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Hi all. Bit of a newbie. I'm looking to buy an oldish server on ebay to make a file server for my office. It will store a huge number of image files and a mysql database. It will need redundancy so was thinking raid1. Excluding drives budget is only about $400. My research suggests that the sas...

Hi I am looking for a used server like r410 or others which have 2-3 x16 slots to which I can connect a GPU. The power connector can probably be made custom but the PCIe slot needs to exist to connect a NVIDIA 1070 so tha I can use it. DOes anyone have suggestion?

hello everyone, i hope you are doing great I'm looking forward to start a gaming community of my own, fps games mostly. i want to host servers in old cod games, cs and maybe something else. To do all that i need to rent a sever, but i want a trial to see how things are going before i put my...

Hi I a looking to buy one of these https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-R210-VII-QUAD-CORE-3-30GHZ-E3-1240-4GB-500GB-SERVER-QTY-AVAILABLE/133382555484?hash=item1f0e38475c:g:-BEAAOSwZDlei8An. I am wondering if I would be able to connect a GPU(1070) to it ...

I want to build a home server which will run 24/7 and will store all my photos and videos of my trips and I can access it from any device connected to my wifi and retrieve the data from it for using and editing. Please guide me step by step guys. Thanks in advance

Hiya, Im on the hunt for a new case that will serve the purpose of acting as a NAS with high storage as well as hosting game servers to reduce the stress of my main computer. While looking around i cant seem to find the "perfect" case that will suit my needs, with that in mind i was hoping i...

Hi, Is there a way to recover/update bios on this board without having t POST? I downgraded the BIOS to a version which is not compatible with already installed CPUs, now it wont POST. I need to get recover/update the BIOS without having to buy a processor which is compatible with the version...

Hi, I have a problem with my motherboard. I bought a used Intel S5520HC Motherboard and two Intel Xeon X5650. Everything is fine, if I only have one CPU installed but if install the second CPU the PC doesnt boot anymore. Beep Code 1-5-4-4 . After googling a little, I found out that you have to...

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I wanted to get the community's input and ideas. Hello friends, i have built a decent rig with a Xeon E5-2640 V4 , 256 GBs DDR4 ECC, Nvme ssd , asrock x99 extreme4 mobo and an Evga 1080ti. what's your take on the rig? It may be best to say that the cpu and some components were free for me so...

Hi! I'm a bit lost when it comes to server hardware specifications. I'm planning on hiring some cloud servers to deploy Windows 10 client virtual machines (2 at least, meaby more on the future) and I need them to perform tasks such as video editing on Premiere, photo editing on Photoshop or...

Are there any options for a NAS software that works with Windows 10? I know the NAS software NextCloud is popular, but it only works with Ubuntu Linux.

I am in the process of creating my own home server, but since I am new to this I am not sure what OS would be the best for me to use. In addition to being a NAS, I would want the server to be able to burn media and have the potential to be a game server.

Hello I have been looking for a while now to build a unRaid server for my home. My current situation: I already got a 12-bay hot-swap case, which I am going to use. It is bought used, and I'm trying to do it on a budget without compromising to much on perfomance. The hardware i chosen for...

Hey there. Whenever I try to run a Minecraft server, my friends can no longer join. It worked just 2 weeks ago. My port forwarding and firewall settings are all working. When I use another Wi-Fi network, it works perfectly. Over on the network I usually use, I cannot join my friend's server...

I've been reading about this for days, but i just can't figure out exactly what i need to do. If i wanted to access my plex server, but im unable to port forward (no access to main router) how would i go about doing this? I've read about reverse tunneling, also tried to make an OpenVPN server...