IMPORTANT QUESTION ABOUT EXPERIMENTAL COMPUTER PURCHASE

**digital** · 04-09-11, 12:24 PM

On propertyroom.com

The have a couple PC feature Intel XEON processors.

Product Catalog at PropertyRoom.com

I was wondering if it was worth the purchase

**DJ Ms. White** · 04-09-11, 12:41 PM

Why would you want a server processor?

**digital** · 04-09-11, 12:44 PM

for 50 bucks i figure it would be an experiment

**digital** · 04-09-11, 12:54 PM

good idea? bad idea?

**DJ Ms. White** · 04-09-11, 12:56 PM

Just save it towards your PC fund unless you have a need for a home based server that would actually need all the extra features that come with a Xeon processor.

So, in summary: not really good or bad just unnecessary.

**AetheLove** · 04-09-11, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by digital

good idea? bad idea?

I guess it depends on a few things. First: what kind of "Xeon" is it? The brand is more than 10 years old. If it's a Pentium II Xeon, then I'm guessing it would be a fine purchase for use as a door stop that doubled as a space heater.

Second: what do you want to do with it? If it's one of the newer Xeons it would make a badass media server, or a nice workstation for lots of things.

Cheers,

AetheLove

**HeavyG** · 04-09-11, 02:21 PM

I think it is a bad idea. If you want a server for your home, you are better off building in inexpensive PC and throwing Windows Home Server on it.

**DancingCorpse** · 04-09-11, 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by HeavyG

I think it is a bad idea. If you want a server for your home, you are better off building in inexpensive PC and throwing Windows Home Server on it.

You could also just buy a pogoplug and convert it into a server as well.much cheaper than even building a cheap computer to do it.

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**naerok** · 04-09-11, 10:15 PM

bad idea

**HeavyG** · 04-10-11, 03:09 PM

When you decide to upgrade your gaming rig, just convert your old box into a Windows Home Server.

Windows Home Server

I had a home server box for a while, but I scrapped it and just started streaming stuff from my HTPC. When I did have it, I really liked it. It backed up all of the PCs connected to my network... automatically! It was so easy and simple to config. I was adding WD Green drives to it like crazy... had to buy a SATA PCI card as my old motherboard only had 2 SATA ports. I had about 6 drives in there at one time. Now I only have 2 storage drives and a boot drive on my HTPC.

Either way... full blown servers are not necessary in your home. Home Server does pretty much everything you would ever need.