01-30-2009, 05:11 AM
Hi, I am thinking about buying a Dell poweredge 840 and I am uncertain on what I should choose.
What's included, if not customized:
a Pentium® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E4600 at 2.4GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB
1GB RAM, DDR2, 667MHz
250GB, SATA, 3.5-inch, 7.200 rpm Hard Drive
And some other things.
Available upgrades:
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor X3220/X3230, 2x4MB Cache, 2.4GHz/2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB
Intel® Core 2 Duo® E4700, 2.6GHz, 2MB Cache, 800MHz FSB
Up to 8GB RAM, DDR2, 667MHz
And some other stuff (like a better hard driver etc.).
What I want to do is running up to 5 game servers as a start, perhaps one or two left 4 dead servers for my Steam group and the rest I don't know.
Would 2-4GB RAM, dual core be able to handle this, or would it require quad and more RAM?
And also what would be the best OS to run, Linux or Windows?
Sorry for it being my first post.
What's included, if not customized:
a Pentium® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E4600 at 2.4GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB
1GB RAM, DDR2, 667MHz
250GB, SATA, 3.5-inch, 7.200 rpm Hard Drive
And some other things.
Available upgrades:
Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor X3220/X3230, 2x4MB Cache, 2.4GHz/2.66GHz, 1066MHz FSB
Intel® Core 2 Duo® E4700, 2.6GHz, 2MB Cache, 800MHz FSB
Up to 8GB RAM, DDR2, 667MHz
And some other stuff (like a better hard driver etc.).
What I want to do is running up to 5 game servers as a start, perhaps one or two left 4 dead servers for my Steam group and the rest I don't know.
Would 2-4GB RAM, dual core be able to handle this, or would it require quad and more RAM?
And also what would be the best OS to run, Linux or Windows?
Sorry for it being my first post.