WHS Build spec

[suitcase]

Anyone got any suggestions for a cheap, power efficient build?

Looking like AMD is the way to go judging by the price of the i3's?

Also, are there any mobo's with at least 8 sata ports that are cheap?

And finally ram... what's the cheapest?

Thanks!

 

[95thrifles]

£300 do? Mobo has 6 SATA 6Gb/s and 2 SATA 3 Gb/s plus 2 eSATA (havent checked the 2 eSATA may have to link up to 2 of the internal ones though)
Put a basic HDD in there but obviously down to you what HDD configuration you go for
Included quad core Athlon, you drop to a dual depending on how much the servers going to handle

Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99 (£68.08)
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 640 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £76.36 (£64.99)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49 (£59.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502HJ) £30.98 (£26.37)
OcUK Poseidon ATX Tower Case - Black (400W PSU) £26.99 (£22.97)
LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW ReWriter SATA - (Black) OEM £14.09 (£11.99)
Total : £298.91