Features:

  • New Dell PowerEdge T30 tower Server System
  • Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 3.3GHz Quad Core, 8M cache
  • 8GB UDIMM RAM, Single Rank, x8 Data Width
  • Onboard SATA, HDD connected to onboard SATA Controller - No RAID
  • 1TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps Entry 3.5in Cabled Hard Drive, DVD RW, SATA Internal
Worked as expected

This is being used as a freenas storage system. I run a Plex server and a Ubuntu server off of it as well. I added 16 gb of RAM. The only issue I have is I can't choose which USB device to boot from so if I have a backup drive connected then the system tries to boot from the wrong drive and fails. Have not tried a bios update to see if that will change anything.

All the drivers worked fine with Debian

I am currently dual booting, and am running both Debian 9 and Windows 10. All the drivers worked fine with Debian. If you are looking for Windows 10 drivers, just download DriverMax and let it find the proper drivers for you. The internet didn’t work when I installed Windows 7 or 8. However, the internet did work out of the box when I installed Windows 10. I love this computer, and it's very easy to fit 6 hard drives. You just turn on this computer, press F12, and you are ready to select which hard drives to boot in order, and you also get the menus to boot from a USB or DVD to install an operating system. This computer is perfect for developing, virtual machines, and running your server.

Budget Gaming System for sub $700 (With NVMe Support!)

By downgrading the BIOS to version 1.0.0, you will not only gain sleep/wake support (that you shouldn't use anyway) but also enable the M.2 port on the motherboard. This will allow you to install an NVMe SSD and really unlock the potential a device at this price point has. I've coupled it with a Samsung 970 EVO 250GB and an EVGA Geforce GTX 1050 ti graphics card (both of which running with the stock PSU) and for the money am really pleased with the performance.

Nice cheap server to get you up and running quickly

Nice cheap server to get you up and running quickly. Despite it only being able to support 4 HDD out of the box, you can upgrade it with aftermarket parts as you expand and if you look up mods for the older Dell T20. there is a big community for it as well. It doesn't support a fan in the front of the case, so you could have heating issues if the server isn't in a data center. But there are mods for that as well.

Excellent & powerful SOHO server.

Worked fine for our remote office. Has plenty of CPU power (quad core Xeon has lots of oomph). Easy to work in, at least in terms of adding additional drives and upgrading RAM. No real cons to mention. The only oddity I found was the HDD's get mounted upside down in the trays. Has zero performance impact, and it looks weird to me, but that's it.

Great Speed, Versatility

I bought this for a small business, so the owner could use it as a workstation, but also as a data server for three other computers in his office. I put in a 1 Tb SSD as the main drive, install Windows 10 Pro, and installed the programs the business uses. The owner is very impressed with the speed and versatility he gets from the unit. Pros: Speed, versatility, ease of use Cons: With the XEON processors there is no hyperthreading.

Excellent product but don't tell anybody.

I really don't want to write these things High because everybody else will find out how good they are. These are absolutely one of the best priced fast machines built on server technology for anything you add an SSD to this and some RAM and I'm telling you it's the fastest machine you'll ever use hands down. The graphics aren't great on it but you can always add a graphics card to it and I guarantee you this is better than most gaming machines built.

Good value for the money

I received this about a week ago and added a SSD and 4TB HDD to run as a plex server. You can add 1 additional hard drive fairly easy but to use the other 2 bays you have to remove the power supply which seems like a strange layout. When I initially turned the server on it wouldn't stay on but after some troubleshooting I found that the RAM hadn't been installed and was just stuck in the bottom of the tower. After installing this it fired right up and stayed on. Very happy so far with this purchase.

A lot of computer for the money.

I bought this to run a music server. The Xeon is much more powerful than I need, but I found it hard to beat the price by buying separate parts for a server. I installed Ubuntu Server 18.04 on mine, which went smooth as silk. The machine is very quiet. I only ran into a couple issues. * The case is very easy to work with, and you don't need any tools to install drives. However the extra drive I installed, a Barracuda 4TB drive, was just a bit too wide to fit in one of the plastic drive caddies easily. I ended up bending the plastic a bit with my manhandling. The caddies are $25 parts, so be careful with them. * No DVI connector, so you may need an HDMI to DVI connector if you have an older monitor. Why include a PS/2 connector but not a DVI connector? * If you want to install a 2.5 inch SATA SSD, you'll need to remove the optical drive. The part to cover over the empty optical drive slot is not included.

It does a great job and I plan to install several more in ...

I have this unit installed in multiple dental offices and other locations. It does a great job and I plan to install several more in the near future!

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