help with file/web server

Barracuda

Barracuda

Barracuda

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Hi Guys, I want to build a general purpose server for my living room. It needs to be relatively discrete, quiet, and capable of using a tv (hdmi) as a screen.
Would really appreciate a check on the following and any suggestions. Thanks OCUK.


Shuttle XPC SG31G2 Aluminium Barebones System - Intel Core 2 Duo (LGA775) - Black
£181.69
(£157.99)

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.60GHz (800FSB) - Retail
£63.24
(£54.99)

Asus ATI Radeon HD 3650 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (EAH3650/HTDI/256M)
£49.44
(£42.99)

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD3200AAKS)
£41.39
(£35.99)

Keysonic Wireless Keyboard/Touchpad ACK-540RF
£31.04
(£26.99)

OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK)
£19.54
(£16.99)

Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£16.09
(£13.99)

Total : £412.76
 
Thanks. I you are definitely right about the hard drive and I tend to agree with the gfx advice since even though I don't plan on using it for games I may want to in future. Replaced those items with.

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS) Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (WD5001AALS)
£56.34
(£48.99)

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4670 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (90-C1CLP0-J0UAN00Z)
£60.94 inc VAT
£52.99 ex VAT

Unfortunately the shuttle only supports 1 hard drive so raid is out of the question. Will I also need to get thermal cream to seat the cpu? Are there any other odds and sods I will need to get this thing running. I already have an os.
 
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