I need to build a beast of a home server. I will be doing several processor intensive tasks at once (big uploads and downloads, transcoding HD video, streaming to multiple devices, doing full PC backups, etc). I have lots of supplemental hardware (drives, case, decent psu, etc). Budget is $200-500 for cpu/mobo/ram. Will be running some variant of server 2008 (probably SBS 2011 essentials).
I've been looking at socket G34 but im not sure it's worth it for the money. Newer xeons are insanely expensive, and scaling back to i3 with server boards means taking a big performance hit. The new 8 core amd desktop chips look enticing, but I'm not sure about performance. I'm incredibly behind on hardware. Someone want to point me in the right direction? Any advice at all would be great, and I'm completely lost... been out of the scene in a long time. I'm open to both desktop and server hardware options.
I've been looking at socket G34 but im not sure it's worth it for the money. Newer xeons are insanely expensive, and scaling back to i3 with server boards means taking a big performance hit. The new 8 core amd desktop chips look enticing, but I'm not sure about performance. I'm incredibly behind on hardware. Someone want to point me in the right direction? Any advice at all would be great, and I'm completely lost... been out of the scene in a long time. I'm open to both desktop and server hardware options.
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