Home Server for simple tasks

[hermanocabral]

Hello folks!

Im building a home server to perform some tasks that actually are being performed by my desktop pc...

The setup:

2 X Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250820AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $149.98
1 X ASUS M2N-E SLI Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - $98.99
1 X MSI NX6200LE-TD64E GeForce 6200 LE 256MB(64MB on Board) PCI Express x16 Video Card - $30.99
1 X Rosewill RT550-135-BK 550W 135mm Fan SLI Ready - ATX V2.2/EPS12V Power Supply - $69.99
1 X G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL6D-4GBMQ - $389.99
1 X AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA3800CUBOX - $109.00
Subtotal: $848.94

The usage: MS SQL Server, MySQL Server, File Server, Source-Safe/SVN/Team System Server, IIS...

I dont have much knowledge about what would be the best config for my needs, but i guess that this pc would do fine.. I would like to hear you guys opinion about this..

 

[johnos]

You mat or may not need that much memory, not sure.

If i was you i would probably go down to 2gb of ram. Using that money buy a Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 mobo for $107 and a intel E6300 for $180

You could also buy a less powerfull PSU, say 400-450w. Maybe spend the same amount but get a really quiet, less powefull PSU

Video card looks fine. You wont be needing a powerfull one.

Umm...actually, as well as perhaps not needing that much ram, you could possibly downgrade the speed a little. I owuld think you would probably find your bottleneck will be the network/internet connection, especially not the ram.

But it still looks decent either way, depends on exactly what your using it for, because you could set up a server on a 1ghz pentium3 and it would be fine as a file storage server or a print server or something. It would also do fine as a web server or ftp server as long as it didnt see huge usage, but home usage is normally pretty un stressful on computers, and you dont need soemthing super powerful, storage space is most like more of a problem rather than processor speed.

oh, and if you look at 320gb drives, you will find that they are only a little bit more expensive than 250gb drives and give you alot more bang for your buck

 

[songokussm]

from top to bottom
i would switch to wdc 320 hds 85? a pop
sli mobo for a sever. get something cheeper
psu its very over kill. cheaper
4g ram. very very overkill. 2g max maybe even 1gb. as it wont be used unless your running vista
go with the 3600 am2. its cheaper and same performance

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Out of curiosity... What are the specs on the desktop that is handling the task right now, and how well does that system handle the tasks? I'd need that as a basis for what you might use on the new system.

 

[hermanocabral]

my desktop is a sempron 2200+, 1gb ddr400, 80gb 7200 hd on a a7n8x-x... i cant say its doing bad, but nowdays i do most of my development on my laptop, because when i have some load on my desktop pc (eg. 3 instances of visual studio, mysql/sql server, etc), he hangs up sometimes... and not to mention that i sure need a lot more of space for files and everything else..


i didnt looked for core 2 duo deals because some friends told me that the amd prices dropped real bad, and at this time, amd x2 was the best bang for the buckif you do not want serious game performance or extreme oc...

 

[Madwand1]

You could save a bit going to an integrated video build -- e.g. nForce430/6150 or 6100.

Add a gigabit switch and gigabit NICs if needed for your desktops.

You might be able to get good performance with less RAM. You could try ramping up 2GiB at a time.

Consider upgrading your desktop to a similar build.

You might be able to still find similar 430/6150 configurations with 939/DDR if you look hard enough.

 

[WoodButcher]

Maybe this will help Maxtor 500GB Ultra16 PATA Internal Hard Drive $159.00 @ Staples