Is this spec ok???

[ace2109]

Hi Guys,
Is this spec ok for a decent server, mainly being used for file sharing and an ftp server. Will everything work together and is the PSU suitable to that case as it needs to have long cables?

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Lian-Li PC V2100 PLUS Silver Aluminium Full-Tower (No PSU) Lian-Li PC V2100 PLUS Silver Aluminium Full-Tower (No PSU) £164.99
(£193.86) £164.99
(£193.86)
Pioneer DVR-215SV 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM Pioneer DVR-215SV 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Silver) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £124.99
(£146.86) £124.99
(£146.86)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £69.99
(£82.24) £139.98
(£164.48)
Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £139.99
(£164.49) £139.99
(£164.49)
Asus ATI Radeon EAH3450/HTP/256M 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail Asus ATI Radeon EAH3450/HTP/256M 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £24.99
(£29.36) £24.99
(£29.36)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - Retail (ST310005N1D1AS-RK) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - Retail (ST310005N1D1AS-RK) £110.99
(£130.41) £443.96
(£521.64)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM Hitachi Deskstar 7K160 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £25.99
(£30.54) £25.99
(£30.54)
Akasa AK-P010FG-BK 1000W PowerMax PSU Akasa AK-P010FG-BK 1000W PowerMax PSU £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Sub Total : £1,181.87
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £20.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £210.49
Total : £1,413.31

 

[semi-pro waster]

I think you are going rather overkill here unless it will come under serious amounts of use. Will you be expanding from that base significantly? Also if it is likely to come under enough use to justify the rest of it then surely quad core is worth considering?

 

[ace2109]

i will change to a quad core then mate, great. The guy im building this for wants it to be the best to last him for a good few years.

So will it all work together then???

 

[semi-pro waster]

It is all compatible. I'd query the X48 based motherboard though, the main benefits of it are in the dual PCI-E 16x slots for Crossfire (not important here) and PCI-E 2.0 compliance (again not massively important unless it might be upgraded with a good graphics card later), dual gigabit LAN and 1600mhz FSB support might be more important though I suppose.

I'm afraid I don't know about the cable length but you can get extensions if necessary.

 

[ace2109]

It is all compatible. I'd query the X48 based motherboard though, the main benefits of it are in the dual PCI-E 16x slots for Crossfire (not important here) and PCI-E 2.0 compliance (again not massively important unless it might be upgraded with a good graphics card later), dual gigabit LAN and 1600mhz FSB support might be more important though I suppose.

I'm afraid I don't know about the cable length but you can get extensions if necessary.

Great, thanks.
ace

 

[Sagalout]

Filesharing and an FTP server? I have an old compaq p3 500mhz running linux thats been doing that and streaming DVD ISO files over the network perfectly quickly for about 10 years! As said, it really is overkill!

 

[ace2109]

could someone spec me a decent server with that case and 4TB then please.

ace