Gaming Computer (I)

[Antangin_JRG]

Hey guys, i want to ask you about some gaming computer "configuration", this time it's server & workstation, and some graphic cards, but if none is compatible or good for gaming, just say "none is good for gaming" or "none is compatible". If you think one of the system is good with one(or more) of the graphic cards is compatible but need to add "rams" or something else, just say (So, just say, this system with this graphic cards)
OK.
so basically, i can play battlefield 3 and some high graphic games in 3 monitor (3D) with fps min. 20
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Primary Option: DELL Poweredge T420
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                        [hide=Specification]Platform   Dual CPU Tower Server
Processor Type   Intel Xeon Processor
#1 Processor Onboard   

    Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2407 4C (Quad Core), 10M Cache, 2.20 GHz, 6.40 GT/s Intel® QPI 


Chipset   

    Intel C600 Server Chipset 


Standard Memory   

    4GB (1x4GB) ECC DDR3-10600 RDIMM 1333MHz 


Max. Memory   192 GB (12 DIMM)
#1 Controller   

    Support Raid 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 


#1 Hard Drive   

    500GB 7.2K 3.5" HDD SATA Hotplug 


#2 Hard Drive   

    500GB 7.2K 3.5" HDD SATA Hotplug 


#1 Optical Drive   DVD±RW
Standard Bays   Four Dell proprietary hot-plug drive bays
Slot Provided   

    6x PCIe
        Two x16 slots with x16 bandwidth, full-length, full-height 
        Two x8 slots with x4 bandwidth, half-length, full-height 
        One x8 slot with x4 bandwidth, full-length, full-height 
        One x8 slot with x1 bandwidth, full-length, full-height 
     


Networking   

    Broadcom® 5720 GbE Dual Port 1Gb LOM 


Chassis Form Factor   Tower Chassis
Power Supply Type   

    495W (Redundant) 


Keyboard Type   Optional
Input Device Type   Optional
Monitor   Optional
System Management    Dell Openmanage™ and Server Management Software
O/S Provided   Pre-sales Request Available
Standard Warranty   3-year Limited Warranty by Authorized Distributor
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Secondary Option: HP Z420 Workstation
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                            [hide=Specification]Platform   Single CPU Tower Workstation
Processor Type   Intel Xeon Processor
#1 Processor Onboard   Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-1620 (10M Cache, 3.60 GHz, 0.0 GT/s Intel® QPI)
Chipset   Intel® C602 Chipset
Standard Memory   4GB (2x 2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 ECC
Max. Memory   64 GB (8 UDIMMs)
Video Onboard   NVIDIA Quadro 600 1GB
Audio Onboard   Integrated
Card Reader Provided   Optional
#1 Controller   

    Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s with RAID 0, 1, 10, 5 support 
    LSI MegaRAID 9260-8i SAS 6Gb/s ROC RAID and iBBU08 Battery Backup Unit 
    LSI 9212 4-Port SAS 6Gb/s RAID Card 


#1 Hard Drive   500 GB Serial ATA-II/300, 7200 RPM
#1 Optical Drive   DVD±RW
Standard Bays   

    Internal : 3x 3.5" Drive Bays 
    External : 3x 5.25" Drive Bays 


Interface Provided   

    Front I/O
        2x USB 3.0 Port 
        1x USB 2.0 Port 
        1x IEEE 1394a (FireWire) Standard Port 
        1x Headphone jack 
        1x Microphone jack 
     
    Rear I/O
        2x USB 3.0 Port 
        4x USB 2.0 Port 
        1x IEEE 1394a (FireWire) Port 
        2x PS/2 Port 
        1x RJ-45 LAN Port 
        1x Audio Line-In 
        1x Audio Line-Out 
        1x Microphone jack 
     


Slot Provided   

    2x PCIe 3.0 x16 
    1x PCIe 3.0 x8 
    1x PCIe 2.0 x8 
    1x PCIe 2.0 x8 mechanical (x4 electrical) 
    1x PCIe 2.0 x4 mechanical (x1 electrical) 
    1x PCI 


Networking   Integrated
Chassis Form Factor   Tower Chassis
Power Supply Type   HP fixed 600w
Keyboard Type   HP Standard Keyboard
Input Device Type   HP Optical Mouse
O/S Provided   Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Dimension (WHD)   17.78 x 44.76 x 44.52 cm
Weight   17.7 Kg
Standard Warranty   3-year Limited Warranty by Authorized Distributor [/hide]
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Graphic Cards:
1. Asus GTX 690
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    [hide=Specification]Graphics Engine   NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Bus Standard   PCI Express 3.0
Video Memory   GDDR5
Engine Clock   GPU Boost Clock : 1019 MHz
GPU Base Clock : 915 MHz
CUDA Core   3072
Memory Clock   6008 MHz ( 1502 MHz GDDR5 )
Memory Interface   512-bit
Resolution   DVI Max Resolution : 2560x1600
Interface   DVI Output : Yes x 1 (DVI-D), Yes x 2 (DVI-I)
HDMI Output : Yes x 1 (via DVI to HDMI adaptor x 1 )
Display Port : Yes x 1 (Mini DP)
Power Consumption   up to 300W(additional 6+8 or 8+8 pin PCIe power required)
Accessories   1 x Power cable
1 x DVI to HDMI adaptor
Software   ASUS Utilities & Driver
ASUS Features   Fan Sink
Dimensions   11 " x 4.4 " x 1.9 " Inch
Note   *Note that the actual boost clock will vary depending on actual system conditions. For more information, please visit http://www.geforce.com/[/hide]
2. Leadtek GTX 680
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    [hide=Specification]GPU    NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 680
Graphics Bus    PCI Express 3.0
Memory size    2048MB or 4096MB GDDR5
Core clock    Base clock: 1006 MHz
Boost clock: 1058 MHz
Memory clock    3004 MHz (6008 MHz)
Output    1x DVI-I; 1x DVI-D,1x HDMI,1 x DisplayPort
Memory Interface    256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)      192.2
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)    128.8
CUDA Cores    1536
HDCP support    Yes
Full Microsoft® DirectX®11 Shader Model5.0 Support
NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Ready, 3D Vision Surround
DirectCompute Support
HDMI Support
Built for Microsoft® Windows Windows 7™ & Vista™
OpenGL® 4.2 Optimizations and Support
Graphics Card Power    195 W
Card Dimensions    4.37 inches (height) X 10 inches (length); 2 slot
Package contents    WinFast GTX 680 graphics board
User manual & software disc
Quick installation guide
DVI to VGA converter
6-pin Power Cable x2
System Requirements    WindowR 7, XP and Vista
PCI Express or PCI Express 3.0-compliant motherboard with one x16 graphics slot
DVD ROM drive for software installation
A VGA or DVI compatible monitor
Minimum 550W with a minimum 12V current rating of 38A or greater system power supply
Software Bundled    WinFast Graphics Driver CD (w/ WinFox III) x 1[/hide]
3. Leadtek GTX 670
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    [hide=Specification]GPU    NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 670
Graphics Bus    PCI Express 3.0
Memory size    2048MB GDDR5
Core clock    Base clock: 915 MHz
Boost clock: 980 MHz
Memory clock    3004 MHz (6008 MHz)
Output    1x DVI-I; 1x DVI-D,1x HDMI,1 x DisplayPort
Memory Interface    256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)      192.2
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)    128.8
CUDA Cores    1344
HDCP support    Yes
Full Microsoft® DirectX®11 Shader Model 5.0 Support
NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Ready, 3D Vision Surround
DirectCompute Support
HDMI Support
Built for Microsoft® Windows Windows 7™ & Vista™
OpenGL® 4.2 Optimizations and Support
Graphics Card Power    195 W
Card Dimensions    4.378 inches by 9.5 inches; 2 slot
Package contents    WinFast GTX 670 graphics board
Quick installation guide& software disc
DVI to VGA converter
6-pin Power Cable x2
System Requirements    Window® 7, XP and Vista
PCI Express or PCI Express 3.0-compliant motherboard with one x16 graphics slot
DVD ROM drive for software installation
A VGA or DVI compatible monitor
Minimum 500W with a minimum 12V current rating of 38A or greater system power supply
Software Bundled    WinFast Graphics Driver CD (w/ WinFox III) x 1[/hide]
4. Point Of View GTX 590
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    [hide=Specification]Graphics Processing Unit   GeForce GTX590
Graphics core speed   608 MHz
Memory   3072 MB (2x 1536 MB)
Memory type   GDDR5
Memory Speed   3414 MHz
Memory bus   768 bit
Shader processors   1024 (2x 512)
Shader clock   1216 MHz
DVI   3x
SPDIF   Yes
DisplayPort   1x mini DisplayPort
Interface   PCI Express 2.0
Supplemental power connector   2x PCI-E 8-pins
Cooling technique   active
SLI   2-way[/hide]

OK!    thank you...
and btw, dont reply with useless shits...   

[Dr_dog]

That Poweredge will be too loud to live with, the sound of it is around vacuum cleaner or bit more louder. Dell never makes their enterprise computers silence in mind. They usually fit smallest possible fans inside that spins around 5000RPM. Or if its tower case, they put inside 6 120mm fans that spin at atleast 4000RPM all the time. You cant live with the noise.
The PCI-e 16x is for shit like raid cards or network cards. Its that server motherboard dont have all the fun stuff like consumer boards that are made for gaming. So it will probably miss some chips and controllers you might want to have in gaming.

The HP is not for gaming either its for server use.

You would get away with totally custom build
and pick 690 if you can afford it.

You pay a lot of extra shit like server management softwares yadda yadda yadda that you will never need.

[Terrorista310]

You want a gaming pc, and you wanna buy a workstation?

[DJ_Smashon]

That computer would be a good server pc.

[Dr_dog]

That computer would be a good server pc.

its only task is to serve users FTP, HTTP, some application and probably active directory

[Dan_Nobleman]

First off, my advice, never buy pre-builts, they just don't cut it when you want the best performance for your buck.

Second, using workstations for gaming is a horrible idea. Even though the workstation CPUs have more cores, they can't process commands as fast as a four core CPU, besides, most games don't even utilize all cores, so it's worthless. I use server grade CPUs for encryption and compression for my storage server, that's pretty much what they're meant to do.

Third, Don't EVER buy shady brand products. If you haven't heard about them previously, they probably aren't good. You can take a look at some gaming blogs or so on, and be able to find high quality brands that are widely respected by the gaming community. ASUS is a great example for a company producing quality parts, I've bought their GPUs, soundcards, and motherboards, needless to say I trust them.

Too long; didn't read:
Don't buy pre-builts
Workstations aren't for gaming
Use popular brands for PC parts.

[Dr_dog]

Adding to this

Do not buy cheap unknown power supply brands. They are made from cheap shit capacitors that cookes your motherboard after little failture.

Second, using workstations for gaming is a horrible idea. Even though the workstation CPUs have more cores, they can't process commands as fast as a four core CPU, besides, most games don't even utilize all cores,

I doubt that not even most programs can utilize multiple cores  efficiently.

[Antangin_JRG]

Ok guys, ty... maybe i'll use SR-2