So my dad is starting some business and he bought one too many of this server.

Would it be possible to turn this into a PC I could play recent games on?

The one he gave me is a AMD quad core with 512 Mb of DDR2 6400 SDRAM ram.

I know its not as simple as buying x amount of DDR3 ram and y graphics card. What cards and what ram is best for this but is also compatible with the main board?

 

I don't see why not.

Detailed Specs

PCI-e 2.0 is backwards-compatible with PCI-e 1.0, so you can drop any PCI-e 2.0 x16 card you want into that slot.

It doesn't look like you have onboard sound, so you're going to want to buy a sound card (probably a fine way to fill that PCI slot).

As far as memory goes

Buy PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM like it says.

 

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I cant buy from newegg as they don't ship here, for ram how does Corsair seem?

As far as sound goes will a cheap TeraTec do the trick? (I never really understood what the advantage of buying a high end sound card was)

And for a graphics card how about a 9500GT?

The computer will only take Pci-e x16 cards?

 

Newegg doesn't ship to... Legoland?

Anyway, those parts should work fine.

 

God damn Irish.

A) Sound cards are a waste of money, unless you can judge decibels with your ears.

B) Corsair's fine. Honestly, unless you overclock like a motherfucker, just get cheapo shit.

C) Spend the money that you saved not buying a sound card and hardcore RAM and buy a decent graphics card. 9800 is okay.

 

I have to get a sound card because there is no on board sound, I cant find any cheap ones that will actually fit into the computer.

Theres 4 black slots and one white one.

Here is a pic I took with webcam, sorry for the quality.
Red is the slot, blue is a gap/break in it.

 

White one is PCI, I believe, the longest black one is going to be the PCI-E Slot you toss youre graphics card in...

The two smallest ones are PCI-E as well. 1x I think. I had a TV Tuner card that fit in one like that... This SoundBlaster should fit into something like that I think.. Newegg, though, so youll prolly have to find it somewhere else. D:

 

LOL. I didn't even know Legoland was a place, I just thought it was some random made up place.

Thread derail finish, continue on.

 

I find great humor in this.

Anyways what sound card is best suited for this, looking for the cheapest possible plug and play card.

 

Cheap?

Dunno about currency exchange, but this one is cheaper than the first one you linked to
http://www.dabs.ie/ProductView.aspx...0&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11140,11&InMerch=1

That said... I haven't got a clue about what is a decent sound card or not...

I never have had to buy one...