Hi,
Im speccing up a home server, will mainly be a file server/download box. I might end up putting something like Plex streaming server on it, and it will be used to store backup images etc, and then have the whole thing mirrored off site. It might get used to host some voip or low resource dedicated game clients occasionally (terraria, mumble etc), nothing high end though as im not building it for that.
I will be having 8 x 2tb drives in one array (got a raid card), SSD for boot, one drive for downloading onto, then potential 4 drives on the onboard controller for another array int he future.
Wont be serving more than 5 users at any one time. LAN and WAN uses. Most data intensive task will probably be streaming.
I have a q6600, msi skt 775 board, 700w ocz PSU, 4gb ddr 3, win 7 pro license, gtx 470 (obv will need a low power gpu instead) and all the hard drives.
I am wondering whether when idle, this machine will be much less efficient than a new i3/5 system with 8gb ram on a z97 board, using integrated graphics, and whether it would be up to the task of transcoding if I end up using plex.I was thinking to start off low end (pentium dual core or i3), then if I get plex/decide I want to use it for rendering out footage instead of my main rig, I could upgrade it to i5/i7 later?
It will probably sit in a Raven 03, unless I find something I like better/is a lot more silent. Will most likely be air cooled with slow spinning fans, n overclocking.
Also, is it worth me using a different OC, or is Win 7 pro fine to use? I am considering using iSCSI if it wont cost me anything other than set up time (only got told what this was today).
Edit, I have Gbit LAN and 80/20 fibre if it makes a difference.
Im speccing up a home server, will mainly be a file server/download box. I might end up putting something like Plex streaming server on it, and it will be used to store backup images etc, and then have the whole thing mirrored off site. It might get used to host some voip or low resource dedicated game clients occasionally (terraria, mumble etc), nothing high end though as im not building it for that.
I will be having 8 x 2tb drives in one array (got a raid card), SSD for boot, one drive for downloading onto, then potential 4 drives on the onboard controller for another array int he future.
Wont be serving more than 5 users at any one time. LAN and WAN uses. Most data intensive task will probably be streaming.
I have a q6600, msi skt 775 board, 700w ocz PSU, 4gb ddr 3, win 7 pro license, gtx 470 (obv will need a low power gpu instead) and all the hard drives.
I am wondering whether when idle, this machine will be much less efficient than a new i3/5 system with 8gb ram on a z97 board, using integrated graphics, and whether it would be up to the task of transcoding if I end up using plex.I was thinking to start off low end (pentium dual core or i3), then if I get plex/decide I want to use it for rendering out footage instead of my main rig, I could upgrade it to i5/i7 later?
It will probably sit in a Raven 03, unless I find something I like better/is a lot more silent. Will most likely be air cooled with slow spinning fans, n overclocking.
Also, is it worth me using a different OC, or is Win 7 pro fine to use? I am considering using iSCSI if it wont cost me anything other than set up time (only got told what this was today).
Edit, I have Gbit LAN and 80/20 fibre if it makes a difference.
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