ESXi Server - Advice and opinion on build

[Ice_Black]

I currently a HP Microserver NL36 for while, now I want to build much powerful CPU but it will need to be quiet like NL36.

I came up with the following spec excluding Hard Drives:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4570S 2.90GHz Low Power (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Lian Li PC-Q25B Mini-ITX Cube - Black £99.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (1x8GB) 1600MHz PC3-12800C10 Single Channel Module (KHX1600C10D3B1/8G) £49.99
Total : £311.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Overclockers does not have any good mini-ITX Socket Motherboard with 6 Sata Ports 6Gb/s.

I might go with Asus H87I-PLUS mini-ITX Socket 1150 Motherboard (£91.04) from elsewhere.

Which Modular Power Supply do you recommend? It will need to be quiet like HP Microserver NL36.

My budget is £350-400

 

[Idleman]

You could go with this case and get a mATX board.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4570S 2.90GHz Low Power (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Xigmatek Gigas Micro ATX Cube Case - Silver £86.99
1 x Gigabyte H87M-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £73.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £47.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020058-UK) £43.99
Total : £417.05 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[Ice_Black]

Thanks.

I want to stick with Lian Li PC-Q25B Mini-ITX case, I really like that case.

I went with a single 8GB Ram so in the future it can be upgraded to 16GB Ram in total.

 

[Deleted member 138126]

What about a MicroServer Gen8 with an upgraded processor?

 

[Ice_Black]

What about a MicroServer Gen8 with an upgraded processor?

MicroServer Gen8 only allow 4 hard drives right?

 

[Deleted member 138126]

MicroServer Gen8 only allow 4 hard drives right?

Plus at least one more up top.