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Old hardware for WHS 2011

guskline

guskline

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I just ordered WHS 2011 at newegg for $49 (great promo discount). I have a "retired" machine that still runs and need your comments/suggestions/ criticism and if you must you laughs. It will be primarily a file server for docs, data, photos etc. My 2 rigs below will access it along with my wife's Sony Vaio laptop (dual core with Win 7-64) and possibly 2 other win 7-64 machines. All clients have gigabit access via CAT 5-e

I have comcast high speed internet (16/4) with a D Link 655 router (4- gigabit ports) plus a netgear 5 port giga bit switch.

The "retired" machine specs are"
MB Asus A8N5X ( has gigabit built in NIC 939 socket)
CPU AMD X2-4800 (939 Toledo core)
RAM 2 gigs DDR-3200
HD WD Green 1 TB
PSU CoolerMaster 460
Vid 8500GT

Fire away with your thoughts. Is this sufficient to even run WHS 2011?
 
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That older system is more than enough to run WHS to three clients.

That said, the X2 4800+ alone will sell for $120 on eBay, the motherboard will clear about $50, and the RAM another $30. That's $200 towards a more modern, less power-hungry system... 🙂
 
Thanks for the response. I've sold things on e-bay but honestly I think your $ figure are a little too generous. I'll slap WHS2011 on this rig when it comes and report my progress.

PS I'll keep the coolnQuiet enabled for the CPU
 
I decided to go another route. Had a box I just put together 6 mos ago with an Athlon II X4 640 and 4 gigs ddr3 ram on an MSI 785GM-P45 MB. This has integrated graphics so no need for a discrete card. CPU is modern with enough HP to encode (passmark rates it higher than the I3-2100T though it uses a bit more power. I still will use the WD Green 1 TB HD plus 2-320g WD blues. I'll put the WHS OS on one of the blues and use the other one and the Green for data storage. I'll let you know how the WHS 2011 install goes.
 
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System is up and running WHS 2011 well. I added a WD Green 2 tb hd for main storage.
specs are:
MB MSI 785GM-P45
Vid Onboard
DVD drive
HD 1. WD Blue 320 g for OS 2. WD Green 2 TB for shared folders 3. WD Green 1 tb for client back up.
PSU CoolerMaster 460 Watt
CPU Athlon II X4-640 with Zalman 9700HS
RAM 4g DDR3
NIC Onboard Atheros (might upgrade to Intel NIC)
Case Midtower with 80 mm fan exhaust
System runs VERY Cool
 
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