So this is the build I put together as a result of this thread here: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2098212
I spent much of the morning on newegg piecing this together. I'm sure there is room for improvement, especially on price as there seen to be a ton more options than I remember the last time I did this, especially with neweggs combo deals. Man, there are a ton of those...
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W - $100 with Antec 300 Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.458433
Case: Antec 300
I picked this one because it had a nice combo deal with a good PS (antec 520W for $100). Tool-less HDD installation would be nice, but not a deal-breaker. The one below is an alternate.
Alternate Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119152
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128394
I dunno, seemed decent. I went AM3 because of this super cheap CPU.
CPU: Sempron 140 2.7Ghz single core 45W AM3 - $37
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103698
Memory: Muskin 2GB DDR2 800 - $47 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146118
Hard Drive: WD Caviar Black 1TB 64mb Cache - 5 year warranty - $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136533
I'm on the fence about the necessity of the WD black drive. I wanted something reliable and fast for the OS drive, so I really don't need a full TB, but it wasn't that much more and WHS should be able to use drive pooling to add the rest of it to the storage pool easily.
This build will also be getting the 2 x 1TB data drives that are coming from the previous server as well as the CD/DVD drive. So, in total, it will have an OS drive + 2x 1 TB SATA + CD/DVD
On the other hand, I have 2x 1TB drives in my local NAS (which is the off-site backup for this file server) and I may pull one of the 1TB drives out of the NAS, use it as the OS drive for this build, and replace the empty NAS spot with a 1.5 or 2TB drive that newegg has on sale. So many options....
Total (including shipping, using the antec case) ~$365
Thanks for the critique!
Oh, BTW, I know I didn't include WHS on the price sheet. I will use XP Pro temporarily until the new WHS is released.
I spent much of the morning on newegg piecing this together. I'm sure there is room for improvement, especially on price as there seen to be a ton more options than I remember the last time I did this, especially with neweggs combo deals. Man, there are a ton of those...
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W - $100 with Antec 300 Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.458433
Case: Antec 300
I picked this one because it had a nice combo deal with a good PS (antec 520W for $100). Tool-less HDD installation would be nice, but not a deal-breaker. The one below is an alternate.
Alternate Case: COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119152
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128394
I dunno, seemed decent. I went AM3 because of this super cheap CPU.
CPU: Sempron 140 2.7Ghz single core 45W AM3 - $37
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103698
Memory: Muskin 2GB DDR2 800 - $47 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146118
Hard Drive: WD Caviar Black 1TB 64mb Cache - 5 year warranty - $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136533
I'm on the fence about the necessity of the WD black drive. I wanted something reliable and fast for the OS drive, so I really don't need a full TB, but it wasn't that much more and WHS should be able to use drive pooling to add the rest of it to the storage pool easily.
This build will also be getting the 2 x 1TB data drives that are coming from the previous server as well as the CD/DVD drive. So, in total, it will have an OS drive + 2x 1 TB SATA + CD/DVD
On the other hand, I have 2x 1TB drives in my local NAS (which is the off-site backup for this file server) and I may pull one of the 1TB drives out of the NAS, use it as the OS drive for this build, and replace the empty NAS spot with a 1.5 or 2TB drive that newegg has on sale. So many options....
Total (including shipping, using the antec case) ~$365
Thanks for the critique!
Oh, BTW, I know I didn't include WHS on the price sheet. I will use XP Pro temporarily until the new WHS is released.