x3550 M2

[shapka]

hi ppl , just wanted to start selling game servers ..

want some professional opinion for this server as start for my business)

what do you think of this server ? should i need to put more ram on start ?

 

IBM Xseries X3550 M2 Server

x3550 M2,Xeon QC E5504 2.0,2x1GB,2.5" HS SAS/SAT

2GB x3 PC3-10600 ECC DDR3 Chipkill VLP RDIMM 1Rank

x2 IBM 500GB 2.5in SFF Slim-HS 7.2K NL SATA HDD

[Derek]

Not sure why you are getting an IBM server take a look at Dell or SuperMicro.

 

Anyhow the machine is a very nice machine but you will want 4GB of memory in that.

[dimitrifrom31]

Not sure why you are getting an IBM server take a look at Dell or SuperMicro.

 

Anyhow the machine is a very nice machine but you will want 4GB of memory in that.

 

2Gb x3 = 6

[Derek]

2Gb x3 = 6

 

Yeah, haaa. It was hard to read. So yeah that machine is a very good machine to start with and wouldnt change anything besides that IBM tag.

[dimitrifrom31]

hi ppl , just wanted to start selling game servers ..

want some professional opinion for this server as start for my business)

what do you think of this server ? should i need to put more ram on start ?

 

IBM Xseries X3550 M2 Server

x3550 M2,Xeon QC E5504 2.0,2x1GB,2.5" HS SAS/SAT

2GB x3 PC3-10600 ECC DDR3 Chipkill VLP RDIMM 1Rank

x2 IBM 500GB 2.5in SFF Slim-HS 7.2K NL SATA HDD

 

 

if u plan to host games such as GTR or arma better go with an 8 core.

I started with X3350 and im now moving to i7-920 and regret that I didnt start directly with it.

[shapka]

ist support up to 2 cpu ,5500 series

[Santino Cid]

Yes, that system will support up to two of the 5500 series Xeons. Per your post it looks as though you have one 5504, rendering you 4 cores. Dual 5504s will give you 8 cores (550x processors has no hyper threading).

 

If you step up to one 5520, you will have 8 cores (4 cores + hyper threading). Dual 5520s will give you 16 cores (8 cores + hyper threading).

 

Some people will talk your ears off about hyper threading having no benefits to hosting game servers, but everyone has their opinion. Do what works for you.

[GodFather]

+1 with Axis

 

I'm all for HT and running servers.

[Derek]

Yes, that system will support up to two of the 5500 series Xeons. Per your post it looks as though you have one 5504, rendering you 4 cores. Dual 5504s will give you 8 cores (550x processors has no hyper threading).

 

If you step up to one 5520, you will have 8 cores (4 cores + hyper threading). Dual 5520s will give you 16 cores (8 cores + hyper threading).

 

Some people will talk your ears off about hyper threading having no benefits to hosting game servers, but everyone has their opinion. Do what works for you.

 

O, the terrible hyper threading haaa

 

It doesn't make the machine worse just sadly doesn't help it either at least last time I used hyper threading but could have got better by now.

[Santino Cid]

We've had rather good results with the i7 920's, and 55XX Xeons and game servers. If the last time you used HT was back with the P4's, you should give it a shot on the Bloomfield and Nehalem families.

[trancemode]

Yeah I love the Dual 55XX Xeons .

its a beast!

 

 

haven't tried the I7 920 yet. for game servers . but im running that on my personal computer .

 

might give that a try.