Dell PowerEdge 860

Question

Good Afternoon, Everyone. I just now joined in with the Dell Community. I wanted to introduce myself, and say Hello. I have (2) Dell 3100's and a Dell E510.I have always enjoyed 'Older' Dell systems. I recently bought a Dell PowerEdge 860. I am not very familiar with this unit? I have always had mid-range consumer-end computers. I bought a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Go Pro USB Audio System w/ THX SB 1290 external sound.(Which actually works quite well.) I was hoping someone could suggest a DVD Writer for this unit, and possibly a Graphics Card(Just good enough to play Chess Titans.) Also, I would like some suggestions as how to upgrade as well. I plan to run 8GB's of R.A.M. at some point in time.Thanks to all. Herschel.

Daniel My · Answer

Hello Herschel

Unfortunately we have not validated any audio or video cards to work in the 860 so I am unable to provide suggestions. Regarding the memory, you can install 4x2GB DIMMs for a total of 8GB. You have an 800MHz FSB CPU, so the memory speed max is 533MHz. This is the 2GB DIMM that is compatible for your configuration:

F6806

Adding audio and video cards to our servers is a process of trial and error. If no one responds with items they have tested to function then i would suggest searching online for anyone that has tried adding audio/video cards to the 860.

Thanks

W1ND0W55W0DN1WU · Answer

Thanks for the quick reply, Daniel.

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