6DH3-G2 --- http://supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon800/E7520/X6DH3-G2.cfm

With this case:
http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=8122926

I was just hoping to find out the benefits of running a server as my home pc rather then the standard PC motherboards.... What are the extras I can do? Extra security? Extra features? I know its a real nice motherboard costing about 500$ new and I just want to use it to its full potential. Thanks!
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Unless you have alot of hard drives, do alot of saving and writing, and multitask heavily, there's not many advantages... other than having 32GB or so of RAM :D
 
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