Setup a Server or not

[PicPop]

I just made my website. I wanna host by myself but it takes me lots of efforts to just setup a server by myself since I don't know too much about that. I am thinking about paying for the hosting. My website's forum will be used the fusetalk engine(like this one at anandtech). How can I install the forum on the remote site? I figured out I need to have at least 100GB/month for bandwidth. How much it cost for hosting? Will that be better if I setup the server by myself? (I have cable, but I am thinking about upgrading to T1). thank you

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: PicPop
...I need to have at least 100GB/month for bandwidth.

that is going to cost some $$$

just as an example, i am sure there are some cheaper hosts, i use networkeleven.com
they offer a dedicated server with 150GB/month bandwidth for $300/month and $200 setup fee

most of the forum software sites give instructions on setting up via ftp and/or shell access

networkeleven.com offers a couple of forums that you can install via the control panel (web interface), phpBB and invision