Hello,
I was just about to build a server and a sandy bridge PC but I have decided to hold off until the end of the year instead (I intend to use one of the AMD Fusion boards for the server eventually).
I am currently using an old desktop computer for my medicore tasks (itunes, web etc) and also as a central storage for all my media, documents etc.
Not having a separate PC and server will do for the time being, but my current set up will not, my embarrasing set up consists of:
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
MS-6570 K7N2 AMD Motherboard
HDD 1 Samsung Spinpoint F1 (1TB SATA) -
HDD 2 Samsung F4 Spinpoint (2TB SATA)
(HDDs Connected via VT6421A SATA PCI Adapter)
Advance MPT-300 300W PSU
Generic Armada Case - room for 5 hard drive ports,and 4 optical drive ports
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR 116-D
Additional 80-mm case fan
2 x 512 DDR 400 RAM (Crucial)
Windows XP
What I want, therefore, is a cheap upgrade to keep me going until I build a separate server and PC in the future.
I therefore need recommendations for a CPU, MOBO, RAM, PSU and Case.
A few of my criteria:
CPU - does not need to be particularly powerful, but needs to be efficient/cool - perhaps Athlon II x2 250?
MOBO - could get away with integrated graphics (unless it would be better to get a motherboard with really poor graphics and add a cheap discrete card). The board must also use DDR3 and have a DVT output. I would really like esata aswell but realise that it is quite easy just to add an e-sata backplate for this.
DDR3 - 4GBs
Case and PSU - I intend to keep these for the server I eventually build, so do not want to skimp too much on these two bits. The case needs to be quiet and the PSU has to be efficient and quiet too (though probably not particularly powerful in the circumstances. I was thinking perhaps the Cooler Master Elite 330 with either a SeaSonic SS-300ES Bronze 300W or Corsair VX450W.
Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
I was just about to build a server and a sandy bridge PC but I have decided to hold off until the end of the year instead (I intend to use one of the AMD Fusion boards for the server eventually).
I am currently using an old desktop computer for my medicore tasks (itunes, web etc) and also as a central storage for all my media, documents etc.
Not having a separate PC and server will do for the time being, but my current set up will not, my embarrasing set up consists of:
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
MS-6570 K7N2 AMD Motherboard
HDD 1 Samsung Spinpoint F1 (1TB SATA) -
HDD 2 Samsung F4 Spinpoint (2TB SATA)
(HDDs Connected via VT6421A SATA PCI Adapter)
Advance MPT-300 300W PSU
Generic Armada Case - room for 5 hard drive ports,and 4 optical drive ports
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR 116-D
Additional 80-mm case fan
2 x 512 DDR 400 RAM (Crucial)
Windows XP
What I want, therefore, is a cheap upgrade to keep me going until I build a separate server and PC in the future.
I therefore need recommendations for a CPU, MOBO, RAM, PSU and Case.
A few of my criteria:
CPU - does not need to be particularly powerful, but needs to be efficient/cool - perhaps Athlon II x2 250?
MOBO - could get away with integrated graphics (unless it would be better to get a motherboard with really poor graphics and add a cheap discrete card). The board must also use DDR3 and have a DVT output. I would really like esata aswell but realise that it is quite easy just to add an e-sata backplate for this.
DDR3 - 4GBs
Case and PSU - I intend to keep these for the server I eventually build, so do not want to skimp too much on these two bits. The case needs to be quiet and the PSU has to be efficient and quiet too (though probably not particularly powerful in the circumstances. I was thinking perhaps the Cooler Master Elite 330 with either a SeaSonic SS-300ES Bronze 300W or Corsair VX450W.
Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot.
