project back from the dead (£45)

[Pohly]

need to rebuild my family server that is being used for cctv cameras and general streaming as it is currently using an old p3 and 256mb ddr ram (i remember when we first got it in 2002 i think it cost £400 bit less than that now ). so a quick look in the loft at all my old bits of kit and found some reasonably good stuff.

all the bits I salvaged from the loft

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  intel e6400 @2.13
  gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo mobo
  4gb Kingston 800MHz ram
  120gb 2.5" hdd (taking from an old laptop)
  ati 1300pro 256mb ddr2 gpu (what a beast )
  80mm fan

bits taken out the old server

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  250gb ide hdd
  cd rom drive (yes cd rom going to make installing windows tricky )
  cctv camera pci adapter

parts I had to buy

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK Opera Media Case - Black (with 500W PSU) £39.98
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Low Profile CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £4.99
Total : £55.48 (includes shipping : £8.75).

the case and cooler should come tomorrow so i will start the build on Saturday

 

[Muel]

Pretty sure that's the board my brother has got, also pretty sure the on-board graphics is more powerful than that card. Would be well off checking that out.

 

[Pohly]

yeh that's a good point because they are both quick old it is hard to find much on them so will do a test with the gpu and one with on-board when the system is up and running to see.

 

[Muel]

Still a recent board that though. Bought my brother's for him about a year ago. The on-board graphics is a Intel GMA X4500. Enough for youtube videos so for server use, should be fine? I'd avoid having a separate graphics card in my server at all cost, keep the power usage down!

 

[cereal3]

Integrated graphics will probably be fine

 

[Pohly]

after a 3am building sesh this morning it is up and running

was quite surprised at how tidy this case looked not bad for the price

mother board installed shame about the super short 4 pin :/

ide we meet again

the finished product

sorry about the blurry pics i was tired ;P after installing windows i noticed that the cpu temps where on the super high side 55 at idle so i swapped the cooler 180 and used some mx4 dropped it to 38 still high at load 64 but for a £5 cooler not bad i brought a couple of 60mm fans off the bay to use as exhaust should shave a few degrees hopefully

 

[jamesfreddie]

Do you have a wattage meter?

Do you also have a multimeter?

I was wondering how much wattage the thing used and also how good the voltages where on the PSU.

It looks quite nice.

 

[Pohly]

i have a multimeter lying around somewhere if you want me to fish it out. our eon watt meter thing at full load on cpu it runs at ~120w (plus about 20 for when gpu runs 100%) so its nothing really at idle just recording the cameras its only like 40-70w

and i have managed to sort the temperatures issue by lowering the cpu vcore from 1.35v to 1.06v (prime stable for 4 hours) it has knocked about 15 degree off and only hits 50degrees load and will use a lot less power too

plus guys i am having an odd problem with my server monitor an old 17" lcd thing it boots up fine and have a display when the graphics drivers are not installed (both on board or gpu) but as soon as they are installed i get an message on the monitor saying "input not supported" i have made sure that it is running at 50hz and 1024*768 but still nothing plug it into my monitor and it works fine :/