PowerEdge 840 Hardware Parts Guide

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PowerEdge 840 Hardware Parts Guide

Are you looking to breath some new life in to your PowerEdge 840 Tower Server? You’ve found the best site on the net for hardware upgrade ideas, replacement part numbers, and replacement part videos. We’ll show you how to get some more quality years out of your PowerEdge 840 Server. The PowerEdge 840 is a tower server produced by Dell. It is a single socket Intel based server that supports up to 8GB of DDR2 667Mhz ECC Memory. Dell provided two hard drive cage options when they released the 840 server, the 4 x 3.5″ Fixed Cage and 4 x 3.5″ Hot plug Backplane. Let us show you our awesome upgrade ideas for the PowerEdge 840 Server.

Where to buy?

If you haven’t already acquired a PowerEdge 840 Server we’d recommend checking out a company called Serverworlds. They sell the 840’s cheap and they provide free ground shipping to the lower 48 states. You can click one of these links and it’ll bring you directly to there Poweredge 840 Pages: Poweredge 840 Hot Plug or Poweredge 840 Fixed.

The goal is to upgrade your processors, memory, and controller to optimize the server for your particular solution.

Recommended Processors:

Up to 1 x DC Xeon 3070 2.66Ghz 4MB 1066FSB Processor (SLACC)

*You must have a Gen II System Board (XM091) to install QC or Faster Processors*

Up to 1 x QC Xeon X3210 2.13Ghz 8MB 1066FSB Processor (SLACU)

Up to 1 x QC Xeon X3220 2.4Ghz 8MB 1066FSB Processor (SLACT)

Recommended Memory:

The maximum amount of memory supported by the PowerEdge 840 is 8GB. You must have a 64bit operating system installed if you plan to install more than 4GB of memory.

Memory PNs:

1GB PC667Mhz 2Rx8 ECC (D6502)

2GB PC667Mhz 2Rx8 ECC (F6802)

1GB PC800Mhz 2Rx8 ECC (KN992)

2GB PC800Mhz 2Rx8 ECC (WM553)

Recommended Memory configurations:

4 x 1GB PC667Mhz ECC Modules (4GB)

4 x 2GB PC667Mhz ECC Modules (8GB)

Raid Controllers:

SAS 5iR (0 or 1) (GU186)

SAS 6iR (0 or 1) (JW063)

Perc 5i Raid (0, 1, 5, 10, 50) (Full Kit) (XT257)

Recommended Hard Drives:

The PowerEdge 840 Server has 2 different drive cage options, the 4 x 3.5″ fixed cage and the 4 x 3.5″ Hot Plug Cage. You’ll have to determine what cage version you have before you consider purchasing hard drives. The fixed drives do not need a tray and the hot plug drives will require a drive tray. After you determine what drive cage you have you’ll be able to pick the drives that fit your needs and budget.

SATA 3.5″ Enterprise Drives:

Dell 40GB SATA 7.2K 3GBPS Enterprise 3.5″ Hard Drive

Dell 80GB SATA 7.2K 3GBPS Enterprise 3.5″ Hard Drive

Dell 160GB SATA 7.2K 3GBPS Enterprise 3.5″ Hard Drive

Dell 250GB SATA 7.2K 3GBPS Enterprise 3.5″ Hard Drive

Dell 500GB SATA 7.2K 3GBPS Enterprise 3.5″ Hard Drive

Dell 750GB SATA 7.2K 3GBPS Enterprise 3.5″ Hard Drive

Dell 1TB SATA 7.2K 3GBPS Enterprise 3.5″ Hard Drive

Dell 2TB SATA 7.2K 3GBPS Enterprise 3.5″ Hard Drive

NL SAS 3.5″ Hard Drives:

Dell 500GB NL SAS 7.2K 6GBPS 3.5″ Hard Drive

Dell 1TB NL SAS 7.2K 6GBPS 3.5″ Hard Drive