Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

The computer at home finally broke down,

buying a desktop is not my style,

today I will share how to transform a server.

First, we need to have a server,

on X treasure, a decent server costs about 500-1500 each,

as a qualified junk collector,

you must reduce the price to the lowest,

not spend a penny more.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

A server like this only costs over 500 yuan,

it has a power supply, a motherboard, four hard drive slots, and comes with two memory sticks

(second-hand, servers generally have a long lifespan)

it does not come with memory or CPU, but has a RAID card,

the RAID card is a disk array card that can combine multiple hard drives into one,

used for backups, mirroring, and redundancy, to prevent data loss.

The CPU is also quite cheap,

the E5-2640V3 2.6G 8-core 16-thread only costs around 400 yuan.

The performance of the E5-2640 CPU is very high,

comparable to an average I7,

according to the performance score, it scores around 120,000 points.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

However, such an expensive CPU,

I won’t buy it,

because it does not fit the identity of a junk collector.

A 16G memory stick only costs 160 yuan.

What surprised me is that

this server is too noisy,

the noise is huge,

without a decibel meter, it’s hard to measure,

you can hear it through the door.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

The black rectangular object above is the fan, with a total of 5 sets,

two in a group, series-connected turbo fans,

with a speed of up to 15,000 RPM,

since there is no machine room at home, I can only modify it.

Take them all apart.

If you buy,

don’t buy a 1U server,

2U is just right, U is a unit of thickness,

one U is 46mm thick, 2U is about 92mm

2U is also convenient for expansion functions.

You can use a large graphics card,

otherwise, a PCIe connector costs over 30 yuan.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

Measure the size (standard 1U server)

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

Then I drew a picture, customized a rack, and stood the server upright to save space

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

This rack was exchanged for two boxes of cigarettes, made from scrap materials.

The welding master said it was a generous gift.

To reduce noise, I also removed the passive cooler, leveled it, and installed a fan.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

To smooth the heat sink, I even used a machine from 1968.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

The 1U server is too thin, I had to use an angle grinder to make a hole,

to facilitate ventilation and heat dissipation, now there is no other noise except the sound of the fan.

The CPU’s normal temperature is 45℃

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

It looks pretty good under the table, right?

The black tape on top of the rack is tape.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

Also, the server does not come with a sound card,

you can buy a connector (10 yuan) HDMI to VGA cable,

the graphics card all have HDMI ports,

most HDMI ports come with audio.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

Plug this into the graphics card, install the graphics card driver, and you will have sound.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

This looks pretty cool, right?

The entertainment master scores around 100,000 points.

I use CPU E5-2420, this CPU is very cheap, only 15 yuan each.

Two cost only 30, about the same price as a CPU fan (fan costs 10 yuan each).

Memory can’t be less, buy four sticks for 340 yuan. A total of 32G memory.

Interestingly,

after installing a dedicated graphics card,

the integrated graphics card can also be used,

can connect three monitors.

Transforming a Server into a Home PC: A Comprehensive Guide

I feel that this server can be used for 5 years

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