@@calvitocalvon1711 no, they're stiil best price performance on new market. ryzen 5 2600x for 120 dollars off aliexpress imo is best bang for buck new cpu rn
Rack servers really are so much fun to mess around with! I've recently started dabbling and picked up a 18u rack on the cheap with a couple ibm 3650 m3 servers to practice on, ordered a 4u chassis too so i can mount my main rig in it :D
noise and slow boot up time as theres a lot going on. HP Proliant DL360 G7 have a PCI-Ex16 slot with power connector inside, plus PCI-Ex8 slot. so GPU and USB3 card can be fitted. can be had for $100 plus, usable ones for $200 nice ones $400. Anybody fancy one, read up the specs, compare between and go look at the manuals, all available free on OEM websites. A tower server can be a lot less hassle. standard everything mostly.
I love the Galax white layout on the 1050ti. I have a 2070 with the same layout myself and it looks amazing in white cases. Also the design with 2x 100mm fans is very good, keeps any card in check.
I always get back to watching these videos, maybe a part of it is due to nostalgia because it’s what taught me all I know about PC Building and flipping, but I think it’s just because they’re SO much well made and really incarnate what passion for hardware really is. Bryan you’re the best!
Haha.... good for you....for me nothing changed still has to wake up early 5 days á week and go to work since March 2020 to Feb 2021. They promised more money continue working in this situation..... No! At the end earnd less money than in a normal year. What fucked up times. I love PC gaming....and loved to upgrade my PC this year to distract me a little bit from the happenings all around the world. No again.... Prices for PC parts are crazy high this time around and no console to buy in the meantime. Everything is crazy since Feb. 2020!
@@vladrogonja2012 i, i am so sorry. online classes are still a pain, but i'm wishing the best for you. hopefully this pandemic dies down and you can enjoy pc gaming again!
@@yor0z808 online classes are indirect a pain for me too. My son is complaining everyday about it how ridiculous are the things the teachers want from him.
You could put the motherboard into an older Mid-tower Dell Optiplex like a 7010 or 790, and the power supplies are rated for 275w but can easily be upgraded with a regular standard form factor power supply.
I'm amazed that you got given a 230, we have so many of them in production, they're beastly little boxes. Edit: The ones being sold at 11:43 are R210, maybe R210 IIs and they use DDR3 memory, whereas the 230 that you had will use DDR4 and are generally still pretty pricey as they are still in production.
@@ErikAdalbertvanNagel Canadian. Prices are higher now though, R9 380 seems to be going for 200ish now, while a 1050-ti is 250+. A search in Toronto (biggest city in Canada) has 4 listed within $20 of $200, without leaving the general toronto area. Much cheaper alternative to buying a 1050ti. If you're looking throughout the whole country, there's a few listings like this one in my area, that's $150 for an R9 280x. Do some looking and it's still possible to buy a decent GPU
this is it right here, even the happy look in your face looks happier when youre doing this stuff. i follow you since Japan times because of videos like this. dont get me wrong, i like all your videos man, the like button is the first thing i click after opening the videos because your aproach to everything. just keep it up . cheers from Portugal
@@wtf847 Well yeah lol, it might as well be an old POS console, except more versatile. Though from what I've seen with even the PS5 you're still lucky if you see a solid 60 fps in Cyberpunk. He was getting 100+ fps in some of the less demanding and more popular titles anyway. As far as the channel goes, hell if i know lol. I don't think anyone's pretending it's good stuff, probably more so "look what I was able to do with this thing that was never intended to do this" and for 200 bucks. It's entertaining, no need to hate on people who can't afford the latest unavailable hardware
@@wtf847 No, this channel is about finding the best value performance in your price class, you don't need an new ryzen 8 core and a 3080 to start gaming.
@@anderseriksson4812 no you dont but you want something that gets you nice framerate and nice graphics otherwise its not a great experience on a pc be honest with yourself your using the far end of a range of parts to justify the bottom end aging pc parts that belong in a museum lol there are newer budget 6 core cpu like the ryzen 5 3600 and budget gpu like the rtx 2060 save your fuckin money a lil longer stop constantly wasting it on scrapyard parts and get a taste for what real gaming on pc is about
A fun project. On a lot of servers the power stages are ... quite tight. And some components assume the high airflow throughput and assume there will be air moving across them. Its cheap enough that no harm no foul. I actually think that there could be a crazy market for someone to make a universal PC case that could take these mobos. After all, bottom line, they would be cheap and just have the slots and connectors in odd placement.
I've seen you use a lot MX-4 in your videos, has GD-900 fallen out of your grace or whats up? Still have some tubes of GD-900 and was wondering if it actually ain't good ;O
But you have to watch out for the GPU side of things. Dont put in very high end GPU. 1 thing is because of the low wattage power supply . 2nd thing is most older servers especially 1U size ones that were not meant to put GPU inside have no PCI-E X16 support. The slot is X16, but it is only electrically running at x8 because they were only meant to put high-end network adaptors which doesn't need X16 speed.
It's not garbage. Just a bit old. With a replaced heatsink and new GPU, and an SSD it's as good as most new PCs. You probably just need to do the same to improve yours.
It's actually not garbage, it can go for 75-150$. If I were you I'd buy an old brand pc, put in an SSD for bootdrive, upgrade the ram, repaste it (as said earlier) and ofc put a decent GPU in it. You can get a decent gaming pc like this for around 100-150$.
One concern - most 1U servers rely on those fans you removed to cool components on the board. By taking them out and the kid off, you may now have components not being cooked enough. My suggestion would be to use one of this.riser/extenders to make the card external,.and J stall noctua fans in ace of the loud factory ones. That solves the coming issue and sound issue.
This is why TYC is special, You just don't find any other similar channels doing this kind of stuff and i love it!! (Not to mention Bryan/Brian is a sexy bloke too ) :D
Nice score. Others in the comments mentioned wall mounting, but I had another idea: DIY All-In-One. I really like the idea of turning a cheap as chips old 32"-40" LCD TV in to an AIO PC. Would be more convenient, space efficient, (hopefully) safe, and attractive option than an open top server rack on the table.
thanks to your tips i finally bit the bullet and got a xeon 2690v2 and a 128gb of ram for super cheap. 2nd hand server hardware is not only cheap but still has a lot of life left in it.
Love to see the side panel back on with the graphics card sticking out. Would be like a hotted up car with the supercharger sticking out of the bonnet! 😎
yep. i had to use a circular saw just to get a gpu to fit in my server. the worst part is that i also had to use a janky setup combined with my psu just to make it work
You certainly do some pretty amazing stuff plus its a bit unique as well lol.. well done..I actually think I recognized the guy u got the server off..if its the same guy he lives in the Logan City area I won't say the suburb..lol
Hey Brian, the Max Max supercharger springs to my mind. Use your Dremel to cut that top server panel and refit it? Great to see the gaming server rack! Enjoyed that!!
2:30 You don't want to replace the fans, you want to replace the heatsink. As it is set up right there, the heatsink isn't doing shit, these servers almost never run open like that so the fan configuration provides enough airflow for the CPU, but open like that, there's not enough airflow to cool that CPU, at least not quietly. Slap something like a hyper 212 evo or some other random cooler on it to improve massively on the noise situation (though the server might be unhappy if you remove the fans).
With the current lockdown situation I found your channel and absolutely enjoy it. Years ago I build my pc myself starting with a good old 486 one but stopped at some point due to not gaming that much and went for a laptop to work on and console to play. After all your vids I consider building something x99. Thinking e5-2660v3 with quad channel memory and an rx480. Question is what x99 board, 32 Gb of RAM or 16 and 4 or 8 gb on the rx480 and last but not least what power supply?
Why don't you case mod it for a PART 2? put the lid back on and tuck the gfx card on the top via a DIY mounting bracket AND a riser cabel. Thus, the server rack can be put up vertically like a book. Bonus, a U shaped feet so the rack does not fall over easily/does not need to be mealing against a table leg.
I use to convert cheap servers into desktop PC...but that boat sailed awhile back as "cheap" servers aren't really a thing anymore. At the time, I was able to buy decent used servers for $30-60, as I had an agreement with a local tech business. With current pricing, it's generally not worth it, as a lot of labour is involved.
Having worked with those types of dell servers over the years, I know how loud the fans can be. Did you not find the whooshing air sound annoying or did you manage to combat that?
Main stipulation is seeing of the intended server, can support / accept a dGPU. Some older server units just won't accept anything, via baked hardware restrictions.
Good thing about a server gaming pc is that you can use leftover ram as a ram disk for asset loading; servers can use tons of it. And if you wanted to make use of it when you're working or asleep, you could do crypto currency to work off the cost.
That cooling block on the CPU is designed to be blown through from the side. Those are really only useful in a closed case with a constant airflow through the case. I'd really just rip out that board, put it into a $25 ATX case, and hack up a different cooling solution.
why dont you mount the Gpu flat with a PCI-e 90* adapter or Riser cable? and jugding by the screw position around the socket, would it be able to attach a ryzen cooler onto it? or a standard AM3 cooler with the plastic frame?
same comment i said on the pc parts hunt of january 2021: new tech YES meta: buy old server racks, move them to standard cases, add a graphics card, BOOM gaming pc
Very interesting video, a great and green re/upcycle of old tech that would have ended up in the landfill. I hope someone gets some use out of it. Just FYI I think you made a typo on the SSD price, 30 usd / 22 aus. Yeah Cyberpunk is brutal, my 3060ti can barely average 60fps at 1440p with RTX and DLSS on. Some drops to sub 40's around the megabuildings. On the other end I get a locked 165hz on my other fave game atm Elite Dangerous, could prob do that at 4k as well.
Brilliant. While others fixate on shilling for the pluts, you're actually keeping e-waste leachates from poisoning groundwater and filling landfills and instead converting them into competitive systems. Keep it up son!
What's the spray u always use for making old pc stuff to look new? Silicone? Also why 1050 Ti, when HD 7970 or maybe GTX 680 is much faster and about half the price or less..? :- )
Sucks about the power supply. Would be awesome to see if that server could take a Xeon Gold 6128 (6 core 3.4-3.7ghz) or Xeon Gold 6134 (8 core 3.2-3.7ghz) and drop a higher power GPU in it to see what it can really do.
Wendell over at TekSyndicate (when he was there) did a desktop build with a server board to get similar results (it was a few years back, so an earlier generation). Getting the board into a tower case, etc., was...non-trivial, to say the least. It involved tap-and-die work, for example, to get new mounting points for the board since it's obviously not ATX. Still, the end result was a perfectly usable gaming PC if you accepted some limitations (somewhat limited IO, no expansion options beyond the video card and so forth).
basically server cpu is still rocking in 2021 finally i found a good cpu for my Gigabyte z77 a Xeon e3-1230 v2 and yes it work like a champion in Apex Legend with GTX 1050 ti and the cpu is cheaper than its i7 counterpart. Love your content Bryan it always give a hope.
I would never do one of these server builds but I love watching them come together. My latest fix has been far cry 3. At 3440x1440, everything cranked all the way up, my 9700k/2080fe will usually run it between 60-80fps lol. It isn't cyber mess bad but very VERY poorly optimized.
You could always take out the original power button and stuff and find a sacrificial case, and some patience. You in the end could ditch the server rack as your case.
I just got a 4 socket, 64 core, AMD, 765GB EEC Ram, 8x 2.5' SAS Bays, w/ 12 Bay SAS Controller, 4x 10GB Nic Ports, and 4x 1250 watt PSUs, HP DL585 for $150. I'm calling it the HP Thick Client. When I'm done it will have 54TB of storage, over 1TB of RAM, 1080ti, 10GB fiber, and I refuse to spend more than $500 on it. I plan on starting a channel reviewing Open Source OS Images and explainer videos for Windows Server Roles.
doing it all the time, even move them to different case, working in IT gives me them sometime free, sorting used or even new low profile 1030 or any AMD card doesn't takes long.
@@QuanLovesGaming I guess you mean help desk, so if Microsoft is your game, then Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator is what you need next. We hire on regular basis but I not in USA or Australia.
Fortnite's new "performance mode" where you select your API makes a GT 1030 nearly enough for a 144hz monitor. It really opens up the possibilities for low end hardware.
It's not a server rack.... it's a rack mount server... big difference :P. (a server rack is a cabinet in which servers, network, power and other hardware is mounted. specifically what you have is a 1U (single unit) rack mount server - you can get server racks ranging in sizes from 4RU to 50RU).
I have a pc with a i7 2600, asus b75m-a, r9 280x and a Corsair vs550 and it keeps going into surge protection. Tried another vs550 also goes into surge protection. Same with a other asus b75m-a board. I tried the gpu and cpu in my test system that’s also has a known working vs550 (has handled 290x’s in the past) and they both work fine. Are both these psu’s faulty or did they just lose some 12v rail juice over time? These psu’s work fine without the gpu in stresstest. Don’t currently have a lower end card so can’t try if that does work. What are your thoughts?
The tiny fans boosted to full speed because the top cover was off, and the air wasn't being blown over the cpu cooler. Once you boot it with the cover on the fans should spin and it will be quieter, should be ok for a cheap desk non-graphical pc.
could always make it pretty. cut a slit for the graphics card in the top plate, and another wone for a noctua Socket 2011 cooler, fix the GPU in with a self made clamp or stripe of metal, mount the modified top plate, give the whole thing a nice graffiti job and then wallmount it. bang, you now got a PC and art on the wall.
If the 1u unit is free , then grab it. You can buy a regular system board from China for $50. Fit the CPU and RAM and use an old junk PC for the case and PSU. Still come in under $200.
If you used a PCIe extender ribbon, could you lay that video card down and put the case back on? I'm thinking maybe but you might have to cut out some holes for its fans... open air gaming rigs are for people without cats.
I remember there used to a 5.25 optical bay sized power supply for graphics cards only made by FSP, a 450w unit, they would be useful for some situations, although I guess it's not made anymore since most cases don't have optical bays anymore.
Be careful and consider using something like linux or maybe BSD for that instead of mswindows desktop OS. You can find gadgets (to make a gagdet chain) to do a ROP attack (Return Orientated Programming) on various intructions sets _(and available registers to move instructions in and out of, e.g. stack-overflow, heap-overflow, redirection of pointers)_ on a server if you are not using the appropriate up to date operating-system for all those spare unused bits of hardware on the server. You'd be safer with linux (at least it is something), but using mswindows10 (not intended for a server) could leave a great many security vulnerabilities. On a server (because you can plug in many more different PCI-e cards or other IO) you have a much wider address space (range) that a desktop pc (IOMMU, ACPI) and without updates it can be a vulnerability. See this an an opportunity to use cheap servers for linux gaming (vulkan?) instead of mswindows on those servers. Or get an up to date server OS by microsoft to run on it. Server2012 trials can be installed each few months for a couple of years. You can game on that somewhat. Sometimes server2016 too.
Its official, Xeons are the savior of bang for buck pc gaming
At this point just buy a ryzen 3
@@breckr1121 ryzen 3 3100 = 110 bucks
e5 1620 4c/8t + mobo + ram from aliexpress = 120 bucks.
@@breckr1121 ryzen are pricey as hell.. the became what they swore to destroy
Xeon e3 1225v2 here!
@@calvitocalvon1711 no, they're stiil best price performance on new market. ryzen 5 2600x for 120 dollars off aliexpress imo is best bang for buck new cpu rn
Rack servers really are so much fun to mess around with! I've recently started dabbling and picked up a 18u rack on the cheap with a couple ibm 3650 m3 servers to practice on, ordered a 4u chassis too so i can mount my main rig in it :D
noise and slow boot up time as theres a lot going on. HP Proliant DL360 G7 have a PCI-Ex16 slot with power connector inside, plus PCI-Ex8 slot. so GPU and USB3 card can be fitted. can be had for $100 plus, usable ones for $200 nice ones $400.
Anybody fancy one, read up the specs, compare between and go look at the manuals, all available free on OEM websites.
A tower server can be a lot less hassle. standard everything mostly.
When garbage become treasure.
Everything is possible if you have techyes love
when garbage becomes garbage
no, is not...
Hell yeah man get old servers like this and just keep converting them.
I love the Galax white layout on the 1050ti.
I have a 2070 with the same layout myself and it looks amazing in white cases. Also the design with 2x 100mm fans is very good, keeps any card in check.
It looks awesome, I was surprised taking off the cooler too, attention to detail was mint on this one.
looks like a fun little project ^.^
like getting back to the roots of pc building right here
Love this kind of stuff The roots of TYC, the, YES man bringing the most awesome content. Cheers bro!
I always get back to watching these videos, maybe a part of it is due to nostalgia because it’s what taught me all I know about PC Building and flipping, but I think it’s just because they’re SO much well made and really incarnate what passion for hardware really is. Bryan you’re the best!
Dude I love your videos so much, I also really like the Server stuff!
Been following since 2015 or so and your content just get's better ;)
CyberMess 2077 lol loved that touch
Cyberfuck 2077 is also optional 😂
cyberfungi to be exact 😂
Cybertrash 1977
last time i was this early i still went to school
Haha.... good for you....for me nothing changed still has to wake up early 5 days á week and go to work since March 2020 to Feb 2021. They promised more money continue working in this situation..... No! At the end earnd less money than in a normal year. What fucked up times. I love PC gaming....and loved to upgrade my PC this year to distract me a little bit from the happenings all around the world. No again.... Prices for PC parts are crazy high this time around and no console to buy in the meantime. Everything is crazy since Feb. 2020!
@@vladrogonja2012 i, i am so sorry. online classes are still a pain, but i'm wishing the best for you. hopefully this pandemic dies down and you can enjoy pc gaming again!
@@yor0z808 online classes are indirect a pain for me too. My son is complaining everyday about it how ridiculous are the things the teachers want from him.
@@vladrogonja2012 it's tough and to be honest, also kind of pointless considering the fact that no one learns anything anyway.
@@yor0z808 Thats the point. The goals is to dumbdown the kids.
You could put the motherboard into an older Mid-tower Dell Optiplex like a 7010 or 790, and the power supplies are rated for 275w but can easily be upgraded with a regular standard form factor power supply.
Is it just me or does the 1050 ti in this vid look too nice for its performance
Great PC for gamers on a budget
I just subscribed a few hours ago and i gotta say, THIS IS THE TYPE OF CONTENT IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR
I'm amazed that you got given a 230, we have so many of them in production, they're beastly little boxes.
Edit: The ones being sold at 11:43 are R210, maybe R210 IIs and they use DDR3 memory, whereas the 230 that you had will use DDR4 and are generally still pretty pricey as they are still in production.
Most surprising part of the video was getting a GTX 1050ti for $120.... Those are going for $200 here in Canada... Great content as usual
If you look on Kijiji, you can find high end R9s for ~100-150
200 in cad or usd?
@@ErikAdalbertvanNagel that price point is outdated now, now GTX 1050 (2GB) are going for $200 CAD, and GTX 1050ti are $300+
@@ErikAdalbertvanNagel Canadian. Prices are higher now though, R9 380 seems to be going for 200ish now, while a 1050-ti is 250+. A search in Toronto (biggest city in Canada) has 4 listed within $20 of $200, without leaving the general toronto area. Much cheaper alternative to buying a 1050ti. If you're looking throughout the whole country, there's a few listings like this one in my area, that's $150 for an R9 280x.
Do some looking and it's still possible to buy a decent GPU
it wouldn't let me send the links
this is it right here, even the happy look in your face looks happier when youre doing this stuff.
i follow you since Japan times because of videos like this.
dont get me wrong, i like all your videos man, the like button is the first thing i click after opening the videos because your aproach to everything.
just keep it up . cheers from Portugal
I have to say 31fps average in Cyberpunk is pretty damn impressive given what it's running on. Great video man
for an old pos consoie maybe...is this channel about old shit and the people who cant get better shit pretending shits still good?
@@wtf847 Well yeah lol, it might as well be an old POS console, except more versatile. Though from what I've seen with even the PS5 you're still lucky if you see a solid 60 fps in Cyberpunk. He was getting 100+ fps in some of the less demanding and more popular titles anyway.
As far as the channel goes, hell if i know lol. I don't think anyone's pretending it's good stuff, probably more so "look what I was able to do with this thing that was never intended to do this" and for 200 bucks. It's entertaining, no need to hate on people who can't afford the latest unavailable hardware
@@wtf847 No, this channel is about finding the best value performance in your price class, you don't need an new ryzen 8 core and a 3080 to start gaming.
@@anderseriksson4812 no you dont but you want something that gets you nice framerate and nice graphics otherwise its not a great experience on a pc be honest with yourself your using the far end of a range of parts to justify the bottom end aging pc parts that belong in a museum lol there are newer budget 6 core cpu like the ryzen 5 3600 and budget gpu like the rtx 2060 save your fuckin money a lil longer stop constantly wasting it on scrapyard parts and get a taste for what real gaming on pc is about
@@anderseriksson4812 mb
A fun project. On a lot of servers the power stages are ... quite tight. And some components assume the high airflow throughput and assume there will be air moving across them. Its cheap enough that no harm no foul.
I actually think that there could be a crazy market for someone to make a universal PC case that could take these mobos. After all, bottom line, they would be cheap and just have the slots and connectors in odd placement.
I've seen you use a lot MX-4 in your videos, has GD-900 fallen out of your grace or whats up? Still have some tubes of GD-900 and was wondering if it actually ain't good ;O
6:29 it's so much of a mess the 1% actually exceeds the average, definitely my first time seeing such a thing
You had performance mode enabled in Fortnite, it almost doubles the framerate of the game.
Tanki Online player spotted in the wild
@@dwmexe9474 Hah, Good old Times :) The game isn't what it used to be.
I wanted to do this once but didn’t know if it was possible!
Yeah, it's very simple. If you have mobo, cpu, ram, hard drive, psu, you already have a Pc. Just need a Graphics Card for better performance
why wouldnt it be possible. a server is basically just a pc.
But you have to watch out for the GPU side of things. Dont put in very high end GPU. 1 thing is because of the low wattage power supply . 2nd thing is most older servers especially 1U size ones that were not meant to put GPU inside have no PCI-E X16 support. The slot is X16, but it is only electrically running at x8 because they were only meant to put high-end network adaptors which doesn't need X16 speed.
Same bro
@@fleurdewin7958 mb
Loved 🥰 this one. More “odd” conversions like this would be cool 😎. Especially with this awful GPU situation.
I bow to the master. Brian, you are a computer god. I love your projects.
when the garbage server better than your PC
me: *cries on the corner*
It's not garbage. Just a bit old. With a replaced heatsink and new GPU, and an SSD it's as good as most new PCs.
You probably just need to do the same to improve yours.
@@justsomeone5314 sorry >.<
tho i have SSD but its just lag xD
It's actually not garbage, it can go for 75-150$.
If I were you I'd buy an old brand pc, put in an SSD for bootdrive, upgrade the ram, repaste it (as said earlier) and ofc put a decent GPU in it.
You can get a decent gaming pc like this for around 100-150$.
You should make a custom casing around it! Maybe something form factor and tinted casing?? With some RGB lights?
Hi loving your channel so far! I'd like to know what you use to clean old PC parts?
I love this type of content! This video and the ones that you used the older Xeon processors really got me thinking.
Cybermess 2077 , LOL...the a floating bike . XD
One concern - most 1U servers rely on those fans you removed to cool components on the board. By taking them out and the kid off, you may now have components not being cooked enough.
My suggestion would be to use one of this.riser/extenders to make the card external,.and J stall noctua fans in ace of the loud factory ones. That solves the coming issue and sound issue.
Really good re-using old hardware 🥳
This is pretty cool recycling stuff! Btw why the mx-4? You ran out of the good gd900?
This is why TYC is special, You just don't find any other similar channels doing this kind of stuff and i love it!! (Not to mention Bryan/Brian is a sexy bloke too ) :D
great video. love ur channel. just a little correction, the server rack is where u actually mount the RACK SERVERS in ;)
Nice score. Others in the comments mentioned wall mounting, but I had another idea: DIY All-In-One. I really like the idea of turning a cheap as chips old 32"-40" LCD TV in to an AIO PC.
Would be more convenient, space efficient, (hopefully) safe, and attractive option than an open top server rack on the table.
This is a Rack Server, not a Server Rack. A Server Rack is a cabinet where you install Rack Servers in.
Congratulations. No one cares!
@@saucon751 I did
Omg, Brian did my head in calling them server racks. Lmao
thanks to your tips i finally bit the bullet and got a xeon 2690v2 and a 128gb of ram for super cheap. 2nd hand server hardware is not only cheap but still has a lot of life left in it.
I used to have to use this channel but now i have a sick gaming rig. Now i watch because this is tye best pc channel ever
Damn, 140 dollars for a Skylake CPU and 1050Ti system, truly incredible
For real, this whole thing was a steal... 140 dollars for a machine that will last quite a while for e-sports games and some AAA games, it's amazing.
@@zireael666 yeah it really was, 1U servers with E3-1220 v5's with 16GB+ Ram often sell north of 500 Euros, and that's without a discrete gpu.
@@zireael666 e sport specific. mb
Skylake CPU and motherboard is especially good for that price.
Love to see the side panel back on with the graphics card sticking out. Would be like a hotted up car with the supercharger sticking out of the bonnet! 😎
Not a bad idea! Would be cool! 😎 Could ad a cage as shield not to break the gpu.
The music backing this video almost reminds me of something that Moog would do from Mighty Car Mods.
The biggest issue with the Dell servers is that many of them (especially the tower models) are antagonistic to graphics cards.
yep. i had to use a circular saw just to get a gpu to fit in my server. the worst part is that i also had to use a janky setup combined with my psu just to make it work
You certainly do some pretty amazing stuff plus its a bit unique as well lol.. well done..I actually think I recognized the guy u got the server off..if its the same guy he lives in the Logan City area I won't say the suburb..lol
Hey Brian, the Max Max supercharger springs to my mind. Use your Dremel to cut that top server panel and refit it? Great to see the gaming server rack! Enjoyed that!!
I've waited for this! Great!
2:30 You don't want to replace the fans, you want to replace the heatsink. As it is set up right there, the heatsink isn't doing shit, these servers almost never run open like that so the fan configuration provides enough airflow for the CPU, but open like that, there's not enough airflow to cool that CPU, at least not quietly. Slap something like a hyper 212 evo or some other random cooler on it to improve massively on the noise situation (though the server might be unhappy if you remove the fans).
Tech yes an turning trash to gold love it
With the current lockdown situation I found your channel and absolutely enjoy it. Years ago I build my pc myself starting with a good old 486 one but stopped at some point due to not gaming that much and went for a laptop to work on and console to play.
After all your vids I consider building something x99. Thinking e5-2660v3 with quad channel memory and an rx480. Question is what x99 board, 32 Gb of RAM or 16 and 4 or 8 gb on the rx480 and last but not least what power supply?
For long term, should trace out where the gpu is and cut the lid so you can use the original fans to force air into all the components
Why don't you case mod it for a PART 2?
put the lid back on and tuck the gfx card on the top via a DIY mounting bracket AND a riser cabel.
Thus, the server rack can be put up vertically like a book. Bonus, a U shaped feet so the rack does not fall over easily/does not need to be mealing against a table leg.
I use to convert cheap servers into desktop PC...but that boat sailed awhile back as "cheap" servers aren't really a thing anymore. At the time, I was able to buy decent used servers for $30-60, as I had an agreement with a local tech business. With current pricing, it's generally not worth it, as a lot of labour is involved.
I really have been enjoying your videos, keep the amazing work you're doing, stay safe
now what case would be ideal for this? and better cpu cooler?
The white graphics card is so Beautiful.
Having worked with those types of dell servers over the years, I know how loud the fans can be. Did you not find the whooshing air sound annoying or did you manage to combat that?
Main stipulation is seeing of the intended server, can support / accept a dGPU. Some older server units just won't accept anything, via baked hardware restrictions.
Good thing about a server gaming pc is that you can use leftover ram as a ram disk for asset loading; servers can use tons of it. And if you wanted to make use of it when you're working or asleep, you could do crypto currency to work off the cost.
I love messing around with old server stuff.
That cooling block on the CPU is designed to be blown through from the side. Those are really only useful in a closed case with a constant airflow through the case. I'd really just rip out that board, put it into a $25 ATX case, and hack up a different cooling solution.
Done it have few servers, but older Xeon servers use proprietary HDD connector s so it takes more tinkering
Hey Brian thanks for you Tech Yes Lovin. I bought a windows key with the 30% discount. cheers mate.
why dont you mount the Gpu flat with a PCI-e 90* adapter or Riser cable? and jugding by the screw position around the socket, would it be able to attach a ryzen cooler onto it? or a standard AM3 cooler with the plastic frame?
@J Fz i was just curious about the screw placement which looked simular to like a AM3 board or something but obviously its not the same
same comment i said on the pc parts hunt of january 2021:
new tech YES meta: buy old server racks, move them to standard cases, add a graphics card, BOOM gaming pc
ROFL! this is a next level build What is the Wattage on this thing ? does it have two PSUs ?
Very interesting video, a great and green re/upcycle of old tech that would have ended up in the landfill. I hope someone gets some use out of it.
Just FYI I think you made a typo on the SSD price, 30 usd / 22 aus.
Yeah Cyberpunk is brutal, my 3060ti can barely average 60fps at 1440p with RTX and DLSS on. Some drops to sub 40's around the megabuildings. On the other end I get a locked 165hz on my other fave game atm Elite Dangerous, could prob do that at 4k as well.
This guy is pc magician. What a beast
Would it be worth it to try and convert the main components of the system into a tower case?
Brilliant. While others fixate on shilling for the pluts, you're actually keeping e-waste leachates from poisoning groundwater and filling landfills and instead converting them into competitive systems. Keep it up son!
What's the spray u always use for making old pc stuff to look new? Silicone? Also why 1050 Ti, when HD 7970 or maybe GTX 680 is much faster and about half the price or less..? :- )
Always been a thought to build a budget work station/gaming pc out of one of these. Biggest advantage to being so flat you can mount it on a wall.
I like this build. This is true Tech Yes City! Greetings from Austria!
Sucks about the power supply. Would be awesome to see if that server could take a Xeon Gold 6128 (6 core 3.4-3.7ghz) or Xeon Gold 6134 (8 core 3.2-3.7ghz) and drop a higher power GPU in it to see what it can really do.
Man, you had more hurdles than the Summer Olympics. I love to watch you do outside of the box stuff like this but I would never, lol.
Wendell over at TekSyndicate (when he was there) did a desktop build with a server board to get similar results (it was a few years back, so an earlier generation). Getting the board into a tower case, etc., was...non-trivial, to say the least. It involved tap-and-die work, for example, to get new mounting points for the board since it's obviously not ATX. Still, the end result was a perfectly usable gaming PC if you accepted some limitations (somewhat limited IO, no expansion options beyond the video card and so forth).
Dell model R420's are a good option, look for ones with the 550W PS.
basically server cpu is still rocking in 2021 finally i found a good cpu for my Gigabyte z77 a Xeon e3-1230 v2 and yes it work like a champion in Apex Legend with GTX 1050 ti and the cpu is cheaper than its i7 counterpart. Love your content Bryan it always give a hope.
I would never do one of these server builds but I love watching them come together. My latest fix has been far cry 3. At 3440x1440, everything cranked all the way up, my 9700k/2080fe will usually run it between 60-80fps lol. It isn't cyber mess bad but very VERY poorly optimized.
You should try mounting it underneath an IKEA desk. Could make a cheap budget desk pc.
Pretty cool. Dell makes some PowerEdge desktop servers too that can be had for a good price sometimes and easier to mod.
You could always take out the original power button and stuff and find a sacrificial case, and some patience. You in the end could ditch the server rack as your case.
I just got a 4 socket, 64 core, AMD, 765GB EEC Ram, 8x 2.5' SAS Bays, w/ 12 Bay SAS Controller, 4x 10GB Nic Ports, and 4x 1250 watt PSUs, HP DL585 for $150. I'm calling it the HP Thick Client. When I'm done it will have 54TB of storage, over 1TB of RAM, 1080ti, 10GB fiber, and I refuse to spend more than $500 on it. I plan on starting a channel reviewing Open Source OS Images and explainer videos for Windows Server Roles.
doing it all the time, even move them to different case, working in IT gives me them sometime free, sorting used or even new low profile 1030 or any AMD card doesn't takes long.
I'm trying to get into a halo desk role. What certs should I go for? I already have the A+.
@@QuanLovesGaming I guess you mean help desk, so if Microsoft is your game, then Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator is what you need next. We hire on regular basis but I not in USA or Australia.
Fortnite's new "performance mode" where you select your API makes a GT 1030 nearly enough for a 144hz monitor. It really opens up the possibilities for low end hardware.
A great example of, increase in the popularity of Griffen goods
It's not a server rack.... it's a rack mount server... big difference :P. (a server rack is a cabinet in which servers, network, power and other hardware is mounted. specifically what you have is a 1U (single unit) rack mount server - you can get server racks ranging in sizes from 4RU to 50RU).
I'm amazed by that CPU temp, that fan is doing absolutely nothing on top of that closed top server heatsink XD
Do you realy use new cpu fun on the top of the covered heatsink? Air can not go thrue the pasive at all after that, or am I wrong? :)
most servers use a 90 degree pci e adapter on the graphics card, I think it will work good here and close the server rack.
I have a pc with a i7 2600, asus b75m-a, r9 280x and a Corsair vs550 and it keeps going into surge protection. Tried another vs550 also goes into surge protection. Same with a other asus b75m-a board. I tried the gpu and cpu in my test system that’s also has a known working vs550 (has handled 290x’s in the past) and they both work fine. Are both these psu’s faulty or did they just lose some 12v rail juice over time? These psu’s work fine without the gpu in stresstest. Don’t currently have a lower end card so can’t try if that does work. What are your thoughts?
Desk pc on a budget if you dont count the plane engine sound
The tiny fans boosted to full speed because the top cover was off, and the air wasn't being blown over the cpu cooler. Once you boot it with the cover on the fans should spin and it will be quieter, should be ok for a cheap desk non-graphical pc.
could always make it pretty. cut a slit for the graphics card in the top plate, and another wone for a noctua Socket 2011 cooler, fix the GPU in with a self made clamp or stripe of metal, mount the modified top plate, give the whole thing a nice graffiti job and then wallmount it. bang, you now got a PC and art on the wall.
6:25 yes that's the reason behind cyber mess 2077.
If the 1u unit is free , then grab it. You can buy a regular system board from China for $50. Fit the CPU and RAM and use an old junk PC for the case and PSU. Still come in under $200.
This shows how 2021 is already a great year for pc gaming /s
Is it the Tech Yes City effect but the prices for PowerEdge R230 on Ebay are just crazy ??
Those are the real prices... Brian was sure lucky enough to find one of these for free! They go for 500€+.
If you used a PCIe extender ribbon, could you lay that video card down and put the case back on? I'm thinking maybe but you might have to cut out some holes for its fans... open air gaming rigs are for people without cats.
I remember there used to a 5.25 optical bay sized power supply for graphics cards only made by FSP, a 450w unit, they would be useful for some situations, although I guess it's not made anymore since most cases don't have optical bays anymore.
Damn. I'm jealous of the idrac 8 on the 13th gen servers.
Be careful and consider using something like linux or maybe BSD for that instead of mswindows desktop OS. You can find gadgets (to make a gagdet chain) to do a ROP attack (Return Orientated Programming) on various intructions sets _(and available registers to move instructions in and out of, e.g. stack-overflow, heap-overflow, redirection of pointers)_ on a server if you are not using the appropriate up to date operating-system for all those spare unused bits of hardware on the server. You'd be safer with linux (at least it is something), but using mswindows10 (not intended for a server) could leave a great many security vulnerabilities.
On a server (because you can plug in many more different PCI-e cards or other IO) you have a much wider address space (range) that a desktop pc (IOMMU, ACPI) and without updates it can be a vulnerability.
See this an an opportunity to use cheap servers for linux gaming (vulkan?) instead of mswindows on those servers. Or get an up to date server OS by microsoft to run on it. Server2012 trials can be installed each few months for a couple of years. You can game on that somewhat. Sometimes server2016 too.