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yet another mobo/cpu recommendation thread

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thesurge

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i have a couple IDE 80 gig hard drives and will be adding other hard drives (maybe sata...depends if the mobo supports it...i know i know...no real world performance difference blah blah blah) and im looking to stuff em in a linux box running samba for a file server. anyone recommend a cheap/reliable (keyword: reliable) mobo and a cpu to go with it? note: it will only be used as a file server so the CPU doesnt need to be really anything fancy (semprons??), but i do want a nicer mobo for a low price. Possibly with wake on lan so i can make this baby...well...wake on lan.
 
If it were me and I was buying new I'd get an older model intel board like a 845PE or an 865/875. They probably would be pretty inexpensive solutions these days.

 
If you can shell out the bucks, the DFI 855GME-MGF motherboard plus a Pentium-M CPU would be a good choice. The motherboard has a PCI-X slot for a RAID card or whatever. The Pentium-M is a very low power CPU, too. Saves money on the electric bill - something to consider in a home server.

Otherwise, get a ASUS CT-479 plus a supported motherboard and a Pentium M.
 
whoaa...i was looking moreso for a 200 dollar max cpu & mobo combo. i know about the pentium M, have a 2.0 ghz (dothan) in me lappy, very nice, i think the only intel i approve of performance-wise. as far as low power that's why i want it to be wake on lan, so that i can turn it off when not needed and turn it on remotely over the LAN when needed.
 
Originally posted by: thesurge
whoaa...i was looking moreso for a 200 dollar max cpu & mobo combo. i know about the pentium M, have a 2.0 ghz (dothan) in me lappy, very nice, i think the only intel i approve of performance-wise. as far as low power that's why i want it to be wake on lan, so that i can turn it off when not needed and turn it on remotely over the LAN when needed.
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Find an old PIII on eBay then...file serving doesn't require much CPU, especially if you aren't doing software RAID.
 
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