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So i purchased a Thinkserver TS140 to do a few tasks and its great. However it would be even greater to use it for a little gaming as a steambox or what ever. So the spec is
Xeon E3-1226 v3 3.3GHz
8gb ECC ram
stock motherboard with 2X PCI-e slots X16 and a X4
Now i know i will have to replace the PSU as its only 350watts and has no PCI-e power so will need a new PSU and the adapter to turn the 24pin into the 14 pin on the mobo. But im thinking if i chuck a 970 into it then it should game reasonably well as its basically a i5 4690?
Is there any technical issues im likely to come up against ? with either the motherboard or the Xeon and a GPU ?
Was not sure what section to post in as its a bit of a mixed bag.
Xeon E3-1226 v3 3.3GHz
8gb ECC ram
stock motherboard with 2X PCI-e slots X16 and a X4
Now i know i will have to replace the PSU as its only 350watts and has no PCI-e power so will need a new PSU and the adapter to turn the 24pin into the 14 pin on the mobo. But im thinking if i chuck a 970 into it then it should game reasonably well as its basically a i5 4690?
Is there any technical issues im likely to come up against ? with either the motherboard or the Xeon and a GPU ?
Was not sure what section to post in as its a bit of a mixed bag.