Need Mobo Advice for Fileserver

[tuteja1986]

I am going build myself a fileserver.
I am buying :
6 x 320GB Western Digital Sata HDD
buying old antec fileserver case from a buddy for $40
buying a used 450W Antec PSU for $30
512MB DDR2 cheapo Generic Ram $50

For CPU i am either going with AMD 3200+ M2 CPU or Intel D820 2.8Ghz dual core or any cpu... I don't care about which cpu i buy but i need to know what motherboard should i buy.

The motherboard needs to have more than 6 sata slots each capable of raid 5 ;(
This Fileserver is going to be cheap 🙁 so recommend me a mobo a price below $140 please.
Also what Os do you recommend using :? Windows 2003 or linux 🙁

Thanks in advance

 

[jose]

I wouldn't buy a "used psu or hd" spend a extra 10-20 and get a new psu...

Linux is free, don't think Windows 2003 is free...

Regards,
Jose

 

[Blazer]

see here

working on the same, seems you got the HD first, out of an old pc seems neat.

 

[5uperGlu3]

jose is right, used HDs or PSUs are only asking for problems. he is also right about the OS...
as for a mobo, this abit might be a good choice for you: mobo
it has 9 sata ports, raid 5, and a sata controller. it also supports the c2d just incase you decide to go that route 😉
cheers!

 

[tuteja1986]

I didn't buy USed HD , they are new ;( and i haven't bought them yet

 

[tuteja1986]

Case : Cool Master Stacker $200AUD
Hard drive : 6x 320GB Western Digital $129AUD each
Mobo : ABIT AB9 pro $200AUD
CPU : Intel Celeron 2.6 or maybe Intel D805 $80AUD
Ram : G.Skill F2-4200PHU1-512SA OEM 512MB DDR2-533 $60AUD
PSU : something $80AUDish
Now i need advice on the PSU i should buy :?
OS : Ubuntu 6 $0 Free
=1400AUD (1,076.74 USD )