Question regarding upgrading a 2U Rackmount server

Ardan

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We're upgrading a 2U rack for Half-Life 2. For your information, we run a prominent CS community at www.minnesotacs.com, just to point out that it is real :). Well, we're updating it for CS:Source and i've got some questions. The past components aren't fairly new, because the last part was a 900Mhz Athlon. I know that we can use an ATX board on it, but what about a power supply?

I am wondering what type of PSU it most likely would need, not size-wise, but standards. I would probably buy the parts off of newegg, so thats why I thought I would ask. I do not have access to this 2U rack if you want more details, but I can get any details needed from a tech that helps maintain it.

We're looking to put in an Athlon 64 2800+ or 3000+ into it, do you think that would work fine? Other possiblities are a Pentium 4 or Athlon XP. Do you guys have any ideas here for me? We're in the planning stages and we actually have people donate to reach a goal of roughly $400, but some of them want to know what parts we are deciding between. I'm sure some of you have a lot of experience, so please help me out here :). The main question is about the Power Supply type, by the way. Thanks a million!

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We aren't ordering the parts anytime soon, so i'm completely open to suggestions.
 

imported_Phil

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Quite. Plus, if you go down the Xeon route then you'll need an EPS PSU. The case may not take anything but a weird motherboard.
 

Ardan

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Are you sure a 2U rack won't use a standard ATX board? Just about every 2U rack I can find on Newegg supports ATX motherboards, with specific dimensions :) I'm just thinking because the old server uses a 900Mhz Athlon (Socket A), and I am not aware of any 'weird motherboards' that support that CPU and also would, at the time, enable someone to build a rack relatively cheaply.

I don't know what the specific brand is YET, but it wasn't purchased from a company. The rack was built by my friends a long time ago.