New server build

[Mr-White]

I'm looking at replacing my current comp but looking for something more server like as it'll be running a lot of VMs.

I was looking at the E3 1230 Xeons as they're supposed to be a little slower than the i7 2600 but fair bit cheaper, but i'm not sure what mobo or memory will go with it or just go with an i7 system ?

MW

 

[jamesfreddie]

What VM's are you going to run?

How many VM's?

What O/S or will it be ESXI?

 

[Mr-White]

Base o/s Server 2008 with hyper-v

They'll be between 3 and 5 VMs running, which I can just run on my Q9550 system but my Shuttle maxes out at 4gb of RAM

RAM prices are stupidly cheap atm, £100 for 16gb

I have everything else sorted, I just need to find cpu, mobo and ram

MW

 

[jamesfreddie]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £281.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10) £119.99
Total : £563.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).





I am unsure if the xeons work in desktop boards so i have put a i7 in the spec.

Also you can go up to 32GB of ram.

 

[R088ieS86]

I'm pretty sure that the new Xeons only work in c204 series server boards.

Intel® Server Board S1200BTS
Intel® Server Board S1200BTL
Tyan S5512WGM2NR

are examples but you can quite easily google "intel server board 1155"

Saying that the boards start @ £170, so what you save on the CPU you will be putting back into the board.

Depending on what the VMs are doing you could easily get away with 32GB of RAM. (4 x 8GB sticks for around £70)

Or you could wait for the E7's on the 1567 platform... fancy 10 cores 20threads?

I'd say it would be less of a headache to go with the retail options as the server boards may only be compatable with a certain RAM.

 

[Mr-White]

That's what I was worried about with the Xeons even though they have the same socket I wasn't sure it would work.

This spec saves me £100 having 4x 4gb memory and having an i5 as i doubt i'll upgrade to 32gb memory before I next upgrade the machine.

MW

 

[jamesfreddie]

The ram you have put down saves you about £40 not £100.

Are you going to overclock?

 

[Mr-White]

The ram you have put down saves you about £40 not £100.

Are you going to overclock?

ram plus i5 not i7 saves me £100, some reason I forgot to mention that bit

I'll prob do some minor tweaking, gone have the days of water and phase cooling for me.

MW

 

[Xelene]

I5 / I7 run Server OS perfectly fine with Virtualisation. Xeins get you workstation / server functionality like ECC RAM, lower power consumption, management tools.

 

[Mr-White]

How does this look setup look ?

MW