New server build

Thanks for the response. I am only wanting to have 4 hard drives really. It's mostly acting as a data store, similar to a 4 bay NAS.

I'm not sure if mini-ITX is worth it though in comparison to micro-ATX for power consumption.
 
wildest_jjk said:
How much did that setup cost would you say?

Not including hard drives if you can :)

Thanks for the response.
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Everything except the Pico PSU (they don't sell them) was purchased from OcUK so best check-out the latest prices for yourself. I put my rig together about 8 months ago and no doubt prices have changed since then. ;)
 
Ok so I think I have decided that I am just going to stick with mATX as I do not think mini-ITX provides much of an improvement in terms of power consumption.

The parts I have found so far are as follows:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI B75MA-P45 Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £53.99 (This was because the previous motherboards did not have enough SATA ports. I am planning on having at least 5 hard drives installed.)
1 x Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX4GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99 (From what I can see this is pretty good and one of the cheapest options.)
1 x Antec VP350P 350W '80 Plus' Continuous Power Supply £32.99 (I wanted to reduce the price with this compared to the previous ones. I'm not sure how good this is though.)
Total : £122.96 (includes shipping : FREE).



As well as this I am considering the Intel G2020 which is not currently sold by overclockers. This retails at about £50.

Finally the case has been quite a problem. I still cannot decide whether or not I should go with a rack mountable case. The choices I am down to now are:

  • Antec 300 (Obviously well known and has a good reputation.)
  • CiT Vantage Gaming Case - £30 (A friend has this and it's pretty quiet.)
  • Hopefully this isn't against the rules as I don't think they are a competitor. But I have found the PlinkUSA 4U Intelligent Green Saving 3x5.25"+ 8x3.5" + 1x2.5"HDD Bays Chassis. This looks awesome but I would need to get it from America which would cost about £85 overall. The problem with rackmount cases is that I am not really aware of any particularly quiet ones as this is not really their purpose.
What are peoples thoughts?

Thanks :)
 
Ok so the final parts list were:
  • Antec 300 Three Hundred Case Black
  • Intel Pentium Dual Core G2120 3.10GHz S1155 3MB
  • XFX 450W ProSeries 80Plus Bronze Core Edition Full Wired PSU
  • Gigabyte B75M-D3V S1155 Intel B75 DDR3 mATX
  • Crucial 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz Ballistix Sport
One thing that I haven't included, though I'm hoping isn't necessary is a CPU cooler. Is this needed for a server? It is going to be on 24/7.

Thanks :)
 
NO it can cool upto 130 watts of heat output lol the wattage a fan cooler draws is equal to the fan so id say max 3 or 4 watts for that fan
 
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Thanks again.

It's more the space on the motherboard that I am worried about though! As it's only m-ATX it can't block any of the RAM slots as it only has 2!

Can anyone confirm this will be fine as well?
 
unleashed said:
My server box running Windows Server 2012 Essentials is based on mini ITX Asus P8HZ77-I motherboard (6 SATA ports) with an i3-3220T CPU with 8GB RAM.

Hard drives are 2 x 250GB WD Black on a J Micron HW RAID for OS, 3 x 2TB WD Green for storage, 1 x 3TB WD Green for Backup.

All powered by a PICO 160W pulling 30-35W from the wall when idle <85W when running Prime 95. Reckon I could have got away with a PICO 120. :D
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Sounds like a sick setup!!! I'm surprised the PICO can power all those drives :eek:
 
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