Hi everyone,
I'll appreciate any feedback if someone could help me out. I'm in the process of Building a new home server mainly to use as a HTPC but I will also host my website of it seens as it will be live 24/7. I have already put a list of parts together but got told I could do it slightly cheaper so I am now going to see what I could cut back on.*
Zotac Z68ITX-B-E Supreme Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155
Fractal Design Array MiniITX Case - Black (with 300W SFX PSU)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s*
Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 5900RPM
Compro VideoMate E900F Dual Tuner TV Card - Retail
First is the CPU iv picked will I get away with using the i3, I don't mind paying extra for the system to run smooth. Only reason I originally choose the i5 was because of the server conditions on full load. It has to beable to stream 3movies + transcode (atleast2) *movies + 1 Internet channel with vlc at any given time.*
Next is the motherboard, as you can see iv choose an itx for one reason only to keep it in a small case. I went for the Z68ITX-B-E Supreme*but do I need the onboard graphics card (gt430) will I get away with the z68ITX-A-E. I will remote access into the server so it won't be on a display apart from initial setup. My logic was it may take some load of the cpu but then realised I'm not displaying an image with that machine (its the backend server). Am I right in that transcoding is all on the CPU load.*
Many thanks
I'll appreciate any feedback if someone could help me out. I'm in the process of Building a new home server mainly to use as a HTPC but I will also host my website of it seens as it will be live 24/7. I have already put a list of parts together but got told I could do it slightly cheaper so I am now going to see what I could cut back on.*
Zotac Z68ITX-B-E Supreme Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155
Fractal Design Array MiniITX Case - Black (with 300W SFX PSU)
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s*
Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 5900RPM
Compro VideoMate E900F Dual Tuner TV Card - Retail
First is the CPU iv picked will I get away with using the i3, I don't mind paying extra for the system to run smooth. Only reason I originally choose the i5 was because of the server conditions on full load. It has to beable to stream 3movies + transcode (atleast2) *movies + 1 Internet channel with vlc at any given time.*
Next is the motherboard, as you can see iv choose an itx for one reason only to keep it in a small case. I went for the Z68ITX-B-E Supreme*but do I need the onboard graphics card (gt430) will I get away with the z68ITX-A-E. I will remote access into the server so it won't be on a display apart from initial setup. My logic was it may take some load of the cpu but then realised I'm not displaying an image with that machine (its the backend server). Am I right in that transcoding is all on the CPU load.*
Many thanks