I was originally going to get a Dell Poweredge 1950 but I saw that those things are pretty old, so I have decided to get a Dell Poweredge R710 instead. The seller I am purchasing it is selling it for $70 USD but with no ram. I found some good ram for it which is $40 USD. Should I get this server? All I’m running is a file server and game server and do not care about noise.
I was able to get an R720 at auction for $70 shipped on eBay, those are the oldest I would go.
If you are going to use it for a game + file server you’d be better served by a newer lower classed model, e.g. R230, R330, R430. RX40 if you can swing it.
so I have decided to get a Dell Poweredge R710 instead
Also pretty old. It’s from 2009…
Nah, the virtual kvm in the remote management on them doesn’t work anymore. Go for a Rx20 series or newer. Those have a html5 based kvm.
Consider what it will cost to power. The payback for getting a R730 may be under a year.
Just get an optiplex, almost no one on here actually needs server/rack hardware.
