DELL PowerEdge SC440

[SandEagle]

http://configure.us.dell.com/d...atures~featured_server


Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2180, 2.0GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB
512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1X512MB Single Ranked DIMMs
80GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive
48X CD-ROM Drive

 

[bamacre]

Anyone know if this thing will support 8GB?

 

[JDMnAR1]

Originally posted by: bamacre
Anyone know if this thing will support 8GB?

According to this review it will.

 

[maluckey]

I own an SC440 from the last mega sale-go-round. It supports 8GB. With a quick slice, it also fully supports PCIE x Graphics cards, but only at x4 speed. The case is SOLID and the entire machine is pretty quiet. I've got it setup with two 500 GB drives, a 9600GT Video card, an external USB Audio Card and an internal audio card (HTPC setup).

ZERO overclocking ability so those looking for more speed will need to upgrade the CPU and RAM.

 

[AkumaX]

actually i bet BSEL modding should work

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: maluckey
I own an SC440 from the last mega sale-go-round. It supports 8GB. With a quick slice, it also fully supports PCIE x Graphics cards, but only at x4 speed. The case is SOLID and the entire machine is pretty quiet. I've got it setup with two 500 GB drives, a 9600GT Video card, an external USB Audio Card and an internal audio card (HTPC setup).

ZERO overclocking ability so those looking for more speed will need to upgrade the CPU and RAM.

Thanks for the info. I assume ECC memory only? What are you running in your's?

One more thing, are the optical drives included PATA?

 

[skywhr]

n/m

 

[maluckey]

Thanks for the info. I assume ECC memory only? What are you running in your's?

Good Question.....According to CPU-Z it's

Samsung, ECC SPD 5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz

Part #: M3 91T2953EZ2-CE6 1024 MBytes x 2

And the one optical drive that it came with is PATA. There's PLENTY of SATA ports, being a server and all, but only ONE PATA header.

The fans supplied with the case (great case BTW) are Both large PWM fans, but I bypassed the PWM control on the lower fan and run it at a constant seven volts for slightly better drive cooling. Of course this triggers the cage fan failure indicator at startup. This just means that you have to push F1 at startup prompt.