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Hi guys,
Im looking to build a new machine for my home server which is in need of some new hardware.
Its currently just a machine thats been thrown together using some bits i had laying around, hers the hardware and software low down:
Hardware
Asus A8V Deluxe
AMD 64 3500+ (Venice)
2 GB Ram (2x 512 XMS C2PRO 3200 2x 512 generic 3200)
Hard Drives:
Silicon Image IDE Raid Controller
Adaptec 1420SA SATAII Controller
Adaptec 29320 SCSI Controller
ICY Dock 4-SATA Drive Enclosure (1 Spare Slot)
Software
Windows 2003 Enterprise SP2
Services
Veritas Backup Exec
All house'd in a Coolermaster Centurion case thats been very neatly cabled inside for improved cooling (Which imo is much better than adding more fans!)
Now the system is running but its having a few problems, no doubt due the amount of things its running. I have only about 8 people who use it at any one time, hence the reason for it running so much!
I want to upgrade the box so It can also cope running some dedicated game servers for some family, nothing huge, 12 players max!
Eventually I will be filling up the ICY Dock with 4 1TB drives which will replace the 500GB, Heres what I want:
Quad Core CPU
4GB RAM (Min)
RAID SATA Controller
2 PCI Slots (Min)
Cheap GFX Card
System Drives to have some sort of redudancy
It needs to be able to Run all of those services, and I have thought of some sort of virtualisation for some of it, but have had some trouble in the past.
Budget £800 (Absolute Max) dont need KB/Mouse/Monitor/Case
My first hurdle is choosing Intel or AMD, I have been AMD biased so far and dont know much about the Intel chip but am willing to give it a try. Doesnt need anything fancy, just functional and compatible.
Im looking to build a new machine for my home server which is in need of some new hardware.
Its currently just a machine thats been thrown together using some bits i had laying around, hers the hardware and software low down:
Hardware
Asus A8V Deluxe
AMD 64 3500+ (Venice)
2 GB Ram (2x 512 XMS C2PRO 3200 2x 512 generic 3200)
Hard Drives:
- 1x 40GB (Maxtor) System
- 1x 120GB (Seagate) Webroot and Download Temp Store
- 2x 160GB (Seagate) Raid 1
- 3x 500GB (Western Digital) JBOD
Silicon Image IDE Raid Controller
Adaptec 1420SA SATAII Controller
Adaptec 29320 SCSI Controller
ICY Dock 4-SATA Drive Enclosure (1 Spare Slot)
Software
Windows 2003 Enterprise SP2
Services
- DHCP
- Exchange 2003
- DNS
- IIS (OWA only)
- Active Directory
- Routing and Remote Access
- File Server
- Print Server
- Remote Desktop
Veritas Backup Exec
All house'd in a Coolermaster Centurion case thats been very neatly cabled inside for improved cooling (Which imo is much better than adding more fans!)
Now the system is running but its having a few problems, no doubt due the amount of things its running. I have only about 8 people who use it at any one time, hence the reason for it running so much!
I want to upgrade the box so It can also cope running some dedicated game servers for some family, nothing huge, 12 players max!
Eventually I will be filling up the ICY Dock with 4 1TB drives which will replace the 500GB, Heres what I want:
Quad Core CPU
4GB RAM (Min)
RAID SATA Controller
2 PCI Slots (Min)
Cheap GFX Card
System Drives to have some sort of redudancy
It needs to be able to Run all of those services, and I have thought of some sort of virtualisation for some of it, but have had some trouble in the past.
Budget £800 (Absolute Max) dont need KB/Mouse/Monitor/Case
My first hurdle is choosing Intel or AMD, I have been AMD biased so far and dont know much about the Intel chip but am willing to give it a try. Doesnt need anything fancy, just functional and compatible.
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