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#1
oscar5453 - Posted 9:07 am PST 01/9/09 (731 Posts)
#2
dandragonrage - Posted 9:29 am PST 01/9/09 (438 Posts)
AMD? Are they that company that sucks?
#3
junkmonkey - Posted 9:29 am PST 01/9/09 (9 Posts)
Perfect for my wireless connection that have to connect to a VPN for network/internet access.
#4
wifimoocher - Posted 10:19 am PST 01/9/09 (83 Posts)
Yes, it has a built in video that's barely good enough for internet surfing. If you are getting this for a desktop, DON'T!
The mod for the SC420 8x to 16x is for a 16x slot that was spaced out for a 8x.
The T105 slot is a 8x and does not fit any 16x other than using a riser card. There is no mod for it!
I was going to mod this for a desktop but now I have no choice to use it for a server. The video on this system is for SERVER use ONLY!
The mod for the SC420 8x to 16x is for a 16x slot that was spaced out for a 8x.
The T105 slot is a 8x and does not fit any 16x other than using a riser card. There is no mod for it!
I was going to mod this for a desktop but now I have no choice to use it for a server. The video on this system is for SERVER use ONLY!
#5
tehduke - Posted 11:16 am PST 01/9/09 (300 Posts)
Why would you buy a server to use as a desktop? Would you use a screwdriver as a hammer?
#6
jsehlms - Posted 11:17 am PST 01/9/09 (56 Posts)
Wow, who'd a thought the video card on a server would only be good for a SERVER.
#7
cd - Posted 11:25 am PST 01/9/09 (479 Posts)
This is a decent low-end server and will work fine for FTP, Internet, Files or Print. Dell workstations are so cheap now, not worth trying to convert a server. Since the SC420, Dell has shutdown any hopes of creating a decent desktop from their servers.
#8
techsupport - Posted 12:18 pm PST 01/9/09 (2562 Posts)
#9
2133 - Posted 12:42 pm PST 01/9/09 (789 Posts)
#10
sethook - Posted 12:52 pm PST 01/9/09 (1148 Posts)
#11
agulfer - Posted 1:09 pm PST 01/9/09 (450 Posts)
Tough day to be a #4
#12
krusty - Posted 1:14 pm PST 01/9/09 (585 Posts)
No longer.
#13
David2009 - Posted 1:16 pm PST 01/9/09 (31 Posts)
totally not worth it
#14
bargainhound - Posted 1:53 pm PST 01/9/09 (359 Posts)
i still have an sc400 i'm looking to sell. anybody interested?
#15
seraphim32 - Posted 1:57 pm PST 01/9/09 (41 Posts)
be carefull with these dont think you can use any raid cards besides theirs. so if you wanted to add more drives you will have to buy their card, and there goes that deal.
#16
Jmirt - Posted 3:29 pm PST 01/9/09 (13 Posts)
Just get any PCI video card and you have powerfull workstation... $15-30 for dual DVI head ATI
#17
rjs - Posted 5:12 pm PST 01/9/09 (367 Posts)
A PCI video card -should- help, though.
#18
starchy - Posted 7:33 pm PST 01/9/09 (246 Posts)
I have an SC420 that I never bothered to mod (long story). Added a PCI card- an Nvidia 5300 or something like that. I helps a LOT. The built in video may have Direct X 9 or 10 but I doubt seriously that it has more than 8 or 16 megs of dedicated memory, probably none (probably just shares main board memory). Even the crappy 5000 series PCI card has 128 megs and runs as a much higher clock speed. Not a gaming rig by any stretch, but you could play casual games, older 3D stuff w/ no problem and do most any other thing you'd want to do w/ this machine.
Will your experience be the same on this machine? Who knows. But the system itself is so much faster than my old 420 that I have to believe the overall experience would be better.
Will your experience be the same on this machine? Who knows. But the system itself is so much faster than my old 420 that I have to believe the overall experience would be better.






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