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New (to me) Xeon-based server

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So my current server, which is finally physically built but not set up yet has the following guts:
Phenom II X6 1100T
ASRock 890GX Pro3
16GB GSkill F3-10666CL9D


Recently, I've come across a place that liquidates server-grade hardware. I know it is a little older (Socket 771), but I think it would still be better as a server, and I can get a pretty good deal on the following:

CPUs
2x Xeon E5440 - $100
2x Xeon E5462 - $65
2x Xeon L5430 - $40

Motherboards
Intel Server Board S5000PSL w/ 2x QUAD CORE 2.33GHz XEON CPU - $100
SuperMicro X7DBI+ - $80
SuperMicro X7DWN+ - $35
SuperMicro X7DBE+ - $75

RAM
16GB (4x4GB) PC2-5300 ECC FBDIMM - $90




The main purpose of the server is for media distribution, plus backup/storage of the other machines in the house. I also envision doing some virtual machines. Currently, Fedora or CentOS was planned on being used, along with MDADM software RAID. That decision was made based on the fact that I didn't have ECC RAM for ZFS. If I got some combination of the above, I would probably run ZFS.

Am I crazy for not considering this? I think it would most definitely be an upgrade. And do you guys have any preferences in the above listed hardware? I was really contemplating the L5430 and giving preference to them due to them being 50W. My single 1100T currently is at 125W. Storage is 9x1.5TB hard drives in a (planned) RAID6 (RAIDZ2 if ZFS), with a small 32GB SSD as the system/root drive.
 
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Stick with the AMD setup. It's going to be faster, use a tad less power, and would have significantly more upgrade room when it comes to RAM. Plus, more and faster SATA ports, USB 3.0, etc. Even though you would get ECC RAM with that server setup, it's the relatively slow ECC DDR2 RAM so it's not that good.
 
Dude, still gonna say the same thing I said two weeks ago: You're better off sticking with your AMD setup. That Intel server setup just isn't cheap enough nor is it fast enough to consider switching too.

So what is making you still want that Intel setup?
 
5400 series Xeon's are soooooo old. AMD is far superior (performance-wise). If you must get another server, at least get a 5500 series Xeon, they use DDR3.
 
I use a HP xw6400 as my main home computer. It has 2x Xeon 5160's (3ghz). Besides consuming a ton of power and producing a ton of heat, the major bottlenecks on the system is the Intel 5000x chipset. It only supports PCIe 1.1, and SATA2.
 
Dangman said:
Dude, still gonna say the same thing I said two weeks ago: You're better off sticking with your AMD setup. That Intel server setup just isn't cheap enough nor is it fast enough to consider switching too.

So what is making you still want that Intel setup?
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Nothing making me want that Intel setup. Just wanted more than one opinion, which has now been provided! :cool:
 
I wouldn't waste my time with the 5400-series Xeons. They're old, thirsty, and you can't feasibly load them up with as much RAM.

There are a bunch of used Xeon L5639's floating around on ebay for ~$70. I just bought 2, and got a Supermicro barebones for it (dual LGA1366 1U rackmount) for $150. Spend a little more and do it right, if you're gonna do it.
 
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