Currently building (well, thinking about it mostly...
) a basic server for music streaming and Torrenting.
I'm looking to go as low budget and low powered as possible to help save the leccy bills.
Originally I was going to buy maybe an Intel atom pc or the like, but on thinking about it, I figured it would take a couple of years in electricity savings to recoup the cost of shelling out for an Atom Pc (about £200ish). So Im not going down that route anymore. Also I was looking at NAS drives, but general opinion is that they arent a match for a cheap basic PC, so thats out too.
Plus, I have a Core2 Duo and Asrock Motherboard already lying around which I can use to build a basic server. Savings made here will help fund whats still required, a 1TB hard drive, a stick of ram and a case/psu.
I'll be underclocking the CPU too, save as much power as posible.
So, I've a couple of questions if you dont mind guys?
*1. Power consumption is still an issue, and it was only up till recently I discovered that a PSU only draws the power it needs to keep the components working - so a 450W wouldn't use 450 watts all the time.
So im not getting my knickers in a twist anymore about finding 45W PSUs and the like
So I guess I'm looking for recommendations cheap, lowest wattage PSU (its only for a server so whatever works really..), case and a stick of ram.
Cheap as chips if its possible, I'm shelling out for other kit at the same time and I need to save some money on the server side of things.
*2. OUT OF CURIOSITY...
I have a VERY old PC kicking about, a P3 750Mhz which had Win98 on it.
Does this have the horsepower to run a server? The PSU is only 200watts so chances are it MIGHT be cheaper to run than the first option?
On the other hand, it might be more of a ball-acher, old chipset, no SATA ports etc etc.
A lot of questions, thanks for any replies!
) a basic server for music streaming and Torrenting.I'm looking to go as low budget and low powered as possible to help save the leccy bills.
Originally I was going to buy maybe an Intel atom pc or the like, but on thinking about it, I figured it would take a couple of years in electricity savings to recoup the cost of shelling out for an Atom Pc (about £200ish). So Im not going down that route anymore. Also I was looking at NAS drives, but general opinion is that they arent a match for a cheap basic PC, so thats out too.
Plus, I have a Core2 Duo and Asrock Motherboard already lying around which I can use to build a basic server. Savings made here will help fund whats still required, a 1TB hard drive, a stick of ram and a case/psu.
I'll be underclocking the CPU too, save as much power as posible.
So, I've a couple of questions if you dont mind guys?
*1. Power consumption is still an issue, and it was only up till recently I discovered that a PSU only draws the power it needs to keep the components working - so a 450W wouldn't use 450 watts all the time.
So im not getting my knickers in a twist anymore about finding 45W PSUs and the like
So I guess I'm looking for recommendations cheap, lowest wattage PSU (its only for a server so whatever works really..), case and a stick of ram.
Cheap as chips if its possible, I'm shelling out for other kit at the same time and I need to save some money on the server side of things.
*2. OUT OF CURIOSITY...
I have a VERY old PC kicking about, a P3 750Mhz which had Win98 on it.
Does this have the horsepower to run a server? The PSU is only 200watts so chances are it MIGHT be cheaper to run than the first option?
On the other hand, it might be more of a ball-acher, old chipset, no SATA ports etc etc.
A lot of questions, thanks for any replies!
