Hi Guys
Just got my microserver this week and I need to purchase a graphics card, load in more ram and hard disks. As this is a microserver and not a full on computer I'd like to keep the power footprint low wherever I can. I would like to use Linux probably Ubuntu and prefer not to raid the hdd's. The microserver is intended for NAS and HTPC duties. I've found quite a few threads about hardware.
So far my options for a graphics card are Sapphire ATI 6540 Flex (Flex does Eyefinity via hardware instead of the Display Port. Its low profile but I don't know if it will fit), 7750 LP and 6670 LP all of which have been tried on the N54l or previous gen and worked. As for actual power consumptions I don't really know much about that. I wouldn't want to toast the 150w power supply but I also wouldn't like any gpu stutter or the cpu flat-lining because its processing gpu related activities.
http://n40l.wikia.com/wiki/Graphics_Cards
http://www.avforums.com/forums/18305528-post464.html
Sapphire TDP specs:-
http://www.sapphiretech.com/archive/matrix-vga-1_4_054.xls
Here's a list of TDP's. Some cards are 2D & 3D so they wont be reaching max TDP with 2D loads:-
http://www.geeks3d.com/20090618/graphics-cards-thermal-design-power-tdp-database/
As for the ram I'd like to do 16 gigs for VM's but will most likely settle for 8 gigs to save power. And for the hdd's I'm not quite sure. It all depends on hdd prices. Want to get 2 x 2tb drives as I don't have alot of files and I will probably save 5w per drive bay not used.
What hardware configs do you guys have? (Would you also list brand and model numbers)
Just got my microserver this week and I need to purchase a graphics card, load in more ram and hard disks. As this is a microserver and not a full on computer I'd like to keep the power footprint low wherever I can. I would like to use Linux probably Ubuntu and prefer not to raid the hdd's. The microserver is intended for NAS and HTPC duties. I've found quite a few threads about hardware.
So far my options for a graphics card are Sapphire ATI 6540 Flex (Flex does Eyefinity via hardware instead of the Display Port. Its low profile but I don't know if it will fit), 7750 LP and 6670 LP all of which have been tried on the N54l or previous gen and worked. As for actual power consumptions I don't really know much about that. I wouldn't want to toast the 150w power supply but I also wouldn't like any gpu stutter or the cpu flat-lining because its processing gpu related activities.
http://n40l.wikia.com/wiki/Graphics_Cards
http://www.avforums.com/forums/18305528-post464.html
Sapphire TDP specs:-
http://www.sapphiretech.com/archive/matrix-vga-1_4_054.xls
Here's a list of TDP's. Some cards are 2D & 3D so they wont be reaching max TDP with 2D loads:-
http://www.geeks3d.com/20090618/graphics-cards-thermal-design-power-tdp-database/
As for the ram I'd like to do 16 gigs for VM's but will most likely settle for 8 gigs to save power. And for the hdd's I'm not quite sure. It all depends on hdd prices. Want to get 2 x 2tb drives as I don't have alot of files and I will probably save 5w per drive bay not used.
What hardware configs do you guys have? (Would you also list brand and model numbers)
